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Home Research Research Library The Evolution of Physician Certification and the Canary in the Coal Mine The Evolution of Physician Certification and the Canary in the Coal Mine 2016 Author(s) Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Volume 91(10):1325-1327 Source Mayo Clinic Proceedings In an address before the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in 1908, Derrick T. Vail introduced the concept of using a peer-review system to evaluate the education, training, and qualifications of medical specialists and advocated for the development of a specialty board that would oversee this process. His foresight served as the springboard for the genesis of the specialty board movement in the United States and led to the establishment of the American Board for Ophthalmic Examinations, now the American Board of Ophthalmology,1 in 1916 Read More ABFM Research Read all 2020 Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Sports Medicine Certification: Go to Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Sports Medicine Certification: 2019 Report from the FMAHealth Practice Core Team: Achieving the Quadruple Aim through Practice Transformation Go to Report from the FMAHealth Practice Core Team: Achieving the Quadruple Aim through Practice Transformation 2014 The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations Go to The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations 2003 Computer-based testing in family practice certification and recertification Go to Computer-based testing in family practice certification and recertification
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ABFM Research Read all 2020 Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Sports Medicine Certification: Go to Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Sports Medicine Certification: 2019 Report from the FMAHealth Practice Core Team: Achieving the Quadruple Aim through Practice Transformation Go to Report from the FMAHealth Practice Core Team: Achieving the Quadruple Aim through Practice Transformation 2014 The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations Go to The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations 2003 Computer-based testing in family practice certification and recertification Go to Computer-based testing in family practice certification and recertification
2020 Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Sports Medicine Certification: Go to Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Sports Medicine Certification:
2019 Report from the FMAHealth Practice Core Team: Achieving the Quadruple Aim through Practice Transformation Go to Report from the FMAHealth Practice Core Team: Achieving the Quadruple Aim through Practice Transformation
2014 The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations Go to The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations
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