Beyond the Clinic Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals Read Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals
Phoenix Newsletter - March 2025 President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty Read President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty
Home Research Research Library Using the Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment to Make Summative Decisions Using the Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment to Make Summative Decisions 2019 Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Newton, Warren P, Brady, John E, and Spogen, Daniel Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Board News, Cognitive Expertise, and Psychometrics Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine On January 4, 2019, the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) launched the Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment1 (FMCLA) pilot. Our hope is that FMCLA will provide both summative feedback—assessing whether a candidate has the cognitive expertise to be a board-certified family physician—as well as formative feedback—to help diplomates know more accurately what they do not know and, thus, focus their learning. With respect to the formative component, early reports are very positive. Of the eligible diplomates, 71% took advantage of the pilot. The technology platform is functioning well. Very few diplomates have withdrawn and many report that the tool is helping them learn. Evaluation from this quarter and the next will begin to give us a better understanding of how FMCLA fits into the other ways diplomates learn, and we will explore new formats of reports to support diplomates’ learning efforts. Read More ABFM Research Read all 1964 General Practice: A Eulogy Go to General Practice: A Eulogy 2012 Engagement of family physicians in maintenance of certification remains high Go to Engagement of family physicians in maintenance of certification remains high 2014 Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model Go to Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model 2017 The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success Go to The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success
Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Newton, Warren P, Brady, John E, and Spogen, Daniel Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Board News, Cognitive Expertise, and Psychometrics Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 1964 General Practice: A Eulogy Go to General Practice: A Eulogy 2012 Engagement of family physicians in maintenance of certification remains high Go to Engagement of family physicians in maintenance of certification remains high 2014 Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model Go to Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model 2017 The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success Go to The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success
2012 Engagement of family physicians in maintenance of certification remains high Go to Engagement of family physicians in maintenance of certification remains high
2014 Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model Go to Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model
2017 The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success Go to The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success