News round-up: ABFM and ABIM pilot certification for hospitalists
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) this month jointly announced the pilot program, Recognition of Focused Practice (RFP) in Hospital Medicine.
After years of speculation on the details, the RFP in Hospital Medicine is the “first customized maintenance of certification pathway,” according to an October 10 ABFM press release. The RFP criteria will include ABFM- and ABIM-developed tools targeted at hospitalist practice-based learning.
The RFP in Hospital Medicine pilot program is expected to start in the fall of 2010 and continue for three years, according to the press release.
Find a list of news stories from around the Web below:
- Wachter’s World: Board certification for hospitalists: It’s Heeeere!
- The Hospitalist: HM’s watershed moment
- Hospitalist Leadership Connection: All board certification equal, study says
- HospitalistLeadership.com: Blog discussion
And don’t forget to check out the December issue of Hospitalist Leadership Advisor, supplement to Medical Staff Briefing, where we will be covering RFP certification in detail.
About the Author: Karen M. Cheung is the associate editor for HCPro, Inc., the healthcare compliance publisher, delivering news and information to the hospitalist market with products such as books, e-newsletters, seminars, and broadcast events.
Before arriving at HCPro, Karen served as the news editor for Reviewed.com (including DigitalCameraInfo.com and lead blogger for CamcorderInfo.com), providing unbiased tech reviews for the WashingtonPost.com. Having trained with The Washington Post photo department and earning a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University, Karen has experience with news and commercial photography. During her time in D.C., she covered Capitol Hill and the White House for daily New England newspapers.
