What it is:
- Board certification demonstrates a physician’s exceptional expertise in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice
- To practice medicine in the United States, doctors must be licensed by the states in which they work
- Board Certified doctors voluntarily meet additional standards beyond basic licensing
- You will earn a Board Certification through one of the 24 Member Boards that are part of the not-for-profit American Board of Medical Specialties
The Process:
- Before: four years of premedical education in a college or university; a course of study leading to an MD or DO degree from a qualified medical school and three to five years of full-time experience in an accredited residency training program.
- A rigorous process of testing and peer evaluation that is designed and administered by specialists in a specific area of medicine
- This isi the first step in the career-long learning and assessment process required by the rigorous program
- To maintain Board Certification, a doctor must actively keep pace with the latest advances in his or her specialty and demonstrate best practices for patient safety, communications and ethics
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