Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (LLSA) Overview

The main goal of LLSA is to promote continuous learning by diplomates. ABEM identifies an annual set of LLSA readings and thereby guides diplomates in self-study of recent EM literature. Readings are intended to address issues of relevance to latest clinical practice at the time they are posted. ABEM recognizes that EM is an ever-evolving science and that new knowledge becomes available on a regular basis.

LLSA readings are created as study tools and should be read critically. ABEM does not endorse a particular research finding or treatment modality by virtue of its being the subject of a selected LLSA reading.

Every year of the nine-year LLSA cycle focuses on specific areas of the EM model. At the end of nine years, the cycle repeats itself. Around half of the readings chosen annually relate to the designated content area. The rest relate to the remaining content areas of the EM Model Listing of Conditions and Components.