Chicago, IL, February 24, 2021: The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced today that its Longitudinal Assessment Program (LAP) Pilot in Clinical Informatics is on schedule and will launch April 1. All ABPM Diplomates currently Certified in Clinical Informatics are required to participate in the LAP pilot.
During the LAP pilot program, Clinical Informatics Diplomates will answer 12 questions every six months for two years (April 2021 through March 2023). ABPM has contracted with SelfStudy, Inc., to provide the assessment platform and participants will be able to answer the questions online at their convenience during each six-month period. Information gathered during the LAP pilot, including participation data and Diplomate feedback, will then inform the ABPM’s design of an LAP for all ABPM specialties and subspecialties as part of a new continuing certification program. ABPM will not make certification decisions based on a Diplomate’s performance in the LAP pilot; however, all current Diplomates Certified by the ABPM in Clinical Informatics are required to participate in the LAP pilot in “good faith.”
“This is an incredibly exciting development in ABPM’s continuing certification program,” said ABPM Board Chair, Hernando “Joe” Ortega, Jr., MD, MPH. “This is a huge step in creating a more meaningful program that focuses on physician learning and practice improvement as we move away from the high-stakes, traditional recertification exam. We are very pleased to be able to pilot an assessment program that so many of our Diplomates have asked for and we are confident that they will find the platform convenient and easy-to-use, and the LAP a great way to enhance their knowledge in the subspecialty of Clinical Informatics.”
To participate in the pilot program, all Clinical Informatics Diplomates must:
- Ensure they have registered their Diplomate account on the ABPM’s online Physician Portal and that the contact information in their account is correct. Diplomates who are able to log into the Portal at http://certification.abpm-us.org/login and view their certification information have registered accounts. Diplomates may register their account at https://certification.abpm-us.org/diplomate-registration.
- Register on the SelfStudy, Inc., LAP platform. SelfStudy will send all eligible Diplomates an email in late March with instructions to register on the platform.
For more information about ABPM’s pilot LAP, please see the ABPM website at https://www.abpm-us.org/longitudinal-assessment-program-lap-pilot/. Diplomates can also reach ABPM Staff at [email protected] with any specific questions about the program.
The ABPM is an ABMS Member Board. Founded in 1948, ABPM works with the ABMS in the development of standards for the ongoing assessment and certification of over 12,000 physicians certified by the ABPM in the specialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine; and in the subspecialties of Addiction Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Medical Toxicology, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.