Physician Board Certification
Online physician board certification verification.
Physician board certification. Abps has partnered with aperture credentialing llc the largest and most experienced health care provider. The american board of physician specialties abps is pleased to provide electronic board certification verification with our online physician board certification verification database. While the term physician board certification is a familiar part of the vernacular to those in the medical profession the average consumer might have at best only a vague notion of what it actually means for a physician to become board certified and why it is important. Board certification is the process by which a physician or other professional demonstrates a mastery of basic knowledge and skills through written practical or simulator based testing.
State if your search for a specific doctor in a state does not find that doctor please try removing the state from your search criteria. Physician board certification defined. The abms physician certification database is the most widely respected and accepted resource for board certification information. First name refine your search by including your doctors first initial partial first name or full first name.
Abms is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization serving the public and the medical profession by improving the quality of health care setting professional standards for lifelong certification in partnership with its member boards. If the board is not certified by the american board of medical specialties abms the american board of physician specialties abps or the american osteopathic association aoa. If a doctor claims to be certified by a medical board youll want to check to be sure that the body that certifies him or her is a bona fide medical specialty board. About the abms physician certification database.