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  • A Decade of Physician Learning and Assessment: The ACCME and ABIM Collaboration

    Ten years ago the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) launched a landmark collaboration to support physicians who are engaged in lifelong learning by enabling them to use those activities to meet requirements for ABIM’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

    September 25, 2025  |  MOC

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  • Announcing the NewNeeds-Based Certification Exam Fee Assistance Pilot

    ABIM is pleased to announce a new needs-based pilot program providing a 50% credit for eligible physicians who plan to take the 2026 Internal Medicine Certification Exam.

    September 2, 2025  |  Announcements

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  • Assessment blueprint reviews launching in September, important certification and MOC dates, higher scores on the LKA associated with reduced post-hospitalization death and readmissions, new monthly notification for MOC points earned and more…

    August 6, 2025  |  News

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  • Effective Immediately:ABIM eliminates 2-year MOC point requirement

    Diplomates currently reported as “Certified, Not Participating in MOC” due to missing the 2-year point requirement will have their status updated to “Certified, Participating in MOC” as long as all other MOC requirements are met.

    October 28, 2024  |  Announcements

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October 10, 2025

Honoring the Life of Dr. John Benson

— John Alexander Benson Jr., MD —1921 – 2025 When John Benson Jr. was born in 1921, ABIM did not yet exist. Even the concept of board certification and a means by which the profession of medicine could set standards for itself was a relatively young one. Throughout the remainder of the century—and well into […]

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September 29, 2025

ABIM recommends preserving “duration of status” designation for physicians in training with J-1 visas in support of physician education and patient care

ABIM leaders Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH, President and CEO, and Erica N. Johnson, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs, have submitted the following letter to Kristi Noem, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, regarding proposed changes for J-1 visa holders that could have negative consequences for physician education and […]

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September 25, 2025

A Decade of Physician Learning and Assessment: The ACCME and ABIM Collaboration

Ten years ago the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) launched a landmark collaboration to support physicians who are engaged in lifelong learning by enabling them to use those activities to meet requirements for ABIM’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Now, thousands of educational activities physicians complete […]

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September 11, 2025

Survey finds many physicians report learning and changing patient care due to participation in the Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA®)

According to a new survey doctors are learning and putting their knowledge into practice with patients as they are regularly evaluated in ABIM’s Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA). The survey results were published today in an article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Among key findings, 73% of general internists participating in the LKA reported […]

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September 10, 2025

Meet ABIM Governance: A Patient’s Perspective on Pulmonary Hypertension

Colleen Connor is a patient advocate and volunteer living with pulmonary arterial hypertension, as well as a breast cancer survivor, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA). Since her initial diagnosis in 2007, Ms. Connor has dedicated herself to helping and encouraging others with pulmonary hypertension to hope […]

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September 9, 2025

ABIM’s New Vice President for Research Strategy Comes in Asking Questions

Eric J. Warm, MD, MACP, has been named the inaugural Vice President for Research Strategy at ABIM. Dr. Warm is an internist, researcher and educator whose career has in large part been devoted to using assessment to improve physician learning and patient care—two interrelated goals that will be the central tenet of his work with […]

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