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Home Research Research Library The American Board of Family Medicine certification examination: a proxy for quality The American Board of Family Medicine certification examination: a proxy for quality 2011 Author(s) Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Psychometrics, and Quality Of Care Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine In this issue of Family Medicine, Terry and Hill present evidence from a recently conducted survey that suggests that osteopathic family medicine residents in training programs whose positions have been accredited by both the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), so called “dual accreditation,” are more likely to be certified by the AOA and less likely to seek certification by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).1 While studies of this nature are always limited by their inherent selection and recall biases, the conclusions reached by the authors nevertheless raise issues that merit careful consideration and further discussion ABFM Research Read all 1987 Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations Go to Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 2007 Modeling relief Go to Modeling relief 2019 Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care: A Major Concern or Totally Makes Sense? Go to Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care: A Major Concern or Totally Makes Sense?
Author(s) Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Psychometrics, and Quality Of Care Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 1987 Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations Go to Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 2007 Modeling relief Go to Modeling relief 2019 Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care: A Major Concern or Totally Makes Sense? Go to Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care: A Major Concern or Totally Makes Sense?
1987 Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations Go to Pilot study using ‘dangerous answers’ as scoring technique on certifying examinations
2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
2019 Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care: A Major Concern or Totally Makes Sense? Go to Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care: A Major Concern or Totally Makes Sense?
