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Home Research Research Library ABFM Outreach: A Strategic Approach to Creating Genuine Partnerships with Family Physicians ABFM Outreach: A Strategic Approach to Creating Genuine Partnerships with Family Physicians 2023 Author(s) Webb, Ashley, Baxley, Elizabeth G, Brady, John E, and Newton, Warren P Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine A positive, genuine, and effective relationship between the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the physicians participating in continuous certification over the course of their professional careers is essential for ABFM to achieve its vision of “optimal health and health care for all people and communities that family physicians serve.” In 2016 to 2017, ABFM’s Board of Directors had focused conversations around the fact that our duty to the public would be strengthened by viewing our duty to current and future Diplomates as a partnership. From this perspective emerged the belief that by increasing the understanding of the purpose of certification, making the process easier to access and complete, and improving the value of activities involved in continuous certification, ABFM could simultaneously assure physicians and the public that the credential represents a meaningful measure of professionalism, cognitive expertise, and commitment to improvement. But this new relationship, including meeting Diplomates where they were and listening more effectively, would require both a policy and administrative shift. ABFM Research Read all 2026 Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure Go to Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure 2026 Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features Go to Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features 2026 Estimation of Mortality via the Neighborhood Atlas and Reproducible Area Deprivation Indices Go to Estimation of Mortality via the Neighborhood Atlas and Reproducible Area Deprivation Indices 2026 Primary Care Physician Continuity Is a Consistent Measure Associated with Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Primary Care Physician Continuity Is a Consistent Measure Associated with Lower Costs and Hospitalizations
Author(s) Webb, Ashley, Baxley, Elizabeth G, Brady, John E, and Newton, Warren P Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2026 Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure Go to Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure 2026 Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features Go to Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features 2026 Estimation of Mortality via the Neighborhood Atlas and Reproducible Area Deprivation Indices Go to Estimation of Mortality via the Neighborhood Atlas and Reproducible Area Deprivation Indices 2026 Primary Care Physician Continuity Is a Consistent Measure Associated with Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Primary Care Physician Continuity Is a Consistent Measure Associated with Lower Costs and Hospitalizations
2026 Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure Go to Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure
2026 Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features Go to Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features
2026 Estimation of Mortality via the Neighborhood Atlas and Reproducible Area Deprivation Indices Go to Estimation of Mortality via the Neighborhood Atlas and Reproducible Area Deprivation Indices
2026 Primary Care Physician Continuity Is a Consistent Measure Associated with Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Primary Care Physician Continuity Is a Consistent Measure Associated with Lower Costs and Hospitalizations
