Physician Scientist Research Pathway Leading to Certification by the American Board of Pathology

Opportunity

The American Board of Pathology (ABP) has recently approved a physician-scientist research pathway (PSRP) for pathologists in training. This new pathway was specifically created to increase the recruitment of new physician-scientists to our specialty. Other specialties, such as internal medicine, pediatrics, radiology/radiation oncology, and dermatology, have formally Board approved research tr...

Pediatric surgery: a career resource.

Pediatric surgeons provide care to neonates and children with a unique range of congenital, oncologic, infectious, and traumatic disorders. This unique surgical subspecialty continues to recruit outstanding trainees, despite the additional training required. This career resource guides the interested medical student and physician through the pathway to a practice in pediatric surgery. It includ...

The Holman Research Pathway in radiation oncology.

A decade ago, the American Board of Radiology established a research pathway for residency training designed for individuals to simultaneously train in diagnostic radiology or radiation oncology and in basic science, clinical, or transitional investigation. This new pathway was called the ABR Holman Research Pathway, named for B. Leonard Holman, M.D., who first proposed this initiative to foste...

Modernizing the paths to certification in internal medicine and its subspecialties.

A he training requirements for internal medicine and its subspecialties have remained fundamentally the same over the past several generations. hysicians must first complete core training in internal edicine, and board certification in internal medicine ust precede board certification in the medical subspeialties or eligibility for added qualifications (Table). The initial length of training re...

Patient awareness of and attitudes toward physician board certification.