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Home Research Research Library ABFM announces further enhancements to MC-FP ABFM announces further enhancements to MC-FP 2010 Author(s) Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Performance Improvement, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine The beginning of 2010 officially completed the staged, 7-year transition of every American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Diplomate into the new recertification paradigm, Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP). At its inception in 2003, MC-FP was designed to assist with providing high quality care to patients while at the same time fitting into physicians’ busy day-to-day professional lives. In keeping with these 2 basic design principles, the ABFM listened carefully during the transition to feedback and concerns and continuously improved MC-FP to simplify and streamline the process, target it to practice needs, and create flexibility in how MC-FP requirements were met. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 Medical specialty boards can help measure graduate medical education outcomes Go to Medical specialty boards can help measure graduate medical education outcomes 2012 Understanding the “sum of subtest to overall score discrepancy” on the MC-FP examination Go to Understanding the “sum of subtest to overall score discrepancy” on the MC-FP examination 2016 A MESSAGE FROM THE ABFM PRESIDENT Go to A MESSAGE FROM THE ABFM PRESIDENT 1986 Defining the content of board certification examinations Go to Defining the content of board certification examinations
Author(s) Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Performance Improvement, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Medical specialty boards can help measure graduate medical education outcomes Go to Medical specialty boards can help measure graduate medical education outcomes 2012 Understanding the “sum of subtest to overall score discrepancy” on the MC-FP examination Go to Understanding the “sum of subtest to overall score discrepancy” on the MC-FP examination 2016 A MESSAGE FROM THE ABFM PRESIDENT Go to A MESSAGE FROM THE ABFM PRESIDENT 1986 Defining the content of board certification examinations Go to Defining the content of board certification examinations
2014 Medical specialty boards can help measure graduate medical education outcomes Go to Medical specialty boards can help measure graduate medical education outcomes
2012 Understanding the “sum of subtest to overall score discrepancy” on the MC-FP examination Go to Understanding the “sum of subtest to overall score discrepancy” on the MC-FP examination
1986 Defining the content of board certification examinations Go to Defining the content of board certification examinations
