ABPN: Update & Continuing Certification Overview*
Time: 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM
Description
Our patients expect that their physicians are demonstrating their expertise as determined by some kind of external judgment. That is the key function of specialty board certification and therefore the mission of the ABPN: to credibly reassure patients, families, and the public by giving neurologists and psychiatrists the chance to demonstrate our expertise via, in part, independent assessments. With this mission in mind, this session will provide an update from the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, including its Continuing Certification program. Dr. Lyness, the ABPN President and CEO, will provide an overview of the ABPN’s primary goals and activities, and the rationale for its Continuing Certification program. Dr. Schor, a neurology director who became ABPN Board Chair in July 2024, will describe the key elements of the ABPN Continuing Certification program, and offer perspectives on meeting its requirements in the course of a career in academic neurology. The session also will allow ample time for discussion with attendees.
Objectives
Describe how the mission of the ABPN, as a certifying body, is distinct from yet complementary to the roles of academic institutions, professional societies, and the ACGME.
Describe the rationale for and key elements of the ABPN’s Continuing Certification program.
Identify activities that one is already doing that help satisfy the ABPN’s requirements for Continuing Certification.
ABPN: Update & Continuing Certification Overview
DescriptionPatients expect that physicians demonstrate their expertise as determined by some kind of external judgment. That is the key function of specialty board certification and the mission of the ABPN: to credibly reassure patients, families, and the public by giving neurologists and psychiatrists the chance to demonstrate our expertise via, in part, independent assessments.
Given this mission, this session will provide an update from the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, including its Continuing Certification program. Dr. Lyness, ABPN President and CEO, will provide an overview of the ABPN’s goals and activities, and the rationale for its Continuing Certification program. Dr. Schor, a neurology Director who becomes ABPN Board Chair in July 2024, will describe key elements of the ABPN Continuing Certification program, and offer perspectives on meeting its requirements in the course of a career in academic neurology. The session also will allow ample time for discussion with attendees.
SpeakersNeurology and Child Neurology Article-Based Continuing Certification
DescriptionThis presentation will describe the process by which committee members and articles are chosen for Article-Based Continuing Certification (ABCC). In addition, it will describe the continuous process improvement implemented by the ABPN in regard to Neurology and Child Neurology ABCC.
Speakers