Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists Bulletin Spring 2020 - 11

ABO Report

PCSO News and Events

The American Board of Orthodontics
2019 Interim Constituency Report,
December 2019
American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) Yearly
Update

Dr. Jae Hyun Park
Director, American Board of
Orthodontics

Clinical Examination Update:
The ABO conducted clinical examinations in
February, June, and November 2019. A total of 479
examinees were certified or recertified during
these examinations. A complete listing by constituency of newly certified or recertified orthodontists is located on the ABO website (https://www.
americanboardortho.com). The ABO currently
represents 46% of the American Association of
Orthodontists (AAO) membership.
Written Examination Update:
The ABO written examination was administered
April 10, 2019, at Pearson-Vue Testing Centers
throughout the United States and Canada to 422
examinees. The reliability of the examination was
90%, with a 96% pass rate. The next written examination will be offered again on April 7, 2020.
As a reminder, once the written examination has
been successfully completed, it never expires.
The College:
The ABO and the College of Diplomates of the
American Board of Orthodontics (CDABO) continue to work together to support orthodontic
programs in their preparation for the ABO clinical
examination through the advocacy program.
To date, all 73 orthodontic programs have at
least one advocate assigned to their school. The
College offers examination preparatory courses
for examinees to help prepare for the clinical examination. These courses were offered during the
2019 AAO annual session, at select constituency
meetings, and at the CDABO summer meeting.
CDABO also hosted the College of Diplomates
luncheon during the annual session, where 2019
ABO award recipients were recognized.
GORP:
The ABO attended the 2019 GORP meeting held
in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Nicholas Barone, ABO
president, gave a presentation to the residents
and answered questions on board certification.

Spring 2020 PCSO Bulletin

Educational Update
The transition to the ABO scenario-based oral
clinical examination is now complete, with the
first exam having been successfully administered
in February 2019. Because of anticipated demand,
a third examination has been added in 2020 to
include February, July, and November. Dates for
2021 examinations will be posted on the ABO
website in May 2020. To accommodate the new
examination format, additional examination
rooms were constructed at the ABO testing center in St. Louis. Additional guest examiners have
also been invited to increase the pool of qualified
examiners for future examinations.
The final traditional case-based clinical examination was held in June 2019.
For insight into the development of the
scenario-based clinical examination, a
motion graphic video (https://vimeo.
com/313833940/369dd592ad) was developed
and can be found on the ABO website. An AAO/
ABO podcast, "The Business of Orthodontics,"
(https://aao.podbean.com/e/american-boardof-orthodontics-update-for-members-ofthe-american-association-of-orthodontistsdecember-17-2018/) was released in December
2018 to provide an update on the status of the
new examination. In addition, the ABO directors
authored an article titled "American Board of
Orthodontics Update on the New Scenario-Based
Clinical Examination," which was included in
the June 2019 edition of the American Journal of
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.
The ABO will again offer an Educators Symposium
in April 2020. Department chairs, program directors,
and/or faculty of accredited orthodontic programs
in the United States and Canada have been invited
to attend along with ABO-appointed advocates,
ABO emeriti, AAO trustees, and CDABO councilors.
The ABO continues to review and improve materials
offered on the ABO website to assist in preparing for
the scenario-based clinical examination, including

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