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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 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module 2019 Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance Go to Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance 1999 The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project Go to The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project 2020 Relationship between the perceived strength of countries’ primary care system and COVID-19 mortality: an international survey study Go to Relationship between the perceived strength of countries’ primary care system and COVID-19 mortality: an international survey study
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 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module 2019 Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance Go to Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance 1999 The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project Go to The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project 2020 Relationship between the perceived strength of countries’ primary care system and COVID-19 mortality: an international survey study Go to Relationship between the perceived strength of countries’ primary care system and COVID-19 mortality: an international survey study
2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module
2019 Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance Go to Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance
1999 The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project Go to The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project
2020 Relationship between the perceived strength of countries’ primary care system and COVID-19 mortality: an international survey study Go to Relationship between the perceived strength of countries’ primary care system and COVID-19 mortality: an international survey study