New Board Certifications for Hospice and Palliative Medicine
For the first time, 10 organizations belonging to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) are collaborating to offer board certification in one area: hospice and palliative medicine.
Core requirements and board examinations for the new ABMS hospice and palliative care certificate are currently being co-developed by 10 separate ABMS member boards specializing in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry and neurology, radiology and surgery.
Doctors involved with the project expect testing for the subspecialty will begin later this year. They are confident this renewable hospice and palliative care certification will help ensure patients with end-stage cancer and other progressive diseases receive the highest quality care possible. As one ABMS leader stated,
“Each of the co-sponsoring boards recognizes the importance of this area of medicine.”
James C. Puffer, MD
President and CEO, American Board of Family Medicine
If you’d like to learn more about hospice programs available in your community, you can visit the healthfinder.gov web site managed by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Source: Center to Advance Palliative Care
Related Links: MedPage Today; hospicenet.org; Hospice Education Institute
Related Podcast: The Hospice Experiment on American RadioWorks from American Public Media
Tags: Stage IV cancer; end of life; late-stage cancer; dying with cancer; terminal disease; caregiver resources; continuing medical education (CME); comfort care; oncology
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