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Home Research Research Library Medical specialty boards can help measure graduate medical education outcomes Medical specialty boards can help measure graduate medical education outcomes 2014 Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Carek, Peter J, Holmboe, Eric S, Puffer, James C, Warm, E J, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Education & Training, Family Medicine Certification, Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Psychometrics, and Quality Of Care Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine U.S. graduate medical education (GME) training institutions are under increasing scrutiny to measure program outcomes as a demonstration of accountability for the sizeable funding they receive from the federal government. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is a potential agent of measuring GME accountability but has no interaction with physicians after residency training is completed. American Board of Medical Specialty (ABMS) member boards interact with physicians throughout their careers through maintenance of certification (MOC) and are a potential source of valuable data on physician competency and quality of care, both of which could be used to measure GME accountability.The authors propose that ABMS boards and the ACGME deepen their existing relationship to better assess residency training outcomes. ABMS boards have a wealth of data on physicians collected as a by-product of MOC and business operations. Further, many ABMS boards collect practice demographics and scope-of-practice information through MOC enrollment surveys or recertification examination questionnaires. These data are potentially valuable in helping residencies know what their graduates are doing in practice. Part 4 of MOC generally involves assessment of the quality of care delivered in practice, and ABMS boards could share these deidentified data with the ACGME and residency programs to provide direct feedback on the practice outcomes of graduates.ABMS member boards and the ACGME should broaden their long-standing relationship to further develop shared roles and data-sharing mechanisms to better inform residencies and the public about GME training outcomes. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2015 Smaller Practices Are Less Likely to Report PCMH Certification Go to Smaller Practices Are Less Likely to Report PCMH Certification 2022 Family Physician Racial Identity: An Analysis of “Other” Race Selection and Implications for Future Data Collection Go to Family Physician Racial Identity: An Analysis of “Other” Race Selection and Implications for Future Data Collection 2022 Advances in the Cognitive Science and Their Implications for ABFM Knowledge Assessment Go to Advances in the Cognitive Science and Their Implications for ABFM Knowledge Assessment 2014 Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries Go to Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries
Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Carek, Peter J, Holmboe, Eric S, Puffer, James C, Warm, E J, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Education & Training, Family Medicine Certification, Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Psychometrics, and Quality Of Care Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2015 Smaller Practices Are Less Likely to Report PCMH Certification Go to Smaller Practices Are Less Likely to Report PCMH Certification 2022 Family Physician Racial Identity: An Analysis of “Other” Race Selection and Implications for Future Data Collection Go to Family Physician Racial Identity: An Analysis of “Other” Race Selection and Implications for Future Data Collection 2022 Advances in the Cognitive Science and Their Implications for ABFM Knowledge Assessment Go to Advances in the Cognitive Science and Their Implications for ABFM Knowledge Assessment 2014 Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries Go to Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries
2015 Smaller Practices Are Less Likely to Report PCMH Certification Go to Smaller Practices Are Less Likely to Report PCMH Certification
2022 Family Physician Racial Identity: An Analysis of “Other” Race Selection and Implications for Future Data Collection Go to Family Physician Racial Identity: An Analysis of “Other” Race Selection and Implications for Future Data Collection
2022 Advances in the Cognitive Science and Their Implications for ABFM Knowledge Assessment Go to Advances in the Cognitive Science and Their Implications for ABFM Knowledge Assessment
2014 Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries Go to Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries
