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The Medical Board of California (MBC) is a state government agency which licenses and disciplines physicians, surgeons and certain allied healthcare professionals in California. The Board provides two principal types of services to consumers: (1) public-record information about California-licensed physicians, and (2) investigation of complaints ...
Some hospitals may demand that physicians be board certified to receive privileges. [1] The commonly used acronym BE/BC (board eligible/board certified) refers to a doctor who is eligible or is certified to practice medicine in a particular field. The term board certified is also used in the nursing field, where a candidate with advanced ...
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.
The American Board of Internal Medicine was established on February 28, 1936, by the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians to issue certification to physicians. [1] In 1989, ABIM began requiring maintenance of certification (MOC) examinations every 10 years for continued board certification. [7]
The American Board of Family Medicine is the second largest medical specialty board in the United States. Its purposes include: Improving the quality of medical care available to the public. Establishing and maintaining standards in the specialty of family medicine. Improving the standards of medical education for training in family medicine.
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The American Board of Pain Medicine ( ABPM) was founded in 1991 as the "American College of Pain Medicine". [1] The name was changed in 1994 to be more congruent with the nomenclature of other medical specialty boards. The mission of the American Board of Pain Medicine is to improve the quality of pain medicine.
FAFICC [42] Fellow, Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic Consultants. This degree is bestowed upon Doctors of Chiropractic by an unaccredited organization. FNAMUAP [43] Fellow, National Academy of Manipulation Under Anesthesia Physicians. This degree is bestowed upon Doctors of Chiropractic by an unaccredited organisation.