Pediatric Subspecialty Certification
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Pediatric Certification for Subspecialties
In addition to certification in general pediatrics, the American Board of Pediatrics offers a certificate of special qualifications in the following pediatric subspecialties:
Adolescent Medicine Pediatric Cardiology Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Gastroenterology Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Infectious Diseases Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Pediatric Nephrology Pediatric Pulmonology Pediatric Rheumatology Child Abuse Pediatrics
The following certificates of added qualifications are offered:
Medical Toxicology Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Sports Medicine Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Sleep Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
New Subspecialty Training Requirements
Subspecialty training requirements have been changed. Click here for information on these changes.
New Pediatric Subspecialties
The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) does not identify areas appropriate for subspecialty certification but rather responds to petitions from subspecialty societies and interested organizations seeking recognition of a sub-discipline. In considering the establishment of a new subspecialty leading to certification, a number of guiding principles must be met.
Children must be better served by the establishment of the new certificate and the subspecialists must not supplant the role of general pediatricians in providing continuity of care. There must be evidence that the new subspecialty has a unique body of knowledge and a scientific basis and there must be a sufficient number of current and potential subspecialists to justify the certification process.
The New Subspecialties Committee of the ABP judged that Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, Sleep Medicine, and Child Abuse Pediatrics met these guidelines.
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
The ABP has received approval from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) to issue a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology. The ABP will partner with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), which will be the administrative board overseeing the examination development and administration. There will be a core examination for all examinees plus separate modules: one for adult liver diseases for internists and one for pediatric liver diseases for pediatricians. Certification in Pediatric Gastroenterology will be a prerequisite for certification in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology. The first examination will be offered on November 17, 2006. Additional information and the eligibility criteria are available on the Web site.
Sleep Medicine
The ABP has received approval from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) to offer a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sleep Medicine. The ABP will partner with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN) and the American Board of Otolaryngology (ABOto) to offer certificates in Sleep Medicine to pediatricians, internists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and otolaryngologists, with each board awarding its own certificate but using a common examination administratively developed under the leadership of ABIM. The examination will be a comprehensive one-day computer-based examination of multiple-choice questions in a single best answer format with an absolute standard passing. The examination will be administered to candidates from the ABP, ABIM, ABOto, and ABPN at the same time in the same testing centers. The first examination will be offered on November 15, 2007 and qualified pediatricians may apply online beginning February 1, 2007. Additional information and the eligibility criteria are available on the ABP Web site.
Child Abuse Pediatrics
The ABP has received approval from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) to offer a Certificate of Special Qualifications in Child Abuse Pediatrics. The ABP will offer certificates in Child Abuse Pediatrics to pediatricians. It is anticipated that the first examination will be offered in the fall of 2009. Additional information and the eligibility criteria will be provided on the ABP Web site as it becomes available.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The ABP has received approval from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) to offer a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. The ABP will partner with several additional boards to co-sponsor this certificate with each board awarding its own certificates but using a common examination administratively developed under the leadership of American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). It is anticipated that the first examination will be offered in the fall of 2008. Additional information and the eligibility criteria will be provided on the ABP Web site as it becomes available.
Change in Examination Dates for Subspecialty Certification
Beginning in 2007, the pediatric subspecialty certifying examinations usually offered in August will be offered in the fall. Likewise, those subspecialty certifying examinations usually offered in November will be offered the following spring. This shift in examination administrations is necessary to afford the broadest opportunity for fellows to complete the new requirement for scholarly activity. The ABP anticipates collecting the final evaluations for all fellows during the summer following the completion of training, thus requiring the examinations dates to be moved to a later time. For each final year cohort of fellows, subspecialty fellowship program directors will be asked to complete the Verification of Competence Form for each fellow, including an assessment of each fellow's clinical competence and scholarly activity.
Therefore, the ABP anticipates the schedule of examinations in 2007, 2008 and Spring 2009 to be as follows:
FALL 2007 Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Gastroenterology Pediatric Infectious Diseases
SPRING 2008 Adolescent Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Pediatric Nephrology
FALL 2008 Pediatric Cardiology Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Pulmonology
SPRING 2009 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Pediatric Rheumatology Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Actual examination dates and fees for 2007 and 2008 are located in the Subspecialty Certification section of the ABP Web site.
Courtesy: ABP
