Beyond the Clinic Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals Read Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals
Phoenix Newsletter - March 2025 President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty Read President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty
Home Research Research Library Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year 2020 Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification On January 4, 2019, the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) launched the Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment (FMCLA) pilot as an alternative to the 1-day Family Medicine Certification examination. Although FMCLA is intended as a “summative” assessment (ie, evaluating whether a candidate has the cognitive expertise necessary to be a board-certified family physician), a major reason we developed this alternative was to provide an experience that was also formative—one that helps family physicians identify gaps in their own knowledge and supports learning.1,2 In the pilot, physicians eligible for selecting FMCLA are those who are in their 10th year of their certification cycle and are due to take the examination. Over time, we expect that everyone will have the opportunity to “roll into” this option coinciding with their examination year. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2019 PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION Go to PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION 2016 Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care Go to Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care 1998 Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks Go to Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks 2015 The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination Go to The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination
ABFM Research Read all 2019 PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION Go to PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION 2016 Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care Go to Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care 1998 Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks Go to Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks 2015 The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination Go to The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination
2019 PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION Go to PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION
2016 Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care Go to Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care
1998 Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks Go to Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks
2015 The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination Go to The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination
