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Home Research Research Library Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment Becomes Permanent Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment Becomes Permanent 2021 Author(s) Newton, Warren P, Baxley, Elizabeth G, O’Neill, Thomas R, Rode, Kevin, Fain, Roger, and Stelter, Keith L Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine On April 29, 2021, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Committee on Continuing Certification approved the American Board of Family Medicine’s (ABFM’s) proposal to make the Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment (FMCLA) a permanent alternative to the 1-day examination for summative assessment of cognitive expertise in family medicine. We anticipate that the ABMS Board of Directors will formally approve this in June. This editorial lays out what we have learned about FMCLA and what our next steps will be. ABFM Research Read all 2024 Timing of Certification Stage Completion Associated with Subsequent Certification Exam Outcomes Among Board-Certified Family Physicians Go to Timing of Certification Stage Completion Associated with Subsequent Certification Exam Outcomes Among Board-Certified Family Physicians 1990 Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination Go to Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination 2013 Maintenance of certification and its association with the clinical knowledge of family physicians Go to Maintenance of certification and its association with the clinical knowledge of family physicians 2012 Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees
Author(s) Newton, Warren P, Baxley, Elizabeth G, O’Neill, Thomas R, Rode, Kevin, Fain, Roger, and Stelter, Keith L Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2024 Timing of Certification Stage Completion Associated with Subsequent Certification Exam Outcomes Among Board-Certified Family Physicians Go to Timing of Certification Stage Completion Associated with Subsequent Certification Exam Outcomes Among Board-Certified Family Physicians 1990 Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination Go to Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination 2013 Maintenance of certification and its association with the clinical knowledge of family physicians Go to Maintenance of certification and its association with the clinical knowledge of family physicians 2012 Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees
2024 Timing of Certification Stage Completion Associated with Subsequent Certification Exam Outcomes Among Board-Certified Family Physicians Go to Timing of Certification Stage Completion Associated with Subsequent Certification Exam Outcomes Among Board-Certified Family Physicians
1990 Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination Go to Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination
2013 Maintenance of certification and its association with the clinical knowledge of family physicians Go to Maintenance of certification and its association with the clinical knowledge of family physicians
2012 Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees
