Updating the Standards of Professional Competence in the Field of Toxicology: The Second Generation of Best Practice.

ABSTRACT: The American Board of Toxicology (ABT), in consultation with ACT Credentialing & Career Services (ACT), performed a practice analysis study of general toxicology in 2020-21. This work follows up on an initial practice analysis commissioned by the ABT and conducted in 2014-2015, results of which were published in 2016. The purpose of the current, second-generation study was to update and validate the existing process-based delineation of practice of general toxicologists, including major domains of responsibility and tasks performed in practice. In addition, the study included the review, update, and validation of the knowledge areas required by toxicologists developed by subject-matter experts (SMEs) that have been used for ABT examination development initiatives. Consistent with best prac

SUBMITTER: Soucy NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10493040 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature