Home Research Research Library From Resident to Diplomate: The Purpose and Process of Becoming Board Certified From Resident to Diplomate: The Purpose and Process of Becoming Board Certified 2023 Author(s) Newton, Warren P, and Baxley, Elizabeth G Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Professionalism, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume 36(1):203-205 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine The purpose of this editorial is to share with you the history, purpose, and value of board certification and to describe the process by which you can become board certified at the end of residency. Up to now, your time has been spent in formal medical education—4 years of medical school and up to 3 years in residency training, depending on your current training year. Your professional career, however, will last 30 to 40 years after residency! Board certification focuses on the rest of your career and can help you keep up with new knowledge and ongoing practice transformation. ABFM Research Read all 2019 Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society Go to Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society 1994 A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine Go to A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine 2011 Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters Go to Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters 2007 Modeling relief Go to Modeling relief
Author(s) Newton, Warren P, and Baxley, Elizabeth G Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Professionalism, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume 36(1):203-205 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society Go to Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society 1994 A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine Go to A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine 2011 Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters Go to Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters 2007 Modeling relief Go to Modeling relief
2019 Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society Go to Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society
1994 A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine Go to A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine
2011 Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters Go to Family physicians’ completion of scoring criteria in Virtual Patient encounters
