Part 3 Certification Requirements
Statement to Hospitals for release of Part 3 materials
In order to achieve board certification from the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM), a candidate must take and pass three separate examinations (written, oral, and clinical). The third and final portion of the certification process (clinical competency) requires documentation of work in an emergency department, continuing medical education, and actual patient case encounter reviews. The candidate for board certification must submit 20 patient charts for review in order to demonstrate his/her clinical competency in Emergency Medicine.
The candidate is required to have all patient and hospital identification removed (including name, birth date, medical record numbers, and hospital name). Any charts that do not comply are returned to the candidate. The charts are then evaluated by an AOBEM examiner. After completion of the chart review, all charts are shredded and destroyed.
Mark J. Stone, D.O., FACOEP
Secretary, AOBEM
Candidates must have totally managed the care of the patient (no house-staff supervised charts).
In order to assure legibility, handwritten charts should be accompanied by verbatim typed transcripts of the physician’s record. NO new material may be added. The records must be identical to those submitted to medical records following time of service. The candidate should assure that all copies submitted are clear and legible. Charts which can not be read will not be reviewed and the candidate will be asked to submit additional charts, thus delaying the certification process.
Template charts must be accompanied by an explanatory key. All handwritten portions of the template chart needs to be accompanied by a verbatim typed transcript as outlined above.