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The ABR is seeking input from stakeholders regarding minimum requirements for time served during residency while avoiding an extension of training to be considered board eligible. We are actively seeking comment now so that we may develop a reasonable plan before July 1 to comply with an ABMS requirement announced last year to clearly state these requirements in our policies. Extreme scenarios might…
Longtime Volunteer Learning New Role as AED
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Physicist’s Family Reunion Takes Root in Alabama
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Volunteer Gives Wildlife Photography Her Best Shot
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Navigating the American Healthcare System Can Be Challenging
By Toby Gordon, ScD It may not come as a surprise to learn that when an ABR Board of Governors (BOG) member who happens to be a professor of healthcare management has an experience as a patient, a critique of the U.S. healthcare system is inevitable. While ABR stakeholders no doubt have great “walking-around knowledge”…
