Beyond the Clinic Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals Read Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals
Phoenix Newsletter - March 2025 President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty Read President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty
Home Research Research Library The ABFM begins to use differential item functioning The ABFM begins to use differential item functioning 2013 Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Peabody, Michael R, and Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) believes that it is important to have evidence to show that the pass-fail decisions related to its examinations are based upon accurately determining the minimum knowledge necessary to be a board certified family physician, and furthermore, that these decisions are unbiased against any particular subset of the population. Accordingly, as part of the ABFM’s commitment to continuously improve the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) process, the ABFM has started using differential item functioning (DIF) procedures to detect potentially biased items on its examinations. Although gender information has been collected for some time from examination applicants, we began collecting ethnicity data for applicants taking the MC-FP exam this past spring so that we could begin to conduct these analyses. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success Go to Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success 2015 Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Go to Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance 2021 Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty Go to Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty 2020 Characteristics of Family Medicine Residency Graduates, 1994-2017: An Update Go to Characteristics of Family Medicine Residency Graduates, 1994-2017: An Update
Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Peabody, Michael R, and Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success Go to Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success 2015 Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Go to Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance 2021 Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty Go to Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty 2020 Characteristics of Family Medicine Residency Graduates, 1994-2017: An Update Go to Characteristics of Family Medicine Residency Graduates, 1994-2017: An Update
2014 Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success Go to Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success
2015 Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Go to Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance
2021 Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty Go to Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty
2020 Characteristics of Family Medicine Residency Graduates, 1994-2017: An Update Go to Characteristics of Family Medicine Residency Graduates, 1994-2017: An Update
