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Medical specialty. A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy. Examples include those branches of medicine that deal exclusively with children (paediatrics), cancer (oncology), laboratory medicine (pathology), or primary care (family medicine).
The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS), the official certifying body for the American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS) is a non-profit umbrella organization for sixteen medical specialty boards that certifies and re-certifies physicians in fourteen medical specialties in the United States and Canada.
Pain management physicians (2 C, 4 P) Palliative care physicians (1 C, 9 P) Pathologists (13 C, 7 P) Pediatricians (9 C, 8 P) Pharmacologists (8 C, 15 P) Prison physicians (4 P) Psychiatrists (11 C, 46 P) Public health doctors (3 C, 9 P) Pulmonologists (3 C, 3 P)
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is a non-profit organization established in 1933 which represents 24 broad areas of specialty medicine. ABMS is the largest and most widely recognized physician-led specialty certification organization in the United States. [1] The other certification organizations in the United States are the ...
Internal medicine. Internal medicine, also known as general internal medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of internal diseases in adults. Medical practitioners of internal medicine are referred to as internists, or physicians in Commonwealth nations. [1]
This list of medical specialty colleges in the United States includes medical societies that represent board certified specialist physicians.The American Medical Association maintains a list of societies represented in its House of Delegates, while the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine maintains a list of osteopathic specialty colleges.
Family medicine[note 1] is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. [2][3] The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is named a family physician. [note 2] It is often referred to as ...
Physicians then must pass written and oral exams in their specialty in order to become board certified. [23] Each of the 26 medical specialties has different requirements for practitioners to undertake continuing medical education activities. [23] Moreover there is an increasing focus on integrating technology into the field of education.