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Home Research Research Library The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success 2017 Author(s) Kozakowski, S M, and Pugno, Perry A Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) In-Training Examination, Initial Certification Questionnaire, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine In this commentary we review the improvements in the pass rates for first-time American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Certification Examination test takers in the context of new tools and resources for program directors against the backdrop of a changing accreditation system and increased competition for a relatively fixed number of graduate medical education positions in family medicine. While causality cannot be established between the strategic initiatives of the ABFM and higher pass rates, we can all celebrate the new tools and resources provided to residents and program directors, and the improved performance of family medicine graduates on the certification examination. ABFM Research Read all 2011 ABFM introduces important enhancements to MC-FP Go to ABFM introduces important enhancements to MC-FP 2015 ABFM’s self-assessment module (SAM) revision process Go to ABFM’s self-assessment module (SAM) revision process 2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties 2012 Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination Go to Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination
Author(s) Kozakowski, S M, and Pugno, Perry A Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) In-Training Examination, Initial Certification Questionnaire, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2011 ABFM introduces important enhancements to MC-FP Go to ABFM introduces important enhancements to MC-FP 2015 ABFM’s self-assessment module (SAM) revision process Go to ABFM’s self-assessment module (SAM) revision process 2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties 2012 Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination Go to Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination
2011 ABFM introduces important enhancements to MC-FP Go to ABFM introduces important enhancements to MC-FP
2015 ABFM’s self-assessment module (SAM) revision process Go to ABFM’s self-assessment module (SAM) revision process
2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties
2012 Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination Go to Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination
