MKSAP

Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program

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American College of Physicians

Abbreviation	ACP
Formation	January 8, 1915
Headquarters	190 North Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA
Membership	141,000
Budget	25-50,000,000
Website	acponline.org

The American College of Physicians (ACP) is a national organization of internal medicine physicians (internists)—specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness. With 141,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the United States.

Mission and History

ACP's mission is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. It was founded in 1915 to promote the science and practice of medicine. In 1998, ACP merged with the American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM), which was established in 1956 to study economic aspects of medicine. Known as ACP-ASIM from 1998 to 2003, the organization then re-adopted American College of Physicians as its corporate name.

Structure

ACP is governed by a Board of Regents, the main policy-making body that oversees the business and affairs of the College. The Board of Regents is made up of elected officers. The Board of Governors serves as an advisory board to the Board of Regents, along with a various councils and committees. The Board of Governors is composed of elected governors who implement projects and initiatives at a chapter level and represent member concerns at the national level. The Board of Governors is composed of elected Governors in chapters and regions of the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. ACP sponsors the Council of Subspecialty Societies, which is composed of representatives of internal medicine subspecialty societies and related organizations.

ACP is represented in the American Medical Association, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, and other organizations.

Membership

Levels of ACP membership are Medical Student, Associate, Member, Fellow (FACP), and Master (MACP). Fellowship and Mastership in ACP are the organization's way of noting outstanding achievement in internal medicine. Fellows are recommended by their peers, endorsed by their local chapter leadership, and reviewed by a national credentials subcommittee. Masters are nominated from among the Fellows of ACP for annual election to this highly selective group. Board certification in internal medicine is not required. However, potential members must be "board eligible."

Non-Physician Affiliate membership is available to licensed non-physician health care professionals working on a patient-care team led by an MD, DO, or a physician holding an internationally equivalent degree and who maintain their professional credentials to practice.

Internists complete a three-year internal medicine training program after medical school, focusing on how to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases primarily affecting adults. Those wishing to become subspecialty internists can then complete one to three years of additional training in such fields as cardiology, nephrology, hematology/oncology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, geriatric medicine, infectious diseases, and hepatology.

Publications and Products

The American College of Physicians distributes numerous publications and products to members. They include:

• Annals of Internal Medicine, the weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, in print twice per month and alternately online.
• ACP Internist, an award-winning monthly newspaper for internists.
• ACP Hospitalist, monthly newspaper written for those in hospital practice.
• ACP JournalWise, program that summarizes the most important medical articles from more than 120 medical journals around the world
• ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP) gives internists the opportunity to test their knowledge and compare results with national averages. ACP also produces MKSAP for Students, and provides education and career information, and administers an In-Training Examination for residents.
• ACP Smart Medicine is a clinical decision support tool for internal medicine that provides information and guidance on a range of diseases and conditions. Physicians can earn CME credit through the program. ACP Smart Medicine content from Annals of Internal Medicine, ACP JournalWise, and ACP clinical practice guidelines.

Activities

ACP’s Washington, D.C., office monitors and responds to public policy issues that affect public health and the practice of medicine. Activities include development of policy statements and communication with legislative and administrative sectors of government.

ACP's Center for Ethics & Professionalism seeks to advance physician and public understanding of ethics and professionalism issues in the practice of medicine in order to enhance patient care by promoting the highest ethical standards. The sixth edition of the ACP Ethics Manual was published in 2012.

ACP’s High Value Care initiative aims to help patients receive the best possible care from physicians while reducing unnecessary costs to the healthcare system. The initiative includes clinical and public policy recommendations, curriculum, and resources for physicians. For patients, ACP offers resources about the benefits, harms, costs and treatments options for common clinical issues.

Education and Information Resources

ACP supports the optimal practice of medicine by providing opportunities for continuing medical education. ACP medical education programs include its annual scientific meeting, Internal Medicine Meeting 2015, will be held April 30–May 2 in Boston.

ACP develops several types of clinical recommendations, including Clinical Practice Guidelines, Guidance Statements, and Best Practice Advice papers. ACP's goal is to provide clinicians with recommendations based on the best available evidence; to inform clinicians of when there is no evidence; and to help clinicians deliver the best health care possible.

References

External links

• American College of Physicians website
  • American College of Physicians - the most current fact sheet
  • Membership Classes - the seven classes of ACP membership
• MKSAP Online - the online version of the ACP's flagship self-assessment program

See also

• American College of Surgeons

English Journal

• In the clinic. Travel medicine.

• Schwartz BS, Larocque RC, Ryan ET.AbstractThe content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including PIER (Physicians’ Information and Education Resource) and MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self- Assessment Program). Annals of Internal Medicine editors develop In the Clinic from these primary sources in collaboration with the ACP’s Medical Education and Publishing divisions and with the assistance of science writers and physician writers. Editorial consultants from PIER and MKSAP provide expert review of the content. Readers who are interested in these primary resources for more detail can consult http://pier.acponline.org, http://www.acponline.org/products_services/mksap/15/?pr31, and other resources referenced in each issue of In the Clinic.
• Annals of internal medicine.Ann Intern Med.2012 Jun 5;156(11):ITC6-1, ITC6-2, ITC6-3, ITC6-4, ITC6-5, ITC6-6, ITC6-7, ITC6-8, ITC6-9, ITC6-10, ITC6-11, ITC6-12, ITC6-13, ITC6-14, ITC6-15; quiz ITC6-16. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-11-201206050-01006.
• The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including PIER (Physicians’ Information and Education Resource) and MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self- Assessment Program). Annals of Internal Medicine editors d
• PMID 22665823

• In the clinic. Eating disorders.

• Attia E.AbstractThis issue provides a clinical overview of eating disorders focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, practice improvement, and patient information. Readers can complete the accompanying CME quiz for 1.5 credits. Only ACP members and individual subscribers can access the electronic features of In the Clinic. Non-subscribers who wish to access this issue of In the Clinic can elect "Pay for View." Subscribers can receive 1.5 category 1 CME credits by completing the CME quiz that accompanies this issue of In the Clinic. The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including PIER (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) and MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self Assessment Program). Annals of Internal Medicine editors develop In the Clinic from these primary sources in collaboration with the ACP's Medical Education and Publishing division and with assistance of science writers and physician writers. Editorial consultants from PIER and MKSAP provide expert review of the content. Readers who are interested in these primary resources for more detail can consult www.acponline.org, http://pier.acponline.org, and other resources referenced within each issue of In the Clinic.
• Annals of internal medicine.Ann Intern Med.2012 Apr 3;156(7):ITC4-1, ITC4-2, ITC4-3, ITC4-4, ITC4-5, ITC4-6, ITC4-7, ITC4-8, ITC4-9, ITC4-10, ITC4-11, ITC4-12, ITC4-13, ITC4-14, ITC4-15, quiz ITC4-16. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-7-201204030-01004.
• This issue provides a clinical overview of eating disorders focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, practice improvement, and patient information. Readers can complete the accompanying CME quiz for 1.5 credits. Only ACP members and individual subscribers can access the electronic features of I
• PMID 22473445

• Differential diagnosis generators: an evaluation of currently available computer programs.

• Bond WF, Schwartz LM, Weaver KR, Levick D, Giuliano M, Graber ML.SourceDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA. william.bond@lvhn.org
• Journal of general internal medicine.J Gen Intern Med.2012 Feb;27(2):213-9. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1804-8.
• BACKGROUND: Differential diagnosis (DDX) generators are computer programs that generate a DDX based on various clinical data.OBJECTIVE: We identified evaluation criteria through consensus, applied these criteria to describe the features of DDX generators, and tested performance using cases from the
• PMID 21789717

Japanese Journal

• ホスピタリストのための筋力増強 MKSAP(第6回)

• Hospitalist = ホスピタリスト 3(3), 775-781, 2015
• NAID 40020613334

• ホスピタリストのための筋力増強 MKSAP(第5回)

• Hospitalist = ホスピタリスト 3(1), 239-245, 2015
• NAID 40020497124

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