Five Years of Clinical Informatics Board Certification for Physicians in the United States of America

Christoph U. Lehmann; Adi V. Gundlapalli; Jeffrey J. Williamson; Douglas B. Fridsma; William R. Hersh; Marie Krousel-Wood; Christopher J. Ondrula; Benson Munger

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1641198

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Yearb Med Inform 2018; 27(01): 237-242
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1641198

Research & Education

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Five Years of Clinical Informatics Board Certification for Physicians in the United States of America

Christoph U. Lehmann

¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

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Adi V. Gundlapalli

²University of Utah School of Medicine and VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

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Jeffrey J. Williamson

³American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, MD, USA

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Douglas B. Fridsma

³American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, MD, USA

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William R. Hersh

⁴Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

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Marie Krousel-Wood

⁵Tulane University School of Medicine and School Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

⁶American Board of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

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Christopher J. Ondrula

⁶American Board of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

,

Benson Munger

⁶American Board of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Summary

Objectives: To review the highlights of the new Clinical Informatics subspecialty including its history, certification requirements, development of and performance on the certification examination in the United States.

Methods: We reviewed processes for the development of a subspecialty. Data from board certification examinations were collated and analyzed. We discussed eligibility requirements in the fellowship as well as practice pathways.

Results: Lessons learned from the development of the Clinical Informatics subspecialty, opportunities, challenges, and future directions for the field are discussed.

Conclusions: There remains a need for fellowship programs and creation and maintenance of a professional home for the subspecialty with the American Medical Informatics Association. Ongoing attention to the currency of the core content is required to maintain an examination designed to test the key concepts within the field of Clinical Informatics.

Keywords

Clinical Informatics - board certification - fellowship training - examination - American Board of Medical Specialties - physicians

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