ABIM Board of Directors Meeting Highlights

The ABIM Board of Directors met February 7-10, 2008 for one of its three annual business meetings. At this meeting, the Board concentrated on implementation of the strategic plan it approved in June 2007, particularly regarding ways to expand the relevance, depth, and breadth of Maintenance of Certification assessment tools. The Directors seek to broaden certification and Maintenance of Certification so that there are more options, more comprehensive self-assessment methods, and more robust self-improvement tools that can facilitate practice-based learning and improved patient outcomes.

At the February meeting, the Board also approved diplomates using the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) AIM (Assess, Improve, Measure) Gout PIM for credit toward Maintenance of Certification.

The next meeting of the Board will take place in June 2008. Watch for Board announcements in future issues of Perspectives and at www.abim.org.