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Home Research Research Library From specialty-based to practice-based: a new blueprint for the American Board of Family Medicine cognitive examination From specialty-based to practice-based: a new blueprint for the American Board of Family Medicine cognitive examination 2005 Author(s) Norris, T E, Rovinelli, R J, Puffer, James C, Rinaldo, Jason C, and Price, David W Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Psychometrics, and Quality Of Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Source Journal of the American Board of Family Practice The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is committed to offering cognitive examinations that are both pertinent to the specialty of family medicine and psychometrically sound. This article reviews the history of the development of the blueprint of the ABFM certification and recertification cognitive examinations and describes the creation of a new one. The design of the new blueprint represents a significant change. The intention of the new plan is to create a continuously evolving approach that will assure family physicians that the content of their specialty board certification/recertification examination is relevant to their practices and to the discipline. The ABFM anticipates that assessments based on the new blueprint will assist family physicians in attaining and maintaining the knowledge required to practice high quality family medicine by focusing their certification and recertification examinations and, therefore, studies for those examinations on material that is relevant to their practices. ABFM Research Read all 2019 Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs Go to Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs 2017 Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half Go to Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half 2024 Impact of response bias in three surveys on primary care providers’ experiences with electronic health records Go to Impact of response bias in three surveys on primary care providers’ experiences with electronic health records 2019 The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care Go to The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care
Author(s) Norris, T E, Rovinelli, R J, Puffer, James C, Rinaldo, Jason C, and Price, David W Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Psychometrics, and Quality Of Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Source Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs Go to Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs 2017 Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half Go to Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half 2024 Impact of response bias in three surveys on primary care providers’ experiences with electronic health records Go to Impact of response bias in three surveys on primary care providers’ experiences with electronic health records 2019 The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care Go to The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care
2019 Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs Go to Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs
2017 Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half Go to Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half
2024 Impact of response bias in three surveys on primary care providers’ experiences with electronic health records Go to Impact of response bias in three surveys on primary care providers’ experiences with electronic health records
2019 The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care Go to The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care
