I am currently board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.  I am due for recertification 2014 as mine is valid thru Dec 2014.  I read an article in Medical Economics March 25, 2012 journal about alternate certification.  I am interested in crossing over to the American Board of Physician Specialties Family Practice board certification.  I was reading through the eligibility requirements on your website.  My residency program, St. Paul Family Practice Program in Dallas, Tx, unfortunately closed/was merged into UTSW Family Medicine program back about 2003.  I assume I could get a letter of verification of my residency training from that program, but am not 100% sure.  I wanted to clarify if hospital case reports only pertained to osteopaths.  It seemed like the section on hospital case reports fell under the osteopath section.  Please verify that.  I have not done hospital work since residency training 1990-1993 so have no current hospital cases.

Please also let me know if there are any particulars in making the transition from one certifying board organization to the other.  I assume I would not have to take the test until possibly May 2014 or Nov 2013.  If it is a complex process, I need to know as if I cannot cross over, I need to start participating in the modules for my current recertification.

Thank you.

Tammy Pon, MD

