Talk:American Board of Medical Specialties
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[edit] Importance of completeness
It is of note that the American Osteopathic Association and the American Board of Osteopathic Specialties and the United States Government recognizes Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine as a specialty while the American Board of Medical Specialties does not. Similarly, the American Board of Physician Specialties and the United States Governement recognizes Disaster Medicine as a specialty while the American Board of Medical Specialties does not. This means that there are 26 recognized medical specialties in the United States. I believe that it is important to include:
"24 of 26 recognized specialties"
to acknowledge that ABMS is not an all inclusive source of certification or the sole authority in the United States. I defer to the group to decide if the change is to be retained to include this acknowledgement. Renaissancedoc (talk) 01:29, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Spelling?
Is there a uniform or accepted way of writing Board Certification as a compound adjective? I mostly see it spelled as "Board Certified physician" but shouldn't it read "board-certified physician" as a hyphenated adjective? Cheers, Mabuse 21:30, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Monopoly/Antitrust Issues
Being board certified is highly anticompetitive ... why has there not been a competitor to the ABMS? 130.91.98.31 (talk) 07:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)