Home Research Research Library The Evolution of Knowledge Assessment: ABFM’s Strategy Going Forward The Evolution of Knowledge Assessment: ABFM’s Strategy Going Forward 2021 Author(s) Newton, Warren P, O’Neill, Thomas R, and Price, David W Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine Knowledge is a foundation of the public trust in physicians. Knowledge drives diagnosis, treatment, and the shared decision making central to health care. Assessment of medical knowledge has thus been a cornerstone of Board Certification since 1914, when the American Board of Ophthalmology developed the first Board examination. As ABFM rethinks its certification portfolio, it is appropriate to revisit the scientific rationale for assessment of knowledge. What follows frames the key questions and evidence that drive ABFM policy and describes next steps. ABFM Research Read all 2026 Turnover and Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Turnover and Burnout Among Family Physicians 2026 Evaluating the impact of discordant and missing demographic information on population health assessments using linked electronic health records and Census Bureau microdata Go to Evaluating the impact of discordant and missing demographic information on population health assessments using linked electronic health records and Census Bureau microdata 2026 Majority Of Family Physicians Still Choose To Practice In The State Where They Were Trained Go to Majority Of Family Physicians Still Choose To Practice In The State Where They Were Trained 2026 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oral anticoagulation adherence in patients with atrial fibrillation managed in primary care: Results from the PRIME Registry Go to The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oral anticoagulation adherence in patients with atrial fibrillation managed in primary care: Results from the PRIME Registry
Author(s) Newton, Warren P, O’Neill, Thomas R, and Price, David W Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2026 Turnover and Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Turnover and Burnout Among Family Physicians 2026 Evaluating the impact of discordant and missing demographic information on population health assessments using linked electronic health records and Census Bureau microdata Go to Evaluating the impact of discordant and missing demographic information on population health assessments using linked electronic health records and Census Bureau microdata 2026 Majority Of Family Physicians Still Choose To Practice In The State Where They Were Trained Go to Majority Of Family Physicians Still Choose To Practice In The State Where They Were Trained 2026 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oral anticoagulation adherence in patients with atrial fibrillation managed in primary care: Results from the PRIME Registry Go to The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oral anticoagulation adherence in patients with atrial fibrillation managed in primary care: Results from the PRIME Registry
2026 Evaluating the impact of discordant and missing demographic information on population health assessments using linked electronic health records and Census Bureau microdata Go to Evaluating the impact of discordant and missing demographic information on population health assessments using linked electronic health records and Census Bureau microdata
2026 Majority Of Family Physicians Still Choose To Practice In The State Where They Were Trained Go to Majority Of Family Physicians Still Choose To Practice In The State Where They Were Trained
2026 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oral anticoagulation adherence in patients with atrial fibrillation managed in primary care: Results from the PRIME Registry Go to The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oral anticoagulation adherence in patients with atrial fibrillation managed in primary care: Results from the PRIME Registry
