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Home Research Research Library Improving Quality Improvement Improving Quality Improvement 2019 Author(s) Newton, Warren P, Baxley, Elizabeth G, and Lefebvre, Ann Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Performance Improvement Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine In February 2019, the Vision Committee recommended that the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) chart a new course for medical practice. Arguing that the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirement for improvement in the medical practice had become onerous for some Diplomates and challenging to implement for many specialties, the Vision Committee called for the identification of new approaches to advancing practice while recognizing what Diplomates are already doing. ABFM Research Read all 2014 The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations Go to The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations 2013 Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results Go to Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results 2013 Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence Go to Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence 2020 Helping Family Physicians Keep Up to Date: A Next Step in the Pursuit of Mastery Go to Helping Family Physicians Keep Up to Date: A Next Step in the Pursuit of Mastery
Author(s) Newton, Warren P, Baxley, Elizabeth G, and Lefebvre, Ann Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Performance Improvement Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations Go to The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations 2013 Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results Go to Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results 2013 Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence Go to Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence 2020 Helping Family Physicians Keep Up to Date: A Next Step in the Pursuit of Mastery Go to Helping Family Physicians Keep Up to Date: A Next Step in the Pursuit of Mastery
2014 The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations Go to The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations
2013 Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results Go to Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results
2013 Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence Go to Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence
2020 Helping Family Physicians Keep Up to Date: A Next Step in the Pursuit of Mastery Go to Helping Family Physicians Keep Up to Date: A Next Step in the Pursuit of Mastery