Practice Improvement

Requirement Details

These activities are an opportunity to reflect on what might be improved in the care you deliver, whether organized around a specific disease or an important patient care function (such as improved access to health care, improved patient outcomes or an improved patient experience).

The American Board of Medical Specialties recently expanded the ways in which this requirement can be completed. These include the use of registries, patient logs, patient surveys, peer surveys, practice improvement modules, performance improvement CME activities, etc. The ABD is actively expanding the offerings that we can provide to you, our diplomates, to fulfill this requirement.

One QI activity must be completed in the first 5 years of each 10-year CCP cycle and another in the second.

A number of options for completing Practice Improvement requirements exist:

The American Board of Dermatology and many dermatology organizations have created close to 50 Focused Practice Improvement activities. Diplomates offer favorable reviews of these activities, indicating that they are highly relevant and easy for busy dermatologists to perform. 

The ABD also participates in the Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program which grants institutional approval to conduct Component 4 Practice Assessment/Quality Improvement activities. If you practice in one of the approved institutions, you should determine whether you can access such a resource.

For more details, see CCP FAQs: Practice Improvement (PI).

CCP Resource Vendor List: Online Exercises