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Home Research Research Library What Family Physicians Really Think of Maintenance of Certification Part II Activities What Family Physicians Really Think of Maintenance of Certification Part II Activities 2017 Author(s) Brooks, E Marshall, Gonzalez, Martha M, Eden, Aimee R, O’Neal, J, Sabo, R T, and Etz, Rebecca S Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions Source Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions INTRODUCTION: This study examines how improving curricular content and technical interface issues could make maintenance of certification activities more meaningful to American Board of Family Medicine diplomates completing Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) Program self-assessment modules (SAMs). METHODS: We used a sequential exploratory design to analyze quantitative and qualitative data from 320,500 surveys of family physicians who completed a SAM between January 2004 and April 2013. This included numeric rating scales and free text comments. Basic statistical rankings, template-based automated coding, and emergent coding were used to analyze SAM experience and identify thematic content. RESULTS: Across SAMs, numeric ratings were universally high and positive free text comments outnumbered negative comments two to one. When comparing feedback on the knowledge assessment and clinical simulation (CS) activities, SAMs were rated less favorably when the frequency of ideas identified by participants as most prevalent in one activity mismatched those identified as most prevalent in the companion activity. Participants were also critical of navigation issues, technical issues, and a lack of realness in the CS activity. DISCUSSION: Whether analyzed through quantitative data, qualitative data, or mixed methods, a large majority of participants rated their experience with SAMs highly. When individual SAMs were rated poorly, it seemed to be due to discordance in ideas emphasized between the knowledge assessment and CS components, or an opinion regarding the SAM topic that existed independent of the SAM process. ABFM Research Read all 2019 Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach Go to Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach 2014 The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations Go to The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations 2021 Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents Go to Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents 1992 1991 certification-recertification examinations Go to 1991 certification-recertification examinations
Author(s) Brooks, E Marshall, Gonzalez, Martha M, Eden, Aimee R, O’Neal, J, Sabo, R T, and Etz, Rebecca S Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions Source Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach Go to Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach 2014 The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations Go to The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations 2021 Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents Go to Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents 1992 1991 certification-recertification examinations Go to 1991 certification-recertification examinations
2019 Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach Go to Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach
2014 The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations Go to The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations
2021 Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents Go to Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents
1992 1991 certification-recertification examinations Go to 1991 certification-recertification examinations