As the seasons change and the weather warms, things are changing at ABPM, too! Keep reading for a glimpse of the exciting updates at ABPM.
The Board of Directors will be meeting in Chicago in August, where a major topic of conversation will be ABPM’s plan for continuing certification. As I’m sure many of you know, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) released its updated standards for continuing certification in October 2021. All ABMS member boards, including the ABPM, are obligated to develop continuing certification programs that comply with these new standards.
Both the Board and the Staff of ABPM have been hard at work debating and drafting ABPM’s new program, but now we need you to do your part! Please keep an eye out in your email inbox for an invitation to review our draft program and provide your opinion! Your thoughtful responses to this survey will be carefully considered by the Board in August as it finalizes its proposal for continuing certification, which then will be presented to ABMS for its approval later this year.
Speaking of the Board of Directors meeting, we will be welcoming two new members who will attend as guests at the August meeting and will officially become members immediately following the meeting. Learn more later in this issue about both Dr. Karen Studer, our incoming Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Director, and Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman, our incoming Clinical Informatics Sub-Board Chair. We are very happy to have them as part of the Board and we look forward to their fresh perspectives!
As we welcome Drs. Studer and Hoffman, we also offer our deep gratitude to Dr. Carolyn Murray and Dr. Adi Gundlapalli, whose terms are ending in August. Dr. Murray has served on the Board as a representative of Public Health and General Preventive Medicine since August of 2013. During her tenure, Dr. Murray has represented her specialty on the Board with grace and thoughtfulness, and ensured that the perspectives of practicing physicians, residents, and patients were always taken into account in Board discussions.
Dr. Gundlapalli first came on as our interim Clinical Informatics Sub-Board Chair in 2018 and went on to be selected as the Sub-Board Chair in 2019. During his tenure, Dr. Gundlapalli oversaw ABPM’s first foray into longitudinal assessment with the Clinical Informatics Longitudinal Assessment Program (LAP) Pilot.
Thank you to Dr. Murray and Dr. Gundlapalli for their leadership!
Do you know anyone (including yourself) who has the leadership qualities to sit on the ABPM’s Board of Directors? We are currently seeking nominations for an Aerospace Medicine representative and a Public Health and General Preventive Medicine representative. Learn more about the positions and the qualifications here. The submission deadline for nominations is July 31, 2022.
Thank you for reading this issue of ABPM’s newsletter – we hope you enjoy!
All the Best,
Wendy E. Braund, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACPM