American board of preventive medicine clinical informatics

• Certification in Clinical Informatics is a joint and equal function of the ABPath and the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM). Such function relates to qualification of applicants, standards of examinations, and the form of the certificate.
• All candidates for certification in Clinical Informatics by the ABPath must possess current certification by the ABPath and meet the qualifications indicated in one of the following pathways to certification.

• ACGME-accredited Fellowship Pathway

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  • Preventive Medicine
  • Training required prior to initial board certification
  • Board eligible period (+practice requirement)
  • Subspecialties
  • Lifelong learning requirements
  • Is Clinical informatics the same as health informatics?
  • What does a clinical Informaticist do?
  • What is helath informatics?
  • What are examples of clinical informatics?

  A physician must have successfully completed 24 months in an ACGME-accredited Clinical Informatics fellowship program.

  *Dual Enrollment- The American Board of Pathology allows diplomates to complete the 24 months of ACGME required training in Clinical Informatics (CI) concurrently with another 12-month fellowship, completed over the same 24 months. This concurrent training must comply with the ACGME Program Requirements for Clinical Informatics and pathology subspecialties. With this concurrent training, a trainee could qualify for certification in CI and another ACGME accredited subspecialty with only two years of training, rather than three years. The CI fellowship may also be combined with a non-ACGME accredited fellowship. Participation in the dual enrollment process does not require prior ACGME approval.

Until a sufficient number of training programs are accredited, the following additional pathways to certification will be available.

• Practice Pathway (in effect until 2025)

  
  Three years of practice in Clinical Informatics is required. Practice time must be at least 25% of a Full-Time Equivalent to be considered. Practice time need not be continuous; however, all practice time must have occurred in the five-year period preceding June 30 of the application year. Practice must consist of broad-based professional activity with significant Clinical Informatics responsibility. Fellowship activity that is less than 24 months in duration or non-ACGME accredited may be applied toward the practice activity requirement. The actual training must be described for any fellowship activity. Clinical Informatics research and teaching activities may also be considered as practice time.

Masters or PhD in Biomedical Informatics: Credit for completion of a 24 month Masters or PhD program in Biomedical Informatics, Health Sciences Informatics, Clinical Informatics, or a related subject from a university/college in the US and Canada, deemed acceptable by the Board (e.g. NLM university-based Biomedical Informatics Training) may be substituted for the Time in Practice option above.

• Non-Accredited Fellowship Pathway (in effect until 2025)

  An applicant may request credit for training in a non-ACGME accredited fellowship program. Training in a non-ACGME accredited program for less than two years duration may be applied toward the practice pathway described above. The training received in the nonaccredited fellowship must have been substantially equivalent to, or exceeded, the training required in ACGME accredited fellowships. The fellowship training curriculum and a description of the training experience must be submitted with the application. Diplomates who have started a non-accredited fellowship pathway before the end of 2025 will have eligibility extended until the pathway requirements are met.

THIS APPLICATION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE ONLINE IN YOUR PATHWAY.  TO ACCESS THE APPLICATION, SELECT THE LINK BELOW.

• Clinical Informatics Subspecialty Application

* Only for candidates that have previously submitted an application for Clinical Informatics and have a period of board qualification in Clinical Informatics, the examination registration form is accessed through your PATHway. 

111 West Jackson, Suite 1340
Chicago, IL 60604

Phone: (312) 939-2276 www.theabpm.org

Preventive Medicine

A specialist in Preventive Medicine focuses on the health of individuals and defined populations in order to protect, promote and maintain health and well-being, and to prevent disease, disability and premature death. They may be a specialist in Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, or Public Health & General Preventive Medicine. The distinctive components of Preventive Medicine include:

• Biostatistics and the application of biostatistical principles and methodology;
• Epidemiology and its application to population-based medicine and research;
• Health services management and administration including: developing, assessing, and assuring health policies; planning, implementing, directing, budgeting and evaluating population health and disease management programs; and utilizing legislative and regulatory processes to enhance health;
• Control of environmental factors that may adversely affect health;
• Control and prevention of occupational factors that may adversely affect health safety;
• Clinical preventive medicine activities, including measures to promote health and prevent the occurrence, progression and disabling effects of disease and injury; and
• Assessment of social, cultural and behavioral influences on health.

Training required prior to initial board certification

Four (4) years

Board eligible period (+practice requirement)

Seven (7) years

Subspecialties

Certification in one of the following subspecialties requires additional training and assessment as specified by the board.

Addiction Medicine

A preventive medicine physician who specializes in Addition Medicine is concerned with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of persons with the disease of addiction, of those with substance-related health conditions, and of people who show unhealthy use of substances including nicotine, alcohol, prescription medications and other licit and illicit drugs. Physicians specializing in this field also help family members whose health and functioning are affected by a loved one’s substance use or addiction.

Clinical Informatics

Physicians who practice Clinical Informatics collaborate with other health care and information technology professionals to analyze, design, implement and evaluate information and communication systems that enhance individual and population health outcomes, improve patient care and strengthen the clinician–patient relationship. Clinical informaticians use their knowledge of patient care combined with their understanding of informatics concepts, methods and tools to: assess information and knowledge needs of health care professionals and patients; characterize, evaluate and refine clinical processes; develop, implement procurement, customization, development, implementation, management, evaluation and continuous improvement of clinical information systems.

Medical Toxicology

Medical toxicologists are physicians who specialize in the prevention, evaluation, treatment and monitoring of injury and illness from exposures to drugs and chemicals, as well as biological and radiological agents. These specialists care for people in clinical, academic, governmental and public health settings, and provide poison control center leadership. Important areas of Medical Toxicology include acute drug poisoning; adverse drug events; drug abuse, addiction and withdrawal; chemicals and hazardous materials; terrorism preparedness; venomous bites and stings; and environmental and workplace exposures.

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

A preventive medicine physician who specializes in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine treats decompression illness and diving accident cases and uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat such conditions as carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, non-healing wounds, tissue damage from radiation and burns and bone infections. This specialist also serves as consultant to other physicians in all aspects of hyperbaric chamber operations, and assesses risks and applies appropriate standards to prevent disease and disability in divers and other persons working in altered atmospheric conditions.

Lifelong learning requirements

• Complete 25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ annually
• Complete a patient safety module once every 10 years