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 2014 Improving quality of care and guideline adherence for asthma through a group self-assessment module Go to Improving quality of care and guideline adherence for asthma through a group self-assessment module 2022 Dedicated Time for Education Is Essential to the Residency Learning Environment Go to Dedicated Time for Education Is Essential to the Residency Learning Environment 2014 Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model Go to Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model 2012 Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) Go to Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs)
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 2014 Improving quality of care and guideline adherence for asthma through a group self-assessment module Go to Improving quality of care and guideline adherence for asthma through a group self-assessment module 2022 Dedicated Time for Education Is Essential to the Residency Learning Environment Go to Dedicated Time for Education Is Essential to the Residency Learning Environment 2014 Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model Go to Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model 2012 Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) Go to Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs)
2014 Improving quality of care and guideline adherence for asthma through a group self-assessment module Go to Improving quality of care and guideline adherence for asthma through a group self-assessment module
2022 Dedicated Time for Education Is Essential to the Residency Learning Environment Go to Dedicated Time for Education Is Essential to the Residency Learning Environment
2014 Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model Go to Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model
2012 Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) Go to Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs)
