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Home Research Research Library Classifying the content of board certification examinations Classifying the content of board certification examinations 1989 Author(s) Pisacano, N J, Veloski, J J, Brucker, P C, and Gonnella, J S Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, and Psychometrics Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine A system of medical classification based on the fundamental dimensions of body system, etiology, and stage of disease was evaluated by classifying the content of one specialty board’s examinations. Ten physicians encoded 2,310 test items that constituted three previously administered certification-recertification examinations of the American Board of Family Practice. Analysis of the data for the major content of one of these certification examinations suggests that a profile based on this classification system might provide a specialty board, the residency programs, and candidates for certification with important information not produced by discipline labels or disease names. This classification system may allow a board to define more effectively the content of its examinations, monitor other requirements for certification, and communicate its standards to the medical profession and society. ABFM Research Read all 2011 Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters Go to Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters 2016 “the End of the Beginning” for Clinical Simulation in the Abfm Self-Assessment Modules (Sams) Go to “the End of the Beginning” for Clinical Simulation in the Abfm Self-Assessment Modules (Sams) 2017 The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success Go to The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success 1979 Family practice Go to Family practice
Author(s) Pisacano, N J, Veloski, J J, Brucker, P C, and Gonnella, J S Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, and Psychometrics Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2011 Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters Go to Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters 2016 “the End of the Beginning” for Clinical Simulation in the Abfm Self-Assessment Modules (Sams) Go to “the End of the Beginning” for Clinical Simulation in the Abfm Self-Assessment Modules (Sams) 2017 The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success Go to The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success 1979 Family practice Go to Family practice
2011 Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters Go to Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters
2016 “the End of the Beginning” for Clinical Simulation in the Abfm Self-Assessment Modules (Sams) Go to “the End of the Beginning” for Clinical Simulation in the Abfm Self-Assessment Modules (Sams)
2017 The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success Go to The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success
