Subject Matter Experts (SME)

The American Board of Surgical Assistants (ABSA) is committed to ensuring that surgical assistants meet clearly defined professional standards. To uphold these standards, we continuously recruit Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)—experienced professionals who provide expertise in the surgical assistant field and help develop our certification examinations.

Join Our SME Program

ABSA is seeking qualified individuals to participate in our Subject Matter Expert Program, contributing to the development and validation of exam content.

Qualifications

• Holds the ABSA’s SA-C credential and is in good standing
• Follow ABSA rules, guidelines and processes for writing items
• Maintains total confidentiality and security of all testing materials
• No conflicts of interest either direct or perceived

Benefits

• Recertification fee waived while actively participating as an SME.
• Gain continuing medical education (CME) credits. ( 2 credit hours per 5 questions)
• Receive item writing training that you can use as a skill-set.
• SME role can be included on your curriculum vitae.
• Contribute to the surgical assistant profession.
• Define and validate the surgical assistant profession tasks and knowledge base.
• A key contributor to the ABSA Certification Examination for Surgical Assistants.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop minimum of 10 exam items a year to potentially be added to the certifying exam.
• Review written exam items for accuracy that will potentially be added to certifying exam.
• Work with other SMEs to determine which items should be added or deleted from certifying exam.
• Attend quarterly SME meetings
• Must sign SME Commitment to Serve Form

Make an Impact

Becoming an SME is an opportunity to shape the surgical assistant profession, develop your professional skills, and contribute directly to the quality and integrity of ABSA certification exams.

If this is something you would like to pursue, please email [email protected] for further information.