| Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Announcement | | Closure Date of Time-Limited Pathways of Application Extended
When the Eligibility Criteria for Certification in Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine were approved, the expectation was that Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited training programs would be in place by 2002. The development of the training requirements took considerably longer than was anticipated.
The UHM training plus practice pathway closed following the 2005 application cycle, and the unaccredited fellowship training pathway was scheduled to close following the 2007 application cycle. With few ACGME-accredited training programs currently in place, this meant that physicians wishing to pursue certification in this subspecialty had limited opportunities to do so.
To remedy this situation, the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) and ABEM, the boards that co-sponsor this subspecialty, requested that the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approve an extension of both these pathways until July 1, 2010. ABMS approved this request on March 20, 2007. It is effective immediately.
Physicians must submit an application to the board through which they obtained their primary certification. Physicians certified by an ABMS member board other than ABEM or ABPM and who fulfill the eligibility criteria must apply to ABPM.
Revised 11/20/08
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