POINT: Should Interventional Pulmonology Be Given American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty Status? Yes

Chest: The Journal of Circulation, Respiration and Related Systems

Hans J. Lee^1¹  Andrew D. Lerner^2² 

[1] Section of Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD^1;Section of Interventional Pulmonology, Sibley Memorial Hospital/Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC^2

关键词: AABIP;    American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology;    ABIM;    American Board of Internal Medicine;    ACGME;    Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;    IP;    Interventional Pulmonology;    NEDIM;    New and Emerging Disciplines in Internal Medicine;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.1167

学科分类：呼吸医学

来源: American College of Chest Physicians

【 摘 要 】

Board certification has two major aims: (1) to assure the public that a physician meets baseline qualifications and (2) to establish transparency of these qualifications for the medical profession. Unlike individual state licensing bodies, board certification is not an absolute requirement to practice medicine in the United States. However, because states do not extensively regulate and measure physician claims of specialized expertise, specialty board certification is needed to independently verify that a physician has the necessary knowledge and skill to practice within a particular field.

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