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The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, self-appointed physician-evaluation organization that certifies physicians practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties. The American Board of Internal Medicine is not a membership society, educational institution, or licensing body.
Before this time, the initial board certification was permanent and recertification was not required. Since March 1997, if a physician does not recertify every eight years, their board certification status expires. Osteopathic internal medicine physicians may receive Certification of Special Qualifications in the following areas: [3] Allergy ...
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.
American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology; American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology; American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine; American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians; American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine; American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry; American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal ...
Association of American Physicians; Association of Black Psychologists; Association of Children's Museums; Association of Former Intelligence Officers; Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges; Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania; Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington
International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Pharmaceutical Medicine [1] International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies [1] International Committee of the Red Cross; International Rhinologic Society [1] International Society of Internal Medicine [1] International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology [1]
Internal medicine, also known as general 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]
In 2016, a group of D.O. physicians filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the AOA (Talone et al. v. The American Osteopathic Association), contesting the requirement for physicians to purchase AOA membership as a condition of AOA board certification. [17] [18] In 2018, the AOA and physicians reached a $35 million settlement agreement. [18]