Navigating the Transition to Practice: Licensure, Credentials, and Continuing Certification-Presentation Slides

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The document discusses the transition to psychiatric practice, focusing on licensure, credentials, and continuing certification. It outlines the requirements and steps for obtaining a medical license, including confirming eligibility, obtaining documentation, passing exams, and applying to the State Medical Board. The process of credentialing is also detailed, involving document submission, primary source verification, review for red flags, background checks, and committee evaluation. Continuing certification through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) is highlighted, with requirements such as CME credits, self-assessment activities, Patient Safety and Improvement in Medical Practice activities. It explains the ABPN’s 10-year recertification exam and the Article-Based Continuing Certification (ABCC) pathway. The importance of professionalism, ongoing monitoring, and the use of resources such as the ABPN Physician Portal and APA Learning Center for CME activities is emphasized. The document also mentions other certification pathways like American Osteopathic Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Osteopathic Continuous Certification and the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons. Lastly, it provides resources for PIP modules, PsychPRO Mental Health Registry, and free ABCC articles for APA members.

Keywords

psychiatric practice

licensure

credentials

continuing certification

medical license

State Medical Board

credentialing

ABPN

CME credits

ABCC pathway