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PLAS Collaborators

The increased attention on periodic evaluation of practicing physicians means that state licensing authorities and other relevant stakeholders have a growning interest in available resources to evaluate various aspects of physician competence.

As a result, PLAS staff have modified the research and development agenda and the operational orientation of PLAS to optimize the ability of the program to meet the assessment needs of practicing physicians in the next five to ten years.

The NBME and the FSMB are phasing out delivery of PLAS assessment services at their offices in order to focus on developing collaborative relationships with national assess-ment programs that have the capability to provide localized, performance-based assessments in conjunction with the standardized assessment tools developed through the PLAS.

Collaboration with local programs allows for a more comprehensive assessment that can be tailored to the individual physician’s practice and enables the physician to obtain assessment at a national center that is more geographically convenient.

You can click on the [+] to open the details for a particular site or click here to open or close all of the information on this page.

Since the majority of collaborators are associated with medical schools and training programs, education and remediation can also be incorporated as part of the assessment process.

California
Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program (PACE)

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Program Assessment Components Follow-up Options:

Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program (PACE)
UCSD School of Medicine
1899 McKee Street, Suite 126

San Diego, CA 92110

(619) 543-5478
http://www.paceprogram.ucsd.edu/

 

Peter Boal  
pboal@ucsd.edu

 

Length: 2 Days
Cost: $6,900
Final Report: 4-6 Weeks
  • PLAS exams including CCS/TSR
  • 360 assessment
  • Oral clinical exam
  • Chart review
  • Practice profile
  • History & Physical Skills exam
  • Health exam & Cognitive function screening
  • Exit interview
  • 1 week clinical education program provided at UCSDMC or satellite clinics.

 

Colorado
Center for Personalized Education for Physicians (CPEP)

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Program Assessment Components Follow-up Options:

Center for Personalized Education for Physicians (CPEP)
7351 Lowry Boulevard, Suite 100
Denver, Colorado 80230
(303) 577-3232 Office
(303) 577-3241 Fax
http://www.cpepdoc.org


Elizabeth Korinek, MPH
cpep@cpepdoc.org

 

Length: 2 Days
Cost: $6,500-9,750
Final Report: 6-8 Weeks
  • PLAS exams (No CCS/TSR)
  • Clinical interviews
  • Review of patient charts
  • Fetal Monitor Strip interpretation
  • ECG Interpretation
  • Simulated patient encounter and review; progress notes
  • Cognitive function screening
  • Review of health information
  • Offers education intervention including development of education plan, monitoring of progress and regular reports to referring organization. Education activities arranged in participant's home community

 

Florida
Florida Competency Advancement Program

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Program Assessment Components Follow-up Options:

Florida Competency Advancement Program
P.O. Box 100277
Gainesville, FL 32610
(352) 273-9063


Nikolaus Gravenstein, MD
Medical Director
NGravenstein@anest.ufl.edu

Eileen Handberg, PhD
Program Director
Eileen.handberg@medicine.ufl.edu

 

Length: 2 Days
Cost: $8,500
Final Report: 6-8 Weeks
  • PLAS exams (No CCS/TSR)
  • Simulated patients (Mechanical dummy)
  • Standardized patient (3-6); progress notes
  • Refer for CME
  • Recertification
  • 1 year residency

(Nothing offered on site)

New York
Upstate New York Clinical Competency Center at Albany Medical College

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Program Assessment Components Follow-up Options:

Upstate New York Clinical Competency Center at Albany Medical College
MC #34
47 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
(518) 262-5919 Office
(518) 262-5029 Fax


Henry Pohl, MD
PohlH@mail.amc.edu

Length: 1-2 Days
Cost: $6,500
Final Report: 12 Weeks
  • PLAS exams including CCS/TSR
  • Standardized patient and recall
  • Chart stimulated recall discussion
  • Test stimulated discussion
  • Cognitive function screening
  • Varies based on participant’s need

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Medical Society (PMSCO) Healthcare Consulting

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Program Assessment Components Follow-up Options:

Pennsylvania Medical Society
(PMSCO) Healthcare Consulting

777 East Park Drive, P.O. Box 69067
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17106-9067
(717) 561-9300 Office
(717) 561-9339 Fax
http://www.consultpmsco.com


Marcia A. Lammando, RN, BSN, MHSA
mlammando@consultpmsco.com

 

Length: 2 days
Cost:  
Final Report:  
  • PLAS exams including CCS/TSR
  • Cognitive function screen
  • Physical health screen
 

Texas
Texas A & M University Knowledge Skills Training Assessment and Research

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Program Assessment Components Follow-up Options:

KSTAR (Knowledge Skills Training Assessment and Research)
Texas A & M University
3833 Texas Avenue - Suite 150
Bryan, TX 77802
979-862-5001 Office
979-862-5015 Fax
http://www.rchitexas.org


Kathy Mechler
Mechler@tamhsc.edu

 

Length: 2 days
Cost: $8,000-10,000
Mini residency
cost =$9,000
Final Report: 5-6 weeks
  • PLAS exams including CCS/TSR/MCQ’s
  • 360 assessment
  • Review of peer reviewed records
  • Standardized patients (2)
  • Cognitive function screening (not included in price)
  • 90 day Residency at JPS
  • Continuous Record Monitoring (monthly)

Wisconsin
Physician Assessment Program at the University of Wisconsin

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Program Assessment Components Follow-up Options:

Physician Assessment Center 2: at the University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine & Public Health
750 Highland Avenue, Room 3359
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 263-6637
http://www.ocpd.wisc.edu


Cathy Means
cjmeans@ocpd.wisc.edu



Length: 2 days
Cost: $8,000-10,000
Mini residency cost =$9,000
Final Report: 5-6 weeks
  • PLAS exams including CCS/TSR
  • Standardized patients & Recall
  • Chart stimulated recall
  • Ethics exam
  • Cognitive function screening
  • Physical health screen
  • On-site courses with CME credits
  • Education plan completed on site

Contact Information
Post-Licensure Assessment System (PLAS)                                          215-590-9500  
National Board of Medical Examiners                                                       ipe@nbme.org
3750 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104