American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine
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| leader_name = Eric Appelbaum, DO
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The American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of acutely ill patients with advanced cardiac life support, trauma, and the management of other life-threatening medical issues (emergency physicians).{{cite web |url=http://aobem.org/about_aobem.html |title=About AOBEM |author= |publisher=American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine |accessdate=11 July 2012 }} The AOBEM is one of 18 medical specialty certifying boards of the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).{{cite web|title=AOA Specialty Certifying Boards|url=https://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/development/aoa-board-certification/Pages/aoa-specialty-boards.aspx|publisher=American Osteopathic Association|access-date=25 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601001928/http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/development/aoa-board-certification/Pages/aoa-specialty-boards.aspx|archive-date=1 June 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hwic.org/experts/details.php?id=3114 |title=American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine |author= |publisher=Health Workforce Information Center |access-date=22 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200102/http://www.hwic.org/experts/details.php?id=3114 |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}
As of December 2014, 2,583 osteopathic emergency physicians held active certification with the AOBEM.{{cite journal|last1=Scheinthal|first1=Stephen|last2=Gross|first2=C|last3=Morales-Egizi|first3=L|date=April 2015|title=Appendix 2: American Osteopathic Association Specialty Board Certification|journal=Journal of the American Osteopathic Association|volume=115|issue=4|pages=275–278}}
Board certification
Board certification is potentially available to osteopathic emergency physicians who have successfully completed an AOA-approved residency in emergency medicine and successfully completed the required clinical, oral, and written examinations.{{cite web |url=http://aobem.org/part1requirements.html |title=AOBEM Part 1 Requirements |author= |year=2012 |publisher=American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine |accessdate=14 September 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://aobem.org/part2requirements.html |title=AOBEM Part 2 Requirements |author= |year=2012 |publisher=American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine |accessdate=14 September 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://aobem.org/part3requirements.html |title=AOBEM Part 3 Requirements |author= |year=2012 |publisher=American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine |accessdate=14 September 2012 }} Candidates for certification that applied for entry into the certification pathway after September 1, 2013 must only complete the written (Part I) and oral (Part II) examinations.{{Cite web|url=http://aobem.org/part3requirements.shtml|title=AOBEM - Part 3 Certification Requirements|website=aobem.org|access-date=2016-03-21}}
Osteopathic emergency medicine physicians may receive Subspecialty Certification (formerly Certification of Added Qualifications) in the following areas:{{cite web |url=https://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/development/aoa-board-certification/Pages/specialty-subspecialty-certification.aspx |title=Specialties and Subspecialties |author= |year=2012 |publisher=American Osteopathic Association |accessdate=14 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830013842/http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/development/aoa-board-certification/Pages/specialty-subspecialty-certification.aspx |archive-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}
- Emergency Medical Services
- Medical Toxicology
- Sports Medicine
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
- Surgical Critical Care
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.aobem.org/ AOBEM homepage]
- [http://www.osteopathic.org/ American Osteopathic Association]
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Category:Osteopathic medical associations in the United States
Category:Organizations established in 1980
Category:Medical and health professional associations in Chicago