Committees
Because the field of Maritime Medicine is complex the ABMM serves an inclusive organization and serves to unite the communication, collegiality, professional excellence, and free exchange of knowledge amongst Maritime Physicians, Maritime Nurses, and Maritime Public Health Specialists.
This, we believe, breeds a true sense of a “professional maritime community” which further propels the highest ethical and clinical practice standards which ultimately results in continuous improvement and excellence in patient care. In order to achieve the goals and objectives of the ABMM, the ABMM is organized and governed by various Committees, as follows.
ABMM Committees
The ABMM leadership is comprised of two (2) committees:
- Executive Advisory Committee
- Executive Committee
American Board of
Maritime Medicine
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Executive Advisory Committee
American Board of
Maritime Medicine
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Executive Committee
The Executive Advisory Committee (EAC) of the ABMM consists of maritime healthcare and non-healthcare professionals, scholars, academicians and business experts from throughout the world.
The role of the EAC is to provide, from time to time, general guidance, oversight, wisdom, advice and counsel to the Executive Committee of the ABMM. The Executive Committee (EC) of the ABMM consists of primarily world-renown physicians, clinical scholars and world-wide maritime medical operations specialists.
The EC’s role is to approve the standards necessary for board certification of Maritime Physicians, Maritime Nurses and Maritime Public Health specialists; and to assure the ABMM is satisfying its overall goals and objectives. The EAC shall also receive reports from the EAC, the Section on Maritime Medicine, the Section on Maritime Nursing, the Section on Maritime Public Health, and the Committee on Research and Education, and monitor these Committee and Sections respectively.
The ABMM also has a Committee on Research and Education (CORE). This is a critically important Committee which considers and develops subject material and examination questions for board certification in the respect subject matter fields (e.g., Medicine, Nursing, Public Health). The Chairman of CORE shall be the Vice-Chairman of the ABMM.
The Chairman of each Section (see infra) shall submit subject matter examination questions to the Chairman CORE for evaluation for appropriateness for inclusion in the respective subject matter board examinations. The Chairman of CORE may delegate review of such subject matter and board examination questions to the other Committee Members of the EC.
ABMM Sections
In order for the ABMM to serve as a unifying body to foster collegiality, professional excellence and leadership amongst Maritime Physicians, Maritime Nurses, and Maritime Public Health Specialists so as to promote the excellence of patient care within the maritime community, it is comprised of three (3) Sections, as follows:
- Section on Maritime Medicine
- Section on Maritime Nursing
- Section on Maritime Public Health
Each of the Sections is headed by a Chairman. The Chairman shall suggest to the EC potential Members of their respective Committee. The Chairman and Members of each Committee shall determine an appropriate set of subject material and subject examinations questions which will be considered for board examination purposes.
