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January 2003
Volume 67 |
Number 1 |
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ASA Solicits ABA Directorate
Nominations
The American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) has announced
that the Directorates now held by Glenn P. Gravlee,
M.D., and Stephen J. Thomas, M.D., end with the Annual
Meeting of the Board in the fall of 2003. Dr. Gravlee
is eligible for re-election. Dr. Thomas is not eligible
to serve another term.
In accordance with the policy established by the ASA
representatives to the Joint Committee at the ASA Annual
Meeting on October 20, 1961, the component society secretaries
and district directors of ASA have been notified regarding
the procedure to be followed in submitting the name(s)
of a candidate or candidates for the guidance of the
ASA representatives to the Joint Committee.
These names must be mailed to the ASA Executive Office,
520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573,
with a postal mailing date prior to March 1,
2003.
Oral Examiner Recruitment: ABA
Needs YOU!
The American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) annually
seeks anesthesiologists to assist with oral examinations.
ABA anticipates a need to expand the size of its examiner
pool in 2004 and 2005. Effective January 2, 2003, ABA
is accepting nominations for a limited number of new
examiner positions, expected to vary between eight to
24 per year.
Individuals may nominate themselves or be nominated
by another ABA diplomate. Nominees must satisfy the
following two minimum requirements:
| • They must be certified in anesthesiology
by ABA within three to seven years prior to and
including the nomination year or recertified in
anesthesiology by ABA within seven years prior
to and including the nomination year. |
| • They must be clinically active in the
practice of anesthesiology. |
ABA defines “clinically active” as performing,
directing or supervising anesthesia in the operating
room or other anesthetizing areas an average of one
day per week during 12 consecutive months over the past
three years.
Nominees must be prepared to devote one week as an oral
examiner every year for 18 consecutive years. They must
remain clinically active for their entire tenure as
an oral examiner. They must recertify every 10 years.
Additionally, they must not participate in practice
oral examinations when a fee is charged for such examinations
and in courses devoted solely to securing ABA certification
for the registrants because such activities constitute
conflicts of interest.
ABA conducts oral examinations twice each year in April
and September/October. Examiners typically are invited
to one examination every 12 months and are required
to remain at the examination site from Sunday afternoon
until the following Friday afternoon, inclusive. They
are expected to contribute to the creation of future
oral examination questions prior to every examination
at which they serve. Because the hotel rooms of examiners
also double as examination rooms, examiners assigned
to such rooms must be willing to vacate their room every
morning by 6:45 a.m. and not return until late afternoon.
ABA covers the examiner’s reasonable travel and
hotel expenses and provides a service per-diem and a
travel per-diem.
Most examiners derive a strong sense of satisfaction
from providing an important service to the profession.
They enjoy the camaraderie with other examiners and
take advantage of frequent opportunities to network
with leaders of the profession. Finally, they receive
outstanding continuing medical education during each
week of examination activity for which ABA officially
acknowledges 24 hours of category 2 credit.
ABA seeks examiners from private practice as well as
academic medical centers. It will ask character referees
how nominees stay current in their practice and how
they interact with their surgical and anesthesia colleagues.
When new examiners are selected, ABA invites them to
examine as soon as eight months after their appointment.
For those who are interested, a letter of nomination
and the nominee’s postal and e-mail addresses,
telephone number and a current curriculum vitae as well
as the name and postal and e-mail addresses of three
ABA diplomates who could serve as referees should be
sent by March 1, 2003, and annually
by March 1 thereafter as additional examiners are needed,
to the following address: American Board of Anesthesiology,
c/o Oral Examiner Nominations, 4101 Lake Boone Trail,
Suite 510, Raleigh, NC 27607-7506.
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FEATURES
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The views expressed herein are those of the authors and
do not necessarily represent or reflect the views, policies
or actions of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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