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Home Research Research Library A new focus on research A new focus on research 2008 Author(s) Rinaldo, Jason C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Performance Improvement, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine Self-assessment is an ongoing and increasingly extensive process. As a matter of basic ethics and good conscience, the ABFM cannot require diplomates to scrutinize their knowledge and practices if we are not equally willing to engage in a perpetual and data driven self-evaluation. As such, a vector of the ABFM’s research direction will be self-reflective. We will evaluate the effects of changes instituted since ABFM began the Maintenance of Certification processes in 2004 and the validity of our assessment processes. There are many questions that we have addressed already, but there are far more that have yet to be addressed. For example, we have been gathering data from participants in the Maintenance of Certification program regarding their impressions of the MC-FP process. Feedback has been markedly positive. After completing a single Self-Assessment Module (SAM), one-half of all respondents indicated that they will change their practice as a result of their participation. More than 90% of these physicians listed 1 or more specific behaviors that they intend to alter based on material presented in the SAM process. Although this data appears positive, we do not assume that the data are either static or definitive. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2016 Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? Go to Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? 2014 The Future Role of the Family Physician in the United States: A Rigorous Exercise in Definition Go to The Future Role of the Family Physician in the United States: A Rigorous Exercise in Definition 2006 “Performance in Practice” Modules in the American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certfication for Family Physicians Process. Go to “Performance in Practice” Modules in the American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certfication for Family Physicians Process. 2012 Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees
Author(s) Rinaldo, Jason C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Performance Improvement, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2016 Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? Go to Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? 2014 The Future Role of the Family Physician in the United States: A Rigorous Exercise in Definition Go to The Future Role of the Family Physician in the United States: A Rigorous Exercise in Definition 2006 “Performance in Practice” Modules in the American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certfication for Family Physicians Process. Go to “Performance in Practice” Modules in the American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certfication for Family Physicians Process. 2012 Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees
2016 Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? Go to Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All?
2014 The Future Role of the Family Physician in the United States: A Rigorous Exercise in Definition Go to The Future Role of the Family Physician in the United States: A Rigorous Exercise in Definition
2006 “Performance in Practice” Modules in the American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certfication for Family Physicians Process. Go to “Performance in Practice” Modules in the American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certfication for Family Physicians Process.
2012 Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees