Board Certification in EM after being boarded in IM

[rs2006]

Hi everyone,

I hope all is well. I am currently an IM boarded physician working in an ER. I was just wondering if it would be possible for me to get board certified in EM w/ experience working in an ER or if I need to do an entire EM residency to get EM board certification. Any thoughts? thanks in advance.

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[Tiger26]

Hi everyone,

I hope all is well. I am currently an IM boarded physician working in an ER. I was just wondering if it would be possible for me to get board certified in EM w/ experience working in an ER or if I need to do an entire EM residency to get EM board certification. Any thoughts? thanks in advance.

As I understand it, there was a grandfathering process for physicians working for many years in the ED who had been board certified in other specialties before EM became a distinct field. In the absence of having this past experience, you would need to do an EM residency.

 

[docB]

Hi everyone,

I hope all is well. I am currently an IM boarded physician working in an ER. I was just wondering if it would be possible for me to get board certified in EM w/ experience working in an ER or if I need to do an entire EM residency to get EM board certification. Any thoughts? thanks in advance.

To get boarded by ABEM which is the only board for EM recognized by the ABMS you have to be residency trained. The practice pathway that allowed people to "grandfather in" ended in the late 80s.

There is a group called the American Board of Physician Specialties that will certify docs in various specialties who don't meet requirements set by the recognized boards. Their certification in EM is of dubious value and to my knowledge is only recognized by Florida. In any case they will grant their certification in EM to docs who are not residency trained.

 

[Hamhock]

To get boarded by ABEM which is the only board for EM recognized by the ABMS you have to be residency trained. The practice pathway that allowed people to "grandfather in" ended in the late 80s.

There is a group called the American Board of Physician Specialties that will certify docs in various specialties who don't meet requirements set by the recognized boards. Their certification in EM is of dubious value and to my knowledge is only recognized by Florida. In any case they will grant their certification in EM to docs who are not residency trained.

and now, unfortunately, in Texas, too, no?

HH (enjoy,ing comm,as)

 

[NateintheED]

To get boarded by ABEM which is the only board for EM recognized by the ABMS you have to be residency trained. The practice pathway that allowed people to "grandfather in" ended in the late 80s.

There is a group called the American Board of Physician Specialties that will certify docs in various specialties who don't meet requirements set by the recognized boards. Their certification in EM is of dubious value and to my knowledge is only recognized by Florida. In any case they will grant their certification in EM to docs who are not residency trained.

Hamhock is correct. Texas, in the last few months, has decided to let ABPS-certified physicians bill themselves as "board-certified" in Emergency Medicine. ACEP has published a statement against this decision.