TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-creation by the ABIM Geriatric Medicine Board and the AGS – Helping Move Geriatrics Forward
AU - and the Geriatric Medicine Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
AU - Leff, Bruce
AU - Lundjeberg, Nancy E.
AU - Brangman, Sharon A.
AU - Dubow, Joyce
AU - Levine, Sharon
AU - Morgan-Gouveia, Melissa
AU - Schlaudecker, Jeffrey
AU - Lynn, Lorna
AU - McDonald, Furman S.
AU - Eubank, Kathryn J.
AU - Sha, Michael
AU - Yudin, Jean
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Copyright the Authors Journal compilation © 2017, The American Geriatrics Society
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - The American board of internal medicine (ABIM) establishes standards for physicians. The American geriatrics society (AGS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of nearly 6,000 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence, and quality of life of all older people. Beginning in 2013, ABIM redesigned its governance structure, including the role of the specialty boards. Specialty boards are charged with responsibilities for oversight in four main areas: (1) the assessments used in initial certification and maintenance of certification (MOC); (2) medical knowledge self-assessment and practice assessment in the specialty; (3) building relationships with relevant professional societies and other organizational stakeholders; and (4) issues related to training requirements for initial certification eligibility within the specialty. The aim of this paper is to inform the geriatrics community regarding the function of geriatric medicine board (GMB) of the ABIM, and to invite the geriatrics community to fully engage with and leverage the GMB as a partner to: (1) develop better certification examinations and processes, identifying better knowledge and practice assessments, and in establishing appropriate training and MOC requirements for geriatric medicine; (2) leverage ABIM assets to conduct applied research to guide the field in the areas of training and certification and workforce development in geriatric medicine; (3) make MOC relevant for practicing geriatricians. Active engagement of the geriatrics community with ABIM and the GMB will ensure that certification in geriatric medicine provides the greatest possible value and meaning to physicians, patients, and the public.
AB - The American board of internal medicine (ABIM) establishes standards for physicians. The American geriatrics society (AGS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of nearly 6,000 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence, and quality of life of all older people. Beginning in 2013, ABIM redesigned its governance structure, including the role of the specialty boards. Specialty boards are charged with responsibilities for oversight in four main areas: (1) the assessments used in initial certification and maintenance of certification (MOC); (2) medical knowledge self-assessment and practice assessment in the specialty; (3) building relationships with relevant professional societies and other organizational stakeholders; and (4) issues related to training requirements for initial certification eligibility within the specialty. The aim of this paper is to inform the geriatrics community regarding the function of geriatric medicine board (GMB) of the ABIM, and to invite the geriatrics community to fully engage with and leverage the GMB as a partner to: (1) develop better certification examinations and processes, identifying better knowledge and practice assessments, and in establishing appropriate training and MOC requirements for geriatric medicine; (2) leverage ABIM assets to conduct applied research to guide the field in the areas of training and certification and workforce development in geriatric medicine; (3) make MOC relevant for practicing geriatricians. Active engagement of the geriatrics community with ABIM and the GMB will ensure that certification in geriatric medicine provides the greatest possible value and meaning to physicians, patients, and the public.
KW - American board of internal medicine
KW - American geriatrics society
KW - co-creation
KW - maintenance of certification
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U2 - 10.1111/jgs.15019
DO - 10.1111/jgs.15019
M3 - Article
C2 - 28884807
AN - SCOPUS:85031501711
SN - 0002-8614
VL - 65
SP - 2318
EP - 2321
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
IS - 10
ER -