ABPN: Continuing Certification Update*
Date: September 14, 2025
Time: 11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Room: Kent A - C (Fourth Floor Level)
Track: Additional Lunch Workshop
Session Description
The mission of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology is to serve the public, and the profession, by providing credible reassurance about the competence of its diplomates. This session will provide an update about the ABPN’s Continuing Certification program. Dr. Lyness, the ABPN President and CEO, will provide an overview of the ABPN’s primary goals and activities and the rationale for the elements of its Continuing Certification program. Dr. Ali, a neurology Director who becomes ABPN Board Vice Chair in 2025, will describe the key elements of the Continuing Certification program, and offer perspectives on meeting its requirements in the course of a career in academic neurology. There will be ample time for discussion with attendees.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:
- Describe how the mission of the ABPN, as a certifying body, is distinct from yet complementary to the roles of academic institutions, professional societies, and the ACGME.
- Describe the rationale for and key elements of the ABPN’s Continuing Certification program.
- Identify activities that one is already doing that help satisfy the ABPN’s requirements for Continuing Certification.
Speakers
ABPN: Continuing Certification Update
Description
This presentation, led by the ABPN Board Vice Chair and the ABPN President & CEO, will present the rationale and key elements of the ABPN Continuing Certification program, and offer perspectives on meeting its requirements in the course of a career in academic neurology. There will be ample time for discussion.
Speakers
ABPN: Continuing Certification Update
Description
This presentation will provide an update and review of continuing certification process.
Speakers