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Home Research Research Library Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety 2016 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Kennedy, J, Jaén, Carlos Roberto, Stelter, Keith L, and Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Professionalism, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume 6(3-4):162-169 Source Journal of Enterprise Transformation Physician certification boards are an intrinsic part of medical professionalism, and the public is their key stakeholder. A decade ago, the 24 boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties committed to moving beyond the summative evaluation of physicians to a process of continuously evaluating and improving the care they deliver. The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) has been a leader in this change and is making strategic investments in the next major evolution of continuous certification. Physicians are frustrated with the pace of change, inability to reliably assess and change their practices, and the perceived risk to both income and professional autonomy. Certifying boards are natural targets for that frustration. Certifying boards have an opportunity to support physicians in improving the quality and safety of healthcare and appeal to physicians’ intrinsic motivation for doing so. The ABFM is not retreating from that challenge but is instead listening carefully to family physicians and making strategic investments to evolve. The ABFM is the first certifying board to launch a registry that is designed to support physician capacity for quality assessment, improvement, data-reporting requirements, and population management. It also supports more effective measure development and research. The ABFM aims to help physicians maintain the privilege of self-governance by helping them continuously earn it. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2023 Academic Achievement and Competency in Rural and Urban Family Medicine Residents Go to Academic Achievement and Competency in Rural and Urban Family Medicine Residents 2014 Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success Go to Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success 2008 Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Go to Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis 2010 American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort Go to American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Kennedy, J, Jaén, Carlos Roberto, Stelter, Keith L, and Puffer, James C Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Professionalism, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume 6(3-4):162-169 Source Journal of Enterprise Transformation
ABFM Research Read all 2023 Academic Achievement and Competency in Rural and Urban Family Medicine Residents Go to Academic Achievement and Competency in Rural and Urban Family Medicine Residents 2014 Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success Go to Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success 2008 Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Go to Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis 2010 American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort Go to American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort
2023 Academic Achievement and Competency in Rural and Urban Family Medicine Residents Go to Academic Achievement and Competency in Rural and Urban Family Medicine Residents
2014 Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success Go to Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success
2008 Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Go to Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis
2010 American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort Go to American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort