Home Research Research Library Defining the content of board certification examinations Defining the content of board certification examinations 1986 Author(s) Pisacano, N J, Veloski, J J, Brucker, P C, and Gonnella, J S Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Volume 25:205-210 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 Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success Go to Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success 2011 ABFM’s Physicians Quality Reporting System registry Go to ABFM’s Physicians Quality Reporting System registry 2025 Leveraging Large Language Models to Advance Certification, Physician Learning, and Diagnostic Excellence Go to Leveraging Large Language Models to Advance Certification, Physician Learning, and Diagnostic Excellence 2017 What Family Physicians Really Think of Maintenance of Certification Part II Activities Go to What Family Physicians Really Think of Maintenance of Certification Part II Activities
Author(s) Pisacano, N J, Veloski, J J, Brucker, P C, and Gonnella, J S Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Volume 25:205-210
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success Go to Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success 2011 ABFM’s Physicians Quality Reporting System registry Go to ABFM’s Physicians Quality Reporting System registry 2025 Leveraging Large Language Models to Advance Certification, Physician Learning, and Diagnostic Excellence Go to Leveraging Large Language Models to Advance Certification, Physician Learning, and Diagnostic Excellence 2017 What Family Physicians Really Think of Maintenance of Certification Part II Activities Go to What Family Physicians Really Think of Maintenance of Certification Part II Activities
2014 Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success Go to Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success
2011 ABFM’s Physicians Quality Reporting System registry Go to ABFM’s Physicians Quality Reporting System registry
2025 Leveraging Large Language Models to Advance Certification, Physician Learning, and Diagnostic Excellence Go to Leveraging Large Language Models to Advance Certification, Physician Learning, and Diagnostic Excellence
2017 What Family Physicians Really Think of Maintenance of Certification Part II Activities Go to What Family Physicians Really Think of Maintenance of Certification Part II Activities
