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Home Research Research Library HIGH-STAKES KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT AT ABFM: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND HOW IT IS USEFUL HIGH-STAKES KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT AT ABFM: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND HOW IT IS USEFUL 2022 Author(s) Newton, Warren P, O’Neill, Thomas R, and Wang, Ting Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Performance Improvement, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine Clinical knowledge is fundamental to the social contract between medicine and society. As 1 of the 6 core competencies, appropriate clinical knowledge is effortfully acquired, constantly updated through practice and learning, and regularly assessed independently through board certification—and patients care a lot about it. It is thus important for ABFM to regularly review the validity of ABFM high-stakes knowledge assessments. In comparison with other common assessments of clinical knowledge—the ward attending who sees the medical student on rounds and asks some questions, patient satisfaction surveys, a medical school specialty advisor who writes a letter of recommendation—a well-constructed multiple-choice exam potentially provides a more standardized approach, greater reliability and scalability, and much less expense. In an age of increased understanding of structural racism, however, it is important to ask whether board certification exams are biased against certain racial and ethnic groups. In recent years, many standardized tests have been accused of bias Read More ABFM Research Read all 2020 Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward Go to Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward 2019 Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance Go to Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance 2024 The Role of Residency Accreditation Program Requirements on Scholarly Activity in Family Medicine Go to The Role of Residency Accreditation Program Requirements on Scholarly Activity in Family Medicine 2019 Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society Go to Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society
Author(s) Newton, Warren P, O’Neill, Thomas R, and Wang, Ting Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Performance Improvement, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2020 Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward Go to Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward 2019 Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance Go to Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance 2024 The Role of Residency Accreditation Program Requirements on Scholarly Activity in Family Medicine Go to The Role of Residency Accreditation Program Requirements on Scholarly Activity in Family Medicine 2019 Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society Go to Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society
2020 Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward Go to Continuing Board Certification: Seeing Our Way Forward
2019 Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance Go to Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance
2024 The Role of Residency Accreditation Program Requirements on Scholarly Activity in Family Medicine Go to The Role of Residency Accreditation Program Requirements on Scholarly Activity in Family Medicine
2019 Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society Go to Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society