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Home Research Research Library Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year 2020 Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification On January 4, 2019, the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) launched the Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment (FMCLA) pilot as an alternative to the 1-day Family Medicine Certification examination. Although FMCLA is intended as a “summative” assessment (ie, evaluating whether a candidate has the cognitive expertise necessary to be a board-certified family physician), a major reason we developed this alternative was to provide an experience that was also formative—one that helps family physicians identify gaps in their own knowledge and supports learning.1,2 In the pilot, physicians eligible for selecting FMCLA are those who are in their 10th year of their certification cycle and are due to take the examination. Over time, we expect that everyone will have the opportunity to “roll into” this option coinciding with their examination year. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2012 Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination Go to Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination 1998 Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks Go to Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks 2025 Changes in Family Medicine Certification Examination Performance in Longitudinal Assessment Go to Changes in Family Medicine Certification Examination Performance in Longitudinal Assessment 2020 Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward Go to Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward
ABFM Research Read all 2012 Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination Go to Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination 1998 Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks Go to Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks 2025 Changes in Family Medicine Certification Examination Performance in Longitudinal Assessment Go to Changes in Family Medicine Certification Examination Performance in Longitudinal Assessment 2020 Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward Go to Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward
2012 Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination Go to Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination
1998 Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks Go to Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks
2025 Changes in Family Medicine Certification Examination Performance in Longitudinal Assessment Go to Changes in Family Medicine Certification Examination Performance in Longitudinal Assessment
2020 Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward Go to Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward