Local Physician Achieves Board Certification
Lexington, Kentucky September 2009 – The American Board of Family Medicine is pleased to announce the successful completion of its Recertification Examination by Ryan Dru Rainer, MD. Board certification confers a standard of excellence in knowledge and practice to physicians who not only certify via the examination process, but who also work diligently on the maintenance of these skills during the seven-year cycle between examinations.
To achieve recertification by the ABFM, a family physician must verify the completion of 300 hours of acceptable continuing medical education over the past six years; possess a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States; and successfully complete a one-day, written examination of cognitive knowledge and problem-solving abilities. This examination covers the disciplines of the specialty including but not limited to: adult medicine; care of newborns, infants, children, and adolescents; maternity and gynecological care; community medicine; care of the older patient; human behavior and mental health; and care of the surgical patient.
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), one of twenty-four Member Boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties, is the second largest medical specialty board in the United States. Founded in 1969, it is a voluntary, not-for-profit, private organization whose purposes include improving the quality of medical care available to the public, establishing and maintaining standard of excellence in the specialty of Family medicine; improving the standards of medical education for training in Family Medicine, and determining by evaluation the fitness of specialists in Family Medicine who apply for and hold certificates.
Dr. Ryan Rainer is a Family Practitioner with Cherokee Medical Center & Cherokee Health Clinic. He is currently Cherokee Medical Center’s Chief of Staff and Physician Advisor for Infection Control Department and the Co-Chairman of the Credential’s Committee. He has been married to his wife Betsy for 14 years and they have four children. Dru, Leighton, Virginia & Suzanne. Dr. Rainer is an active member of the Children’s Advocacy Advisory Council, member of Samford University’s Deans Executive Council School of Education. Active Deacon and Member of Pine Grove Baptist Church where he is a Sunday School Teacher & Choir Member.
Additional information regarding the American Board of Family Medicine may be obtained from its website at www.theabfm.org.