Home Research Research Library Family medicine at 40 years of age: the journey to transformation continues Family medicine at 40 years of age: the journey to transformation continues 2010 Author(s) Green, Larry A, and Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Volume 23 Suppl 1:S1-4 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Forty years ago, the then-American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) was approved and recognized as the 20th medical specialty in the United States by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). At the time of its creation, several important milestones were established; the ABFP became the first medical specialty board to issue time-limited certificates and to mandate recertification every 7 years. Certification was attainable only by examination, and physicians’ certifications could not be “grandfathered.” Recertification was dependent on the completion of a required amount of continuing medical education; a full, valid, and unrestricted license; and the completion of an audit of office records. These requirements raised the bar for specialty certification in the United States and established the ABFP as a leader and innovator among ABMS member boards. Many of these innovations became the forerunners of the maintenance of certification (MOC) process that is now embraced by all ABMS specialty boards. ABFM Research Read all 2022 Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study Go to Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study 2017 Improving Performance Improvement Go to Improving Performance Improvement 1993 Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations Go to Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module
Author(s) Green, Larry A, and Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Volume 23 Suppl 1:S1-4 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2022 Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study Go to Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study 2017 Improving Performance Improvement Go to Improving Performance Improvement 1993 Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations Go to Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module
2022 Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study Go to Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study
1993 Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations Go to Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations
2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module
