American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.

**Mission** The mission of the ABPN is to promote and assess the competence of psychiatrists and neurologists to provide high quality patient care in an equitable and inclusive manner to diverse populations by: - Establishing standards and requirements for initial and continuing certification; - Implementing state-of-the-art testing methods to evaluate candidate and diplomate competencies; - Encouraging and assessing diplomate involvement in lifelong learning; - Applying available technologies and information to collect and analyze pertinent data; - Communicating and collaborating with training programs, residents, candidates, diplomates, professional and health care organizations, and the public; - Supporting innovative educational and research programs relevant to psychiatrists and neurologists; - Operating internal programs and services effectively and efficiently; and - Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in all programs and services. **ABPN Ends Statement** In order to support high quality, equitable psychiatric and neurologic care for the public, the ABPN develops, promotes, and advances: - programs of excellence, efficiency, integrity, fairness, equity, and inclusiveness for candidates and diplomates, and - effective training and lifelong learning for psychiatrists and neurologists. **ABPN Statement on Professionalism** Professionalism forms the basis of medicine’s contract with society. The ABPN is concerned with those aspects of professionalism that are demonstrated through a physician’s clinical competence, commitment to lifelong learning and professional improvement, interpersonal skills, and ethical understanding and behavior. In its credentialing, certification, and CC programs, the ABPN seeks to assess and document that its candidates and diplomates possess and maintain these essential aspects of professionalism.