On behalf of the Board and the staff of ABPM, I wish you and yours health and happiness for this new year!
This year is especially significant for ABPM, as it marks our 75th anniversary. Since 1948, ABPM has been proud to support the highest standards in certification in the specialties and subspecialties of Preventive Medicine, and we are looking forward to promoting those standards for another 75 years and beyond. We’ll share more about our 75th anniversary in the coming year, including an updated history of ABPM and interviews with notable people from ABPM’s past.
This issue of the newsletter is dedicated to the launch of ABPM’s new Continuing Certification Program (CCP), another major 2023 event. Read on to learn what to expect this year and in the years to come, what you’ll need to do to stay current, and to get answers to your questions. The Board and staff have developed the plan for CCP with our Diplomates in mind – taking to heart your feedback. Each member of the Board of Directors must also comply with all CCP requirements – including all fees – and we understand deeply the need for a program that is both relevant and convenient for our Diplomates while remaining compliant with ABMS Standards.
With the launch of CCP, the ABPM says goodbye to the traditional MOC exam. We’re offering the final MOC exam this month via an online, remotely proctored platform. As many of you know, we’ve been piloting a longitudinal assessment program (LAP) with our Clinical Informatics diplomates since 2021, and we are looking forward to expanding the LAP to all specialties and subspecialties. The LAP item-writing subcommittees formed last year will meet this year and will begin developing questions for the longitudinal assessment. Are you interested in writing questions for the LAP? Send ABPM a message.
Finally, the Board is looking forward to meeting at the end of this month. We’ll be discussing the continued development of CCP among other important initiatives. We’ll provide a report in the next newsletter.
Thank you for reading this newsletter and again, best wishes for 2023!