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A quarterly publication of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners December 2016 HIGHLIGHTS Board of Directors Holds Annual Meeting During its Annual Meeting on perfect for assessment used across the Special Honors at the December 9 and 10, 2016, the NBOME continuum, including as an alternate NBOME Annual Board Board of Directors reviewed and way to assess knowledge for continuous Gala addressed several key areas and board certification (e.g., American William G. Anderson, priorities for 2017. Meeting highlights Osteopathic Association’s Osteopathic DO, 2016 Santucci included: Continuous Certification program), Awardee resident in-service assessment, and A report with highlights of the year by other assessment needs. Test questions President and CEO John R. Gimpel, Santucci Award reflecting the content required are DO, MEd. Recipients delivered to examinees on smart phones, tablets, or other devices of Gary R. Clark Receives A special report by Janice A. Knebl, DO, choice as determined by the client NBOME Clark Award for MBA, Chair of the COMLEX-USA program, including other features that Patient Advocacy Composite Examination Committee, can include flexible frequency and which ensures the validity, reliability and timing, immediate feedback, spaced Deborah L. Pierce, DO, defensibility of the COMLEX-USA MS, Recognized for repetition and assessment of examinee’s examination series, with plans for Outstanding Service confidence and the relevance of the implementing the new COMLEX-USA content to his or her practice. Master Blueprint 2018-2019. NBOME Welcomes New Board Members Announcements and updates regarding Report on NBOME’s two National Centers enhanced eligibility criteria for COMLEX- for Clinical Skills Testing (i.e., Visitation Day at the USA, and expanded information on the Philadelphia and Chicago), with NBOME COMLEX-USA Master Blueprint and test standardized COMLEX-USA Level 2-PE administration details for 2018-2019 are clinical skills testing at both locations NBOME Hosts Standard expected to be released by July 2017. Setting Review for and adaptability for client assessments, Podiatry Clinical Skills including performance tests, practical Examination Discussion with American Osteopathic exams, and other simulation-based Association leaders John Becher, DO, assessment. The National Board of Connecting with the Immediate-Past President, and Mark Podiatric Medical Examiners joined the Medical Education Baker, DO, President-Elect on recent NBOME list of client programs with their Community developments with the AOA Bureau of APMLE CSPE clinical skills examination Osteopathic Specialists and Osteopathic Quick Links for for licensure in 2016. Continuous Certification. Osteopathic Medical Students Adoption of the new NBOME Strategic An update on the NBOME newest Plan 2017-2019 ACEL (Align-Connect- assessment platform, CATALYST. Experience-Learn) priority goals which CATALYST is a flexible, innovative will guide the organization assessment platform that supports throughout 2017. lifelong learning and continuous professional development. It has customizable features that make it Continued >> December 2016 The 2017 NBOME Board of Directors (missing from the photo, John Goudreau, DO, PhD and Susan Belanger, PhD, RN, MA) NBOME Board Vice-Chair Dana C. Shaffer, DO; NBOME NBOME Board and Executive Committee Members: Wayne President & CEO John R. Gimpel, DO, MEd and NBOME Board R. Carlsen, DO, Immediate Past Chair, J. Michael Finley, Chair Gary L. Slick, DO, MA DO, and Geraldine T. O’Shea, Secretary-Treasurer. New Board member Donald H. Polk, DO (left) with Ronald R. New Board member Mousumi Som, DO, MS (left) with Burns, DO, Richard A. Ortoski, DO and John L. Goudreau, Anita Showalter, DO. DO, PhD. Continued >> 2 December 2016 New Board member Mollie M. James, DO, MPH (left) James M. Andriole, DO (left) with Richard with Deborah A. Pierce, DO, MS. LaBaere, II, DO, MPH. Special Honors at the NBOME Annual Board Gala The NBOME Annual Board Gala on December 9, 2016, was highlighted with awards given to honor several individuals for outstanding service and contributions. William G. Anderson, DO, 2016 Santucci Awardee William G. became the first president of the Albany Movement, which Anderson, DO, worked to register African American voters and devised ways to a widely end racial segregation. With this achievement, Dr. Anderson recognized became a pioneer in the Civil Rights Movement and a personal osteopathic friend and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A member of physician and the Physicians for Social Responsibility, he remains a sought after general surgeon, speaker on osteopathic medicine and civil rights. In 2014, the civil rights leader Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s and speaker, award-winning civil rights lecture series was renamed as the received the “Dr. William G. Anderson Lecture Series: Slavery to Freedom.” Santucci Award, the In presenting the award to Dr. Anderson, NBOME Board Chair highest honor Gary L. Slick, DO, MA said, “It is with great appreciation and bestowed by the honor that we acknowledge Dr. Anderson’s contributions to the NBOME. The Santucci Award is presented to an individual for his NBOME, its mission, and indeed the profession at large.” or her sustained outstanding contributions to the NBOME mission. Dr. Anderson, an active member of the NBOME Board of Directors from 2003 through 2014, was a member of the Executive Committee from 2007 to 2010 and throughout his illustrious career he enriched the profession and touched the lives of many individuals. A professor of surgery and Senior Advisor to the Dean at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Anderson holds the distinction of being the first African American to serve on the Board of Trustees of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and was AOA president in 1994 and 1995. He also served as Associate Dean of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and as Clinical Professor of Osteopathic Surgery at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Born in Americus, Georgia in 1927, Dr. Anderson attended Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine. In Albany, Georgia in 1957, he was prevented from treating patients William G. Anderson, DO, receives the Santucci Award from NBOME Board Chair, Gary L. Slick, DO, MA, (left) and John because of segregationist policies. In response, he founded and R. Gimpel, DO, MEd, NBOME President & CEO 3 December 2016 NBOME Annual Board Gala-continued Santucci Award Recipients: William G. Anderson, DO – 2016 Shirley Bodett – 2014 Joseph F. Smoley, PhD – 2011 John W. Becher, DO – 2015 Boyd R. Buser, DO – 2013 Frederick G. Meoli, DO – 2010 Janice A. Knebl, DO, MBA – 2015 Sheryl Bushman, DO – 2012 Thomas F. Santucci, DO – 2009 John E. Thornburg, DO, PhD – 2014 Linjun Shen, PhD, MPH – 2012 Gary R. Clark Receives NBOME Clark Award for Patient Advocacy The NBOME Clark Award for Patient Advocacy was served multiple terms on the Board of Directors of the Federation inaugurated on December 9, 2016 and presented to its of State Medical Boards, and was a member of the Board of namesake, Gary R. Clark. The NBOME Clark Award for Patient Directors and president of the Council of State Governments’ Advocacy recognizes individuals who have demonstrated an Clearinghouse on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation. outstanding commitment to patient safety, patient protection and quality of care. “Gary Clark has been a tireless advocate for the premise that patients are best served by seeking care for osteopathic physicians who have qualified for licensure by successful completion of a valid, osteopathically distinctive licensure examination program,” said John R. Gimpel, DO, MEd, NBOME President and CEO. The second public member of the NBOME Board, Clark served the NBOME Board of Directors and Executive Committee with distinction from 2007 through 2015. He has devoted his career to organizations associated with physician licensure and professional regulation at both the state and national levels. In 2007, he retired from the Oklahoma State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, having served for more than 30 years as executive Marking the inauguration of the NBOME Clark Award for Patient director for state medical boards in Oklahoma and Missouri. Advocacy, the award is presented to Gary R. Clark, by Gary L. Slick, DO, MA, Board Chair (left) and John R. Gimpel, DO, MEd, A strong voice for the osteopathic medical profession, Mr. Clark President & CEO. Deborah L. Pierce, DO, MS, Recognized for Outstanding Service Deborah L. Pierce, DO, MS, was recognized for completing 12 years of service on the NBOME Board of Directors. Dr. Pierce has devoted countless hours in service to the NBOME since 1995, serving as an item writer for the COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE, on COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE item and test review committees, as vice coordinator and coordinator for COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE, and as chair of the COMLEX-USA Composite Committee. She also served on the NBOME Executive Committee, Nominating Committee and Innovations in Testing Advisory Committee. Dr. Pierce co-authored a publication on the correlation of performance on COMLEX-USA examinations with that of Emergency Medicine In-Training residency exams. She is the Program Director of Medical Education for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, as well as Associate Director of the Emergency Department at Einstein at Elkins Park Hospital. Deborah L.