The PLAS collaborates with the following national assessment programs to assist them in conducting comprehensive, tailored assessments of physicians' medical knowledge, clinical judgment and patient management skills. The tools provided by PLAS complement these programs' other performance-based methods of assessment, such as medical record reviews, peer (preceptor) assessment and feedback, patient evaluations and case-based evaluations of physician care.
Information about obtaining an assessment through these collaborators can be obtained directly from the programs through the contact information provided below. Physicians can obtain an assessment via self-referral or third-party referral (e.g., state medical board, physician practice, hospital, other healthcare entity).
- The Center for Personalized Education for Professionals (CPEP)
- Drexel Medicine® Physician Refresher/Re-Entry Course
- LifeGuard
- Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program (PACE) at UCSD
- Texas A&M University
- University of Florida
Please feel free to contact FSMB if you have any questions: 817-868-4041, Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), or via e-mail at plas@fsmb.org.
NOTE: Programs are listed in alphabetical order by state.
California
Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program (PACE)
UCSD School of Medicine
1899 McKee Street, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 543-6770 Office
Contact: Kaden Segren
E-mail: ksegren@ucsd.edu
Website: http://www.paceprogram.ucsd.edu
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Program:
Length: 3-5 days
Cost: $16,000 - $19,000
Final Report: Four (4) weeks following completion of all program components
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Assessment Components:
- PLAS exams including CCS/
TSR
- 360 assessment
- Oral clinical exam
- Medical record/chart review
- Practice profile
- History & Physical Skills exam
- Health exam & Cognitive
function screening
- Exit interview
- Clinical Observation with UC
San Diego Faculty (matched by specialty)
- Clinical Skills Simulation(s) - various specialties
- Final grade and
recommendations specific to
each individual participant.
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Possible recommendations include:
- Specific CME courses
- Proctoring of practice or cases
- Ongoing, on-site, in-practice medical record and practice monitoring and insight (PEP Program)
- Customized CME
- Independent self-study
CME Courses:
- Medical Record Keeping
- Prescribing
- Anger Management
- Professional Boundaries
- Communication Workshop
- Customized CME Programs (developed for specific needs)
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Colorado
The Center for Personalized Education for Professionals (CPEP)
720 South Colorado Blvd., Suite 1100-N
Denver, Colorado 80246
(303) 577-3232 Office
Contact: Elizabeth Korinek, MPH
E-mail: info@cpepdoc.org
Website: www.cpepdoc.org
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Program:
Length: 1-2 days
Cost: $9,000 - $14,000
Final Report: approx. 8 weeks
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Assessment Components:
- PLAS exams
- COMVEX exam
- Matched specialty clinical interviews (more than 250 community and university-
based board-certified
physicians)
- Review of patient charts (20-40 charts from practice)
- Fetal Monitor Strip
interpretation
- ECG Interpretation
- Simulated patient encounter
and review of progress notes
- Cognitive function screening
- Review of health information
- Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Exam
(appropriate to practice)
- Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) Exam
appropriate to practice)
- “Difficult Airway Simulation” (appropriate to practice)
- Emergency Medicine
Simulation (appropriate to practice)
- Robotic Surgery Simulation (appropriate to practice)
- General (Open) Surgery Simulation (appropriate to practice)
- Trauma Simulation
(appropriate to practice)
- Obstetrics Simulation
appropriate to practice)
- Crisis Management Simulation (appropriate to practice)
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Follow-Up Education Options:
- Offers customized education intervention including
development of education plan, monitoring of progress and
regular reports to referring organization. Education
activities arranged in
participant's home community.
- Education remediation takes
from 6-12 months, depending
on needs.
Other Programs:
- Reentry into Clinical Practice Program (RCP)
- Fitness for Duty Assessments
- Credentialing/Privileging
Screen
- Practice Monitoring
CME Courses:
- Medical Record Keeping
Seminar
- PROBE/Ethics - Ethics and Boundaries Program
- Prescribing Controlled Drugs: Critical Issues and Common Pitfalls©
- Basics of Chronic Pain Management
- Improving Inter-Professional Communication: Working Effectively in Medical Teams
- Advanced Skills in Clinician -Patient Communication
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Florida
Florida Competency Advancement Program
P.O. Box 100277
Gainesville, FL 32610
(352) 273-9063 Office
E-mail: floridacares@medicine.ufl.edu
Website: floridacares.med.ufl.edu
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Program:
Length: 2-3 days
Cost: varies; dependent on assessment needs
Final Report: 8-10 weeks
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Assessment Components:
- PLAS exams
- Chart stimulated recall Exam
- Standardized Patient
Examination
- Psychological Evaluation
Assessments are tailored based on circumstances and specialty.
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Follow-Up Education Options:
Remediation:
- PLAS exams
- Chart stimulated recall Exam
- Standardized Patient
Examination
- Psychological Evaluation
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North Carolina
The Center for Personalized Education for Professionals (CPEP)
222 N. Person Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 238-6436 Office
Contact: Bill O'Neill, MBA
E-mail: info@cpepdoc.org
Website: www.cpepdoc.org
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Program:
Length: 1-2 days
Cost: $9,000 - $14,000
Final Report: approx. 8 weeks
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Assessment Components:
- PLAS exams
- COMVEX exam
- Matched specialty clinical interviews (more than 250 community and university-
based board-certified
physicians)
- Review of patient charts (20-40 charts from practice)
- Fetal Monitor Strip
interpretation
- ECG Interpretation
- Simulated patient encounter
and review of progress notes
- Cognitive function screening
- Review of health information
- Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Exam
(appropriate to practice)
- Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) Exam
(appropriate to practice)
- “Difficult Airway Simulation” (appropriate to practice)
- Emergency Medicine
Simulation (appropriate to practice)
- Robotic Surgery Simulation (appropriate to practice)
- General (Open) Surgery Simulation (appropriate to practice)
- Trauma Simulation
(appropriate to practice)
- Obstetrics Simulation
(appropriate to practice)
- Crisis Management Simulation (appropriate to practice)
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Follow-Up Education Options:
- Offers customized education intervention including
development of education plan, monitoring of progress and
regular reports to referring organization. Education
activities arranged in
participant's home community.
- Education remediation takes
from 6-12 months, depending
on needs.
Other Programs:
- Reentry into Clinical Practice Program (RCP)
- Fitness for Duty Assessments
- Credentialing/Privileging
Screen
- Practice Monitoring
CME Courses:
- Medical Record Keeping
Seminar
- PROBE/Ethics - Ethics and Boundaries Program
- Prescribing Controlled Drugs: Critical Issues and Common Pitfalls©
- Basics of Chronic Pain Management
- Improving Inter-Professional Communication: Working Effectively in Medical Teams
- Advanced Skills in Clinician -Patient Communication
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Pennsylvania
Drexel Medicine® Physician Refresher/Re-Entry Course
Office of Continuing Medical Education
2900 W. Queen Lane
Building K., Suite 118
Philadelphia, PA 19129
(215) 991-8876 Office
Contact: Cynthia Johnson
E-mail: cynthia.johnson@drexelmed.edu
Website: https://drexel.edu/medicine/academics/continuing-education/physician-refresher-re-entry-program/
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Program:
Length: Preceptorship is offered in 6 week blocks. The recommended duration varies – i.e., 6 weeks, 12 weeks,
18 weeks, ...
Cost: Tuition for 6-week block is $7,500. Assessment is an additional $2,000-6,000
Final Report: 4-6 weeks
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Assessment Components:
- PLAS exams including CCS/
TSR
- 360-dgree assessment which includes self- and peer assessment
- Standardized Patients (4-6 or more): interviewing, physical exam, medical reasoning,
patient communication and documentation
- Medical documentation
including oral presentation and medical reasoning
- Simulated patients
)intermittently depending on specialty
- Virtual Online Patients
- Online essay & MCQs on communication skills, medical knowledge, and clinical
reasoning
- Presentation skills
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Follow-Up Education Options:
- Assessments are followed by a structured educational Preceptorship in a university setting with other learners (students, residents, fellows) individualized for the
physician’s needs.
Assessments continue
throughout the duration of the Preceptorship including a final assessment at the end of the program.
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Pennsylvania
LifeGuard
777 East Park Drive
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17111
(717) 909-2590 Office
Contact: Marcia A. Lammando, RN, BSN, MHSAQ
E-mail: info@lifeguardprogram.com
Website: https://www.lifeguardprogram.com/services-7
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Program:
Length: Assessment components can typically be completed over a period of 1-3 days once scheduled. Typical length of full program is 3-6 months, depending on additional preceptorships that may be required.
Cost: $8,500-$10,000 for full program (can be higher or lower depending on components required.)
Final Report: Four (4) weeks following completion of all program components.
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Assessment Components:
- PLAS exams including CCS/
TSR
- Neurocognitive assessment
- Independent medical exam
- Functional capacity exam
- Standardized patients
- Simulation laboratory
- Preceptorship
- Proctorship
- Inter-rater reliability study
- Medical records documentation review
- Peer review
- Coding audits
- Professionalism assessment
- Communication skills learning
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Follow-Up Education Options:
- Customized remediation recommendations are offered
- Retesting of PLAS
examinations, if necessary and available
CME Courses
- Opioid Prescribing Practices
- Coding/Billing Medical Records Documentation
- Professional Boundaries
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Texas
Knowledge Skills Training Assessment and Research (KSTAR)
The Rural and Community Health Institute
Crystal Park Plaza
2700 Earl Rudder Freeway South, Suite 3000
College Station, Texas 77845
(979) 436-0407 Office
(979) 436-0079 Fax
Contact: Tracy Adams, BBA Program Manager
E-mail: Tladams@tamu.edu
Website: https://www.architexas.org/
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Program:
Assessments are done at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Simulations Center on Hwy 47 in Bryan, TX.
Length: 2 days
Cost: $12,600
Final Report: 4 weeks
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Assessment Components:
- PLAS exams
- Clinical Interview
- Standardized patients
- Cognitive function screening
- Pharmacology Testing
- Ethics & Professionalism
Testing
- Additional tests per specialty
may be included
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Follow-Up Education Options:
- Individualized Educational
Plans
- 90-day Mini-Residency Reentry Program at UTMB in Galveston, and Driscoll
Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas
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