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	<b><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; color: #00483a; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'">Now Seeking AAPS/ABPS Leaders<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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	<font color="#000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">AAPS is seeking Diplomates interested in serving on their specialty </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast">Academy of Medicine (AOM)</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"> or </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast">Board of Certification (BOC)</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"> during the 2012-2013 term. Effective leadership is why the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. and affiliates have succeeded for 60 years. You can help continue that success by responding to this call for leaders. If you are a Diplomate in good standing and are willing to serve, </span></font><a href="http://www.informz.net/admin31/content/l.asp?u=246181461&amp;m=1329837&amp;s=5811&amp;p=403&amp;l=http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XTRKSSF"><b><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast"><font color="#0000ff">click here to complete a brief online interest form by November 30</font></span></b></a><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font color="#000000">. Attending your specialty Academy and Board meeting during the AAPS Annual Meeting is also a great way to get involved. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font color="#000000">The AAPS Academies of Medicine and ABPS Boards of Certification are the entities through which members, who share an interest in a field of medicine, work together. The Academies of Medicine and Boards of Certification meet in person during the AAPS Annual Meeting and by conference call when necessary. Additionally, the Boards of Certification hold a winter meeting in Tampa. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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	<font color="#000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">The purpose of the </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast">Academies of Medicine</span></strong></font><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font color="#000000"> is to:<br />
	(A) Promote the highest intellectual, moral, and ethical standards of practice in the specialty;<br />
	(B) Promote and provide education;<br />
	(C) Promote study, research, and improvement of the specialty;<br />
	(D) Award service to the academy with the Degree of Fellow and to recognize excellence with the Physician of the Year Award; and<br />
	(E) Elect members to the Board of Certification for the specialty. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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	<font color="#000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa">The purpose of the </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa">Boards of Certification </span></strong></font><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"><font color="#000000">is to:<br />
	A) Define the qualifications required for certification and recertification<br />
	B) Prepare and administer certification examinations<br />
	C) Issue certificates to successful candidates<br />
	D) Recommend revocation of certificates for just cause; and<br />
	E) Set and promote high standards of practice in the specialty</font></span></p>
