American College of Physicians (05/07/24)

With a new, three-year strategic priority, the American College of Physicians (ACP) is increasing its commitment to continuous learning and professional accountability for physicians. ACP has a long history of leadership in physician continuing learning, assessment and feedback, and its Medical Knowledge and Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP) has served as a trusted resource for continuing medical education for internal medicine physicians for decades. A new MKSAP feature being tested, CORE (Confirmation of Relevant Education), enables "physician learners to enter a more rigorous assessment component including a standardized passing threshold," ACP said. Successful CORE participants are awarded a badge acknowledging their achievement and can earn a CORE certificate. Feedback from the pilot phase was extremely positive, ACP noted. Following the February 2025 launch of AP MKSAP, ACP will fully integrate the CORE standardized assessment feature into the new ACP MKSAP program in April 2025. "By confirming our commitment to our accountability principles, we recognize that physicians are responsible for maintaining continuing knowledge in the field and accepting feedback from reputable sources as to where their knowledge gaps are and how to close those gaps," said Isaac O. Opole, MBChB, PhD, FACP, president, ACP. "Physicians deserve to be recognized for their dedication to continuous self -learning and we feel confident that CORE will help our members and MKSAP users to demonstrate their professional accountability and their maintenance of knowledge in internal medicine."

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