Development and results of the first ABMS subspecialty certification examination in sleep medicine

Stuart F. Quan; Richard B. Berry; Daniel Buysse; Nancy A. Collop; Madeleine Grigg-Damberger; Susan M. Harding; Conrad Iber; W. Vaughn McCall; Michael J. Sateia; Stephen H. Sheldon; Michael H. Silber; Adam Sorscher; Sally L.Davidson Ward; Sigrid Veasey; B. Tucker Woodson; Brian Hess; Roberta Kangilaski

doi:10.5664/jcsm.27287

Development and results of the first ABMS subspecialty certification examination in sleep medicine

Stuart F. Quan, Richard B. Berry, Daniel Buysse, Nancy A. Collop, Madeleine Grigg-Damberger, Susan M. Harding, Conrad Iber, W. Vaughn McCall, Michael J. Sateia, Stephen H. Sheldon, Michael H. Silber, Adam Sorscher, Sally L.Davidson Ward, Sigrid Veasey, B. Tucker Woodson, Brian Hess, Roberta Kangilaski

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Abstract

In November 2007, the first Certification Examination in Sleep Medicine was administered to 1,882 candidates under the cosponsorship of five member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)-the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Family Medicine, the American Board of Otolaryngology, the American Board of Pediatrics, and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. The pass rate was 73%. This paper chronicles the history of a certification examination in Sleep Medicine and the development of this new ABMS examination.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	505-508
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Volume	4
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.27287
State	Published - Oct 15 2008

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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Quan, S. F., Berry, R. B., Buysse, D., Collop, N. A., Grigg-Damberger, M., Harding, S. M., Iber, C., McCall, W. V., Sateia, M. J., Sheldon, S. H., Silber, M. H., Sorscher, A., Ward, S. L. D., Veasey, S., Woodson, B. T., Hess, B., & Kangilaski, R. (2008). Development and results of the first ABMS subspecialty certification examination in sleep medicine. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 4(5), 505-508. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.27287

Quan, SF, Berry, RB, Buysse, D, Collop, NA, Grigg-Damberger, M, Harding, SM, Iber, C, McCall, WV, Sateia, MJ, Sheldon, SH, Silber, MH, Sorscher, A, Ward, SLD, Veasey, S, Woodson, BT, Hess, B & Kangilaski, R 2008, 'Development and results of the first ABMS subspecialty certification examination in sleep medicine', Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 505-508. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.27287

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