Beyond the Clinic Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals Read Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals
Phoenix Newsletter - March 2025 President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty Read President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty
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 2023 From Resident to Diplomate: The Purpose and Process of Becoming Board Certified Go to From Resident to Diplomate: The Purpose and Process of Becoming Board Certified 2019 Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance Go to Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance 2019 Motivation for Participation in the American Board of Family Medicine Certification Program Go to Motivation for Participation in the American Board of Family Medicine Certification Program 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
ABFM Research Read all 2023 From Resident to Diplomate: The Purpose and Process of Becoming Board Certified Go to From Resident to Diplomate: The Purpose and Process of Becoming Board Certified 2019 Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance Go to Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance 2019 Motivation for Participation in the American Board of Family Medicine Certification Program Go to Motivation for Participation in the American Board of Family Medicine Certification Program 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
2023 From Resident to Diplomate: The Purpose and Process of Becoming Board Certified Go to From Resident to Diplomate: The Purpose and Process of Becoming Board Certified
2019 Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance Go to Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance
2019 Motivation for Participation in the American Board of Family Medicine Certification Program Go to Motivation for Participation in the American Board of Family Medicine Certification Program
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
