Volunteer with ABII

The 10-Year Requirement Review Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving submissions in the education, practice, and research categories of the ABII 10-Year Requirements.

The ABII Board of Trustees appoints members to this committee for a three-year term, beginning on January 1 and running through December 31. Appointees are eligible to serve for two consecutive three-year terms.

Committee appointees must sign a committee agreement, and annually complete a conflict of interest and disclosure form.

Committee members must maintain active CIIP certification for the duration of their appointment.

What We Do

The specific responsibilities of volunteers for this committee include:

• Complete reviews of documentation submitted to satisfy the ABII 10-Year Requirements, through ABII's online review system, in the following options:
  • Education
  • Practice
  • Research
• Provide input on the 10-Year Requirements used by ABII to recognize continued qualifications for individuals in imaging informatics.
• Review ABII 10-Year Requirements and make recommendations to the ABII Board of Trustees for revisions.
• Participate in meetings of the committee as needed.

Time Commitment:

• Three-year committee appointment.
• One to two hours per month for reviewing documentation submitted to satisfy the ABII 10-Year Requirements. Time commitment may be up to four hours per month in November and December annually.
• One to two hours as needed for additional virtual committee meetings.

Additional Information

Reviews are completed through ABII's secure online 10-Year Requirements review system. Your employer's network and firewall settings may not allow you access to this system, so reviews may need to be completed on a computer outside your employer's network and firewall.

The CIIP Examination Committee is responsible for developing and overseeing the IIP certification examination, including writing items for the exam.

The ABII Board of Trustees appoints members to this committee for a three-year term, beginning on January 1 and running through December 31. Appointees are eligible to serve for two consecutive three-year terms.

Committee appointees must sign a committee agreement, and annually complete an item writer agreement and a conflict of interest and disclosure form.

Committee members must maintain active certification as a CIIP for the duration of appointment.

ABII committee member volunteers shouldn't participate in or author materials for a registry exam review committee. Volunteers must disclose their involvement in these activities to ABII and may only participate in a manner that does not compromise any protected ABII exam materials. Failure to disclose participation in registry exam review committee activities may result in removal from the CIIP Examination Committee.

What We Do

The specific responsibilities of volunteers for this committee include:

• Write, submit, and review test items for the examination.
• Respond to periodic email communication.
• Participate in the annual IIP Examination Committee meeting.
• Participate in additional virtual meetings of the committee as needed.

Time Commitment:

• Three-year committee appointment.
• One two-day virtual meeting each year.
• One to two hours as needed for additional virtual committee meetings.
• One to two hours per month for writing, submitting, and reviewing test items.

The Continuing Education (CE) Committee is responsible for reviewing CE submissions and selecting records for audit.

The ABII Board of Trustees appoints members to this committee for a three-year term, beginning on January 1 and running through December 31. Appointees are eligible to serve for two consecutive three-year terms.

Committee appointees must sign a committee agreement, and annually complete a conflict of interest and disclosure form.

Committee members must maintain active CIIP certification for the duration of their appointment.

What We Do

The specific responsibilities of volunteers for this committee include:

• Participate in quarterly audits of reported CE that include:
  • Identification of submissions that require supporting documentation before acceptance as meeting the ABII Continuing Education Requirement.
  • Review of submitted supporting documentation to determine if activities meet the ABII Continuing Education Requirements policy.
  • Make recommendations to the ABII Board of Trustees based on audit findings.
• Participate in virtual quarterly meetings of the CE Committee.
• Respond to periodic email communication.

Time Commitment:

• Three-year committee appointment.
• One hour every quarter to attend virtual committee meetings.
• Two to three hours quarterly to review lists of submitted CE and documentation submitted from audited CE records.

ABII Item Writers are responsible for writing test questions for the ABII certification examination.

The ABII Board of Trustees appoints item writers for a one-year term, beginning on January 1 and running through December 31. Appointees are eligible for re-appointment as long as they continue to submit new items annually.

ABII Item writers must sign an item writer agreement, and annually complete a conflict of interest and disclosure form.

ABII Item writers are required to complete the online ABII Item Writer Workshop before they are granted access to submit items for the ABII Examination.

ABII Item writers must maintain active CIIP certification for the duration of their appointment.

ABII Item writers shouldn't participate in or author materials for a registry exam review committee. Item Writers must disclose their involvement in these activities to ABII and may only participate in a manner that does not compromise any protected ABII exam materials. Failure to disclose participation in registry exam review committee activities may result in discontinuation of their appointment as an ABII Item Writer.

What We Do

The specific responsibilities of volunteers for this committee include:

• Complete mandatory online ABII Item Writer Workshop prior to first item submission.
• Write test items according to ABII Item Writing Guidelines.
• Submit a minimum of five test items through the ABII test item bank system quarterly.
• Respond to periodic emails.

Time Commitment:

• One-year appointment.
• Five hours to complete the ABII Item Writer Workshop.
• One to two hours per month for writing and submitting test items.

ABII occasionally has ad hoc volunteer opportunities to explore new opportunities for the organization.

The ABII Board of Trustees appoints members to task forces for an amount of time that the Board determines as appropriate for the task to be completed.

Task Force appointees must sign a task force agreement and a conflict of interest and disclosure form.

The specific responsibilities and time commitment of volunteers for task forces are dependent upon the task to be completed.