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Home Research Research Library A Significant Number of Charter Diplomates Participate in American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Maintenance of Certification A Significant Number of Charter Diplomates Participate in American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Maintenance of Certification 2015 Author(s) Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Considerable controversy about the value of participating in Maintenance of Certification has recently arisen within the medical community. Despite this controversy, large numbers of family physicians certified by the American Board of Family Medicine participate in Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians. Surprisingly, a small but significant number of charter diplomats–those initially certified by the American Board of Family Medicine at its founding–are engaged in the process. ABFM Research Read all 2012 Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees 2011 Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters Go to Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters 1999 Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence Go to Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence 2009 The measure of family medicine Go to The measure of family medicine
Author(s) Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2012 Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees 2011 Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters Go to Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters 1999 Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence Go to Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence 2009 The measure of family medicine Go to The measure of family medicine
2012 Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees
2011 Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters Go to Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters
1999 Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence Go to Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence
