More Tips to Help You Stay on Track for Stage Ending Requirements

If you prefer to stay on schedule and not delay your certification activity requirements, we have compiled a list of tips that you may find helpful in completing your requirements more efficiently.

1. Try out the 5 Tips to Avoid the December Rush to help you select and bookmark activities so you can complete these most efficiently. Whether it’s our COVID-19 PI activity for reporting on changes made in your practice during the pandemic, completing one of our updated Knowledge Self-Assessment (KSA) activities or reading the latest family medicine research articles from the new ABFM National Journal Article pilot, we have a variety of activities to fit your specific needs.
2. Don’t forget about your CME, too. Log in to MyABFM portfolio and double check that your CME credits are up to date. And remember, most ABFM certification activities also include CME credit in addition to points needed for your stage requirements!
3. Take advantage of your 2021 participation in AAFP’s Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO®) Provider Course which now counts toward meeting ABFM KSA and/or 50-point stage requirements.
4. Always remember that you can contact our ABFM Support Center for help with completing certification requirements. Please remember that our call volumes will increase beginning in October if you’re planning to complete your activities later this fall.
5. Attention CKSA Participants – As a reminder, CKSA or Continuous Knowledge Self-Assessment is NOT the longitudinal alternative to the one-day exam.  Although both have 25 quarterly questions, CKSA is a self-assessment activity worth 2.5 points toward your stage requirements for each quarter completed.  FMCLA, the Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment, is the alternative to the one-day examination that must be taken every 10 years.  To help you distinguish between the two, click here.