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ABMG Glossary of Terms
ABMS
-The American Board of Medical Specialties is the
preeminent medical organization overseeing physician
certification in the United States. It assists its 24 Member
Boards in their efforts to develop and implement educational
and professional standards for the evaluation and
certification of physician specialists. ABMS Member Boards
provide physician certification information to ABMS for its
certification verification service programs. ABMS is
recognized by the key healthcare credentialing accreditation
entities as a primary equivalent source of board
certification data for medical specialists. For more
information about ABMS visit
www.abms.org
The 24
ABMS Member Boards include: American Board of Allergy and
Immunology, American Board of Anesthesiology, American Board
of Colon and Rectal Surgery, American Board of Dermatology,
American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of
Family Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine,
American Board of Medical Genetics, American Board of
Neurological Surgery, American Board of Nuclear Medicine,
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Board
of Ophthalmology, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery,
American Board of Otolaryngology, American Board of
Pathology, American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of
Plastic Surgery, American Board of Preventive Medicine,
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board
of Radiology, American Board of Surgery, American Board of
Thoracic Surgery and American Board of Urology.
ACCME – The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education is the council that approves programs that
offer continuing medical education credits. Their mission is
the identification, development and promotion of standards
for quality continuing medical education (CME) utilized by
physicians in their maintenance of competence and
incorporation of new knowledge to improve quality medical
care for patients and their communities. For more
information about ACCME visit
www.accme.org
Accreditation: A voluntary process of evaluation and
review based on published standards and following a
prescribed process, performed by a non-governmental agency
of peers. Accreditation applies to programs.
ACGME - The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education is a private, non-profit council that
evaluates and accredits medical residency programs in the
United States. Thy are the organization that approves and
accredits Medical/Clinical Genetics residencies as well as
Medical Biochemical Genetics and Molecular Genetic Pathology
programs. For more information about ACGME visit
www.acgme.org.
ACMG – The American College of Medical Genetics
provides education, resources and a voice for the medical
genetics profession. To make genetic services available to
and improve the health of the public, the ACMG promotes the
development and implementation of methods to diagnose, treat
and prevent genetic diseases. For more information about
ACMG visit www.acmg.net.
Applicant: A person who has submitted an application
to enter the certification process.
Active Candidate Status: ABMG limits active candidate
status to individual who fulfill the criteria for
certification. Those practitioners working in the field of
medical genetics who do not meet the specified criteria,
despite academic or clinical backgrounds are not eligible to
site for the ABME certification examination and are not
considered Active Candidates. The status of Active Candidate
is for a particular examination cycle and is granted after
all requirements have been met. ACS is removed after the
results of the examination are released.
Certification: A process to provide assurance to the
public that a certified medical specialist has successfully
completed an approved educational program and an evaluation,
including an examination process designed to assess the
knowledge, experience and skills requisite to the provision
of high quality care in particular specialty. Certification
applies to individuals.
Combined Specialty Programs are programs that are
recognized by two or more separate specialty boards to
provide graduate medical education in a particular combined
specialty. ABMG offers the following combined specialty
programs: Internal Medicine/Medical Genetics,
Pediatrics/Medical Genetics, and Maternal Fetal
Medicine/Medical Genetics.
Diplomate of the ABMG: A person who has passed the
certification examination and is certified by the ABMG.
ECFMG – The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical
Graduates, through its program of certification,
assesses the readiness of international medical graduates to
enter residency or fellowship programs in the United States
that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). For more information
about ECFMG visit
www.ecfmg.org.
EMOC - Expanded Maintenance of Certification Process
is the full four part process as outlined by the ABMS. ABMG
calls it EMOC since the ABMS has copyrighted the designation
Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
FACMG - Fellow of the American College of Medical
Genetics is the designation used by doctoral level
members certified by the ABMG who is a member of the
American College of Medical Genetics.
Fellow: An ABMG fellow could be a postdoctoral
trainee in Clinical Biochemical Genetics, Clinical
Cytogenetics, Clinical Molecular Genetics, Molecular Genetic
Pathology or Medical Biochemical Genetics.
Program Director: The one physician or PhD designated
with authority and accountability for the operation of the
residency/fellowship program.
Primary Certification Areas offered by the ABMG:
Clinical Genetics
Clinical Biochemical Genetics
Clinical Cytogenetics
Clinical Molecular Genetics
Resident: A physician in an ACGME-accredited graduate
medical education program in Medical/Clinical Genetics.
Subspecialty Certification Areas of the ABMG requires
primary certification in Clinical Genetics is required for
eligibility in ABMG subspecialties:
Medical Biochemical Genetics
Molecular Genetic Pathology
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