Am J Psychiatry 1980; 137:292-296
Copyright © 1980 by American Psychiatric Association
Continuing certification and continuing education
CB Robinowitz and M Greenblatt
The authors review the guidelines of the American Board of Medical
Specialties (ABMS) for recertification and the approaches of various
medical specialty boards, including internal medicine, pathology, and
family practice, toward implementing periodic recertification. At a time
when psychiatry has an increasingly close alliance with the other medical
specialties, it is important that this issue receive serious consideration.
Close collaboration between APA and the ABPN on the recertification process
assures that any procedures developed will be in keeping with
psychiatrists' wishes and needs, while meeting the responsibility for
public accountability.
