The American Board of Dermatology (ABD) is now participating in the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Visiting Scholars Program. The application deadline for this research grant is June 18, 2023.
The ABMS Visiting Scholars Program supports the research of early-career physicians and research professionals to become leaders and active contributors within the ABMS research community. Results from ABMS Visiting Scholars’ research contribute to the medical literature that supports the development and ongoing assessment of specialists who positively impact the quality, safety, and value of patient care.
The ABD is sponsoring one Visiting Scholar grant in 2023-2024. An award of $15,000 will be provided to support the direct costs of research and travel expenses associated with program participation. The award may be applied to an existing research grant that supports the same research project or research focus area.
During the year-long program, the Visiting Scholars remain at their home institutions and work with self-selected mentors. They participate in monthly ABMS webinars where they provide research project updates to their peers, a select panel of subject matter experts, and Visiting Scholars alumni who provide guidance, support, and feedback to barriers current scholars may be experiencing in their research.
Some of the research topics of interest to the ABD include:
- Outcomes of implementing the APPLIED Exam
- Competency-based assessment strategies beyond medical knowledge assessment
- Integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into our dermatology assessment continuum.
- Measures of professionalism
- The BASIC Exam’s ability to identify struggling residents
- Learning from the selection of and self-reported impacts from the ABD’s focused Practice Improvement Modules
- Study the certainty and relevance scoring of CertLink questions in use and categorize these by topic area, subspecialty area, discrepancy status
- The effectiveness of graded article-based CertLink questions for formative learning compared with simply reading articles, participating in journal clubs, or other methods of article review
- Resident selection methods – holistic vs traditional – and resident diversity
- Artificial intelligence use, validity, and reliability in writing evidence-based critiques for board style self-assessment questions
Early career physicians, junior faculty, fellows, and residents are eligible to apply, as well as individuals holding master's or doctorate degrees in public health, health services, research, educational evaluation and statistics, public health policy and administration, and Veterans Affairs trainees and researchers. Student visas are not available.
Qualifying projects can be ongoing or launching and may build on one at your home institution. A research mentor must be selected. Please consider the impact of your proposed research project on reducing health disparities and contributing to the development of a qualified and diversified workforce.
The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. Central Time on June 18, 2023.
If you have questions about dermatology topics, you may contact the ABD at communications@abderm.org.
If you have questions about the ABMS Visiting Scholars Program, you may email VisitingScholars@abms.org.
The application date for this research grant is June 18. Learn what kinds of research topics the ABD might fund.
