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Home Research Research Library Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance 2015 Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Blackburn, Brenna E, Peabody, Michael R, and O’Neill, Thomas R Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine PURPOSE: Previous research indicated that rural family physicians were more likely to pass the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) examination. One possible explanation is that rural family physicians may have a broader scope of practice. METHOD: This was a cross-sectional study of family physicians taking the ABFM MC-FP examination in 2013. Examination results were linked with the Scope of Practice for Primary Care (SP4PC) scale. Linear and logistic regression models, with and without SP4PC score, determined associations between scope of practice and examination results. RESULTS: Among 10,978 examinees, rural physicians had a higher passing rate (90.7% vs 86.8%, P < .05) and higher SP4PC score (16.1 vs 14.3 P < .05) compared with urban physicians. Regression models without SP4PC score confirmed that urban physicians were less likely to pass (OR = 0.73; 95% CI, 0.62-0.87) and scored lower, -15.6 points, compared with rural physicians. Including SP4PC score completely attenuated the relationship between practice location and passing (OR = 0.86; 95% CI, 0.73-1.02) and decreased the relationship between score and practice location (-5.8 points). Each point increase on the SP4PC score was associated with 9% higher odds of passing (OR = 1.09; 95% CI, 1.07-1.11) and 4.9 more points. CONCLUSION: A broader scope of practice rather than rural or urban practice location, was associated with increased likelihood of passing the MC-FP examination. If higher board scores are associated with providing higher quality of care, then maintaining a broad scope of practice may enable the delivery of higher quality primary care. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2024 Certifying Boards Can Provide Knowledge that Shapes Policy Go to Certifying Boards Can Provide Knowledge that Shapes Policy 2025 The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Go to The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project 2012 The percentage of family physicians attending to women’s gender-specific health needs is declining Go to The percentage of family physicians attending to women’s gender-specific health needs is declining 2020 How Should Board Certification Evolve? Go to How Should Board Certification Evolve?
Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Blackburn, Brenna E, Peabody, Michael R, and O’Neill, Thomas R Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
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2024 Certifying Boards Can Provide Knowledge that Shapes Policy Go to Certifying Boards Can Provide Knowledge that Shapes Policy
2025 The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Go to The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project
2012 The percentage of family physicians attending to women’s gender-specific health needs is declining Go to The percentage of family physicians attending to women’s gender-specific health needs is declining