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Home Research Research Library A brief history of the American Board of Family Practice: the Second Annual Nicholas J. Pisacano, MD, Memorial Lecture A brief history of the American Board of Family Practice: the Second Annual Nicholas J. Pisacano, MD, Memorial Lecture 1996 Author(s) Young, P R Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Source Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Family physicians have evolved from general practice. General practice had its roots in Great Britain when the class systems were dominant. While formally educated physicians limited their practice to the laned gentry and royalty, general practitioners responded to the health needs of the poor and underclasses. General practitioners offered counsel and prescribed treatment in exchange for monetary or other rewards, which was not dissimilar from the barber-surgeons of the day. ABFM Research Read all 1990 Residency training for rural primary care Go to Residency training for rural primary care 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module 2015 The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination Go to The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination 2008 Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations Go to Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations
Author(s) Young, P R Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Source Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
ABFM Research Read all 1990 Residency training for rural primary care Go to Residency training for rural primary care 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module 2015 The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination Go to The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination 2008 Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations Go to Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations
2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module
2015 The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination Go to The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination
2008 Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations Go to Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations
