Home All News & Insights News News Read the latest ABFM announcements! Filters Reset Engagement Network Member Spotlight: Suneel Parvathareddy, MD April 14, 2026 Board Certified Since 2015 Engagement Network Member Spotlight: Julia Flax, MD April 14, 2026 Board Certified Since 2001 Engagement Network Member Spotlight: Kevin Volkema, DO April 14, 2026 Board Certified Since 2021 When Burnout Leads Family Physicians to Leave or Move Practices April 9, 2026 New research linking ABFM survey data with Medicare claims shows a strong connection between family physician burnout and turnover. Exam Day Is Almost Here: A Last-Minute Checklist for the April Testing Window April 2, 2026 The ABFM Family Medicine Examination runs April 6 through April 25. Before your test date arrives, use this checklist to make sure exam day logistics are covered so you can walk in prepared and focused. Making Diabetic Eye Exams Accessible March 19, 2026 One physician’s performance improvement activity is changing what routine care looks like for underserved patients. Where Residents Train Is Where They Stay — And That Has Consequences for Primary Care Access March 11, 2026 Based on “Majority of Family Physicians Still Choose to Practice in the State Where They Were Trained,” published in Health Affairs, March 2026 Recentering Purpose: How One Family Physician Is Turning Burnout into a Path Forward February 25, 2026 Family physician, residency program director and ABFM Diplomate are just a few of the hats Dr. Santina Wheat wears. She is used to guiding both patients and residents through some of the most important moments in their lives, and she loves it. But there was a time when she found herself wrestling with a question many physicians quietly face: Can I keep doing this? President’s Message: A Year of Opportunities February 25, 2026 As our nation looks ahead to its 250th anniversary, we are reminded that moments of reflection often reveal new possibilities. With the start of a new year, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words from his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech invite us to consider what is possible – and our shared responsibility to recognize opportunity and act with purpose. Bringing More Flexibility to Your Board Certification February 25, 2026 ABFM’s 5-Year Continuous Certification Cycle is gaining strong momentum and delivering greater flexibility, choice, and support.
Engagement Network Member Spotlight: Suneel Parvathareddy, MD April 14, 2026 Board Certified Since 2015
When Burnout Leads Family Physicians to Leave or Move Practices April 9, 2026 New research linking ABFM survey data with Medicare claims shows a strong connection between family physician burnout and turnover.
Exam Day Is Almost Here: A Last-Minute Checklist for the April Testing Window April 2, 2026 The ABFM Family Medicine Examination runs April 6 through April 25. Before your test date arrives, use this checklist to make sure exam day logistics are covered so you can walk in prepared and focused.
Making Diabetic Eye Exams Accessible March 19, 2026 One physician’s performance improvement activity is changing what routine care looks like for underserved patients.
Where Residents Train Is Where They Stay — And That Has Consequences for Primary Care Access March 11, 2026 Based on “Majority of Family Physicians Still Choose to Practice in the State Where They Were Trained,” published in Health Affairs, March 2026
Recentering Purpose: How One Family Physician Is Turning Burnout into a Path Forward February 25, 2026 Family physician, residency program director and ABFM Diplomate are just a few of the hats Dr. Santina Wheat wears. She is used to guiding both patients and residents through some of the most important moments in their lives, and she loves it. But there was a time when she found herself wrestling with a question many physicians quietly face: Can I keep doing this?
President’s Message: A Year of Opportunities February 25, 2026 As our nation looks ahead to its 250th anniversary, we are reminded that moments of reflection often reveal new possibilities. With the start of a new year, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words from his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech invite us to consider what is possible – and our shared responsibility to recognize opportunity and act with purpose.
Bringing More Flexibility to Your Board Certification February 25, 2026 ABFM’s 5-Year Continuous Certification Cycle is gaining strong momentum and delivering greater flexibility, choice, and support.