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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. ABFM Research Read all 2022 The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning Go to The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning 2016 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification 2018 How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians Go to How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians 2023 The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters Go to The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters
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 2022 The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning Go to The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning 2016 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification 2018 How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians Go to How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians 2023 The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters Go to The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters
2022 The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning Go to The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning
2016 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification
2018 How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians Go to How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians
2023 The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters Go to The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters