The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) resolves to petition the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Family Practice, and the American Osteopathic Association to reinstitute a clinical track allowing practicing physicians to receive the examination for the Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatrics if demonstration of adequate experience and Continuing Medical Education in Geriatrics is provided, and
FURTHER RESOLVES, that the PALTmed petition the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association, the American Geriatrics Society, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American College of Physicians to adopt a similar resolution.
Note: Effective August 13, 2024, AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is now Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed).