American College Of Physicians Inc

Education & information: acp provides evidence-based educational resources for physicians and offers many continuing medical education opportunities. Acp's annual scientific meeting, internal medicine 2024, was conducted in april 2024 in boston, ma. This was a well attended and successful meeting. Approximately 8,000 physicians attended this meeting in person and an additional 2,000 physicians attended this meeting virtually. Acp's medical knowledge self-assessment program (mksap), now in its 21st edition, is the top selling self-assessment curriculum among internists. Mksap provides internists an opportunity to test the clinical knowledge and compare their results against national averages. Additionally, acp offers board review courses recertification courses and resources and hosts over 100 regional educational meetings. Acp produces evidence-based clinical practice guidelines that follow a rigorous development process and are based on the highest quality scientific evidence. The guidelines cover many areas of internal medicine, including screening for cancer and other major diseases, diagnosis, treatment and medical technology. Acp helps internal medicine practices achieve quality performance in today's complex health care environment. The organization offers written guides, practice management tools, and customized advice.

Advocacy and public policy: acp monitors and responds to policy issues that affect public health and the practice of internal medicine. The organization develops policy statements and communicates with the legislative and administrative sectors of government to assure the voice of internal medicine is heard. Other programs also include medical practice programs.

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Membership: with over 160,000 members, acp is the largest medical specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the u.s. Levels of acp membership are medical student, resident fellow, member, fellow ("facp"), honorary fellow, and master ("macp"). Fellowship recognizes physicians' personal achievements in internal medicine. Acp masters are selected for outstanding contributions to medicine.