Experienced Oral Examiners Quickly Find Comfort on New Platform by Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager 2021;14(3):10 Less than a year after the ABR Board committed to moving from in-person to remote oral exams in 2021, candidates were online with examiners using the new platform. It took countless hours of staff and volunteer work, but the…

First-Time Examiners Make Easy Move to Remote Platform 2021;14(3):9 by Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager First-time ABR examiners this spring only experienced in-person oral exams in Louisville or Tucson as candidates. Although their knowledge of the old process is limited, they see many advantages in using the remote format. We reached out to five new…

ABR Residency Leave Policy: How We Got Here by Cheri L. Canon, MD, ABR Governor 2021;14(3):4 The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) brings together 24 Member Boards, including the ABR, and seeks to establish certain standards across all specialties in an effort to allow the public to rely on “board certification” as a consistent…