American Board of Pathology

The American Board of Pathology (ABPath) is one of 24 member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties. This organization was assembled in May 1936, under the approval of the Advisory Board for Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Medical Education and Hospitals. It is the duty of the ABPath to grant certification in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and/or Anatomic/Neuropathology to qualified Doctors of Medicine (M.D.). 
Subspecialty certificates.
The ABPath issues Subspecialty certificates in:
Board certification.
For physicians to receive ABPath certification, they must:
The American Board of Pathology administers two "primary examinations": one examination in anatomic pathology and one in clinical pathology, where candidates pursuing combined certification are required to take both. Both examinations are in multiple-choice format with one best answer for each question.
Continuing Certification.
A physician who is board certified is recognized as a diplomate; one who has medical specialty expertise. To maintain this precedence, the physician must participate in the ABPath's program for Continuing Certification (CC). This program has a four-part framework that emphasizes 1) Professionalism and Professional Standing, 2) Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment, 3) Assessment of Knowledge, Judgment, and Skills, and 4) Improvement in Medical Practice. This framework is used to evaluate:
All member boards under the ABMS have this four-part framework and these six core competencies as bases for their MOC programs.