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Home Research Research Library Improving Performance Improvement Improving Performance Improvement 2017 Author(s) Hagen, Michael D Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Board News, and Performance Improvement Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Since 2005, the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) has provided Diplomates with quality improvement tools for meeting the continuing certification Performance in Practice requirement. These tools took the form of Performance in Practice Modules (PPMs) based on the Deming model for quality improvement.1 The ABFM focused on common disorders frequently encountered by family physicians: diabetes, hypertension, asthma, depression, coronary artery disease, and heart failure. The ABFM also created a “comprehensive” PPM that provided diplomates with a broader set of measure options based on the Ambulatory Quality Alliance Starter Set.2 Since inception of the PPMs, Diplomates have completed >98,000 quality improvement activities (ABFM internal report, accessed February 20, 2017; available upon request.) ABFM Research Read all 2008 Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator Go to Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator 2016 The Predictive Validity of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ COMLEX-USA Examinations With Regard to Outcomes on American Board of Family Medicine Examinations Go to The Predictive Validity of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ COMLEX-USA Examinations With Regard to Outcomes on American Board of Family Medicine Examinations 2014 Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification Go to Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification 2019 A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy Go to A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy
Author(s) Hagen, Michael D Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Board News, and Performance Improvement Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2008 Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator Go to Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator 2016 The Predictive Validity of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ COMLEX-USA Examinations With Regard to Outcomes on American Board of Family Medicine Examinations Go to The Predictive Validity of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ COMLEX-USA Examinations With Regard to Outcomes on American Board of Family Medicine Examinations 2014 Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification Go to Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification 2019 A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy Go to A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy
2008 Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator Go to Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator
2016 The Predictive Validity of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ COMLEX-USA Examinations With Regard to Outcomes on American Board of Family Medicine Examinations Go to The Predictive Validity of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ COMLEX-USA Examinations With Regard to Outcomes on American Board of Family Medicine Examinations
2014 Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification Go to Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification
2019 A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy Go to A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy
