We launched several modules this year looking at substance use. These modules don’t qualify for the required modules that are needed to maintain certification but do provide additional education and are tremendously cutting edge. I recently spoke to a diplomate who took one of the modules and he was able to apply it almost instantly in his practice when taking care of patients who came in with drug related problems. We launched a resuscitation module, knowing full well that if there’s one thing that emergency physicians should be doing well, it’s being able to manage resuscitation. And these types of activities, mean you don’t have to be taking an ATLS or an ACLS or a PALS course every so often. It will lead to providing better care to our patients.

Dr. Dark: I have one last question for you and purely asking for a friend here. Do I still have to do the LLSA?

Dr. Johnson: It really just depends upon when your certification expires. We do know that the LLSA is phasing out depending upon when you have to recertify and then we are switching everything over to the MyEMCert modules. It’s always a question when we’re at the Scientific Assembly at the ABEM booth. Many of our diplomates will come by and want to know exactly where they are in the recertification process.

Dr. Dark: Is there anything else that I left out that you wanted to tell ACEP members?

Dr. Johnson: We know that there was a lot of concern about the new certifying exam. I want to let you know that I believe that the next exam we do put into play will be something that will take what your everyday type of practice and translate it exactly into what we’re testing. We want it to be valid, we want it to be reliable. We do think it will really examine those competencies that we currently cannot do only with the written exam or even with our current oral exam. It won‘t launch until 2026, but we’re hoping by that time we’ll be ready to go. We‘ll be using a test center that‘s located in Raleigh, North Carolina. We chose that center because The Board of Anesthesia has been using that center for their own certification needs and they’ve been quite successful, being able to get their diplomates and candidates through the process.