Updates to Assessments and Study Materials Coming in New Year
By Desiree E. Morgan, MD, ABR Governor
2024;17(6):1
As the year wraps up and we spend time sending glad tidings and gathering with family and friends, I pause to wish you all the best for 2025. The ABR is focused on activities geared toward welcoming the new year and the next cycles of certification. We are excited to share upcoming changes to exams and preparatory materials across the four disciplines for next year, as well as introduce you to more of our volunteers who help forward the ABR’s mission throughout the seasons.
In this issue …
ABR President Cheri L. Canon, MD, and Executive Director Brent Wagner, MD, MBA, discuss how the board’s conflict of interest policy for volunteers helps maintain the integrity of the assessment process.
ABR Executive Director Brent Wagner, MD, MBA, answers common questions from candidates and diplomates about ABR processes and procedures and explains the motives behind the board’s construct and actions.
A few months after joining the ABR Board of Trustees, Kristopher Cummings, MD; Umesh D. Oza, MD; Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD; and Jennifer Stickel, PhD, share thoughts on their new roles.
ABR Trustee Umesh D. Oza, MD, and Ephraim E. Parent, MD, PhD, announce that an expanded Radioisotope Safety Content Study Guide will soon be available on the ABR website.
ABR Trustee Jennifer R. Stickel, PhD, describes updates coming next year to improve the Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) process for nuclear medical physics diplomates.
ABR Associate Executive Director of Radiation Oncology Michael Yunes, MD, reports that benign diseases will have greater representation in the 2025 Qualifying Clinical Exam and that cases from this subset will start being added to the Oral Certifying Exam in 2026.
Future radiology resident Annelise M. Silva, MD, EdM, talked with ABR Communications Manager Rodney Campbell about her quick transition from completing medical school to being the national president of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA).
ABR volunteer Ryan Avery, MD, uses his interactions with residents to inform his question writing for the Diagnostic Radiology Nuclear Radiology Subspecialty Committee and his work on the committee to help him stay current with advancements in practice.
Studying oral exam methodology while earning a doctorate in education helped ABR volunteer Ashley Cetnar, PhD, prepare for her role as an oral examiner for medical physics.
ABR Trustee Leslie Scoutt, MD, was recently honored with a Distinguished Clinical Career Award from the Yale School of Medicine, where she is professor of radiology and biomedical imaging and medical director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory.
Remember to keep your contact information up to date in myABR to ensure that you receive important announcements from the ABR.
