Research
External Collaborations
The ABFM research team is excited to collaborate with your organization to further the ABFM mission.
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Research Department places a high priority on research that measures the impact of Family Medicine Certification (FMC) on the quality of care that family physicians provide to the public. The department has also intentionally broadened the scope of research to clearly understand the environment in which family physicians deliver health care and how factors such as health care market forces, practice organization, social deprivation, and health care policy may influence a family physician’s ability to provide high quality care to the public.
If you are interested in collaborating on a research project with ABFM or would like to request the use of ABFM data, please submit your proposal to research@theabfm.org.
Proposals should focus on Family Medicine Certification and health care quality. However, other projects that are highly relevant to the specialty of family medicine will be considered based on their merits.
Investigator(s) / Project
Patricia A. Carney, PhD and Patrice Eiff, MD / Interest in Pursuing a Fourth Year of Family Medicine Residency Training
Sebastian Tong, MD / Residency Characteristics Associated with Intention to Provide Obstetrical Care
Sebastian Tong, MD / Residency Characteristics Associated with Early Career Family Physicians Prescribing Buprenorphine
Kevin Grumbach, MD / Patient Engagement in Family Physicians’ Practices; Burnout and Practice’s Ability to Address Social Determinants
Peter Carek, MD, MS / Outcomes of Community and Academic Based Residency Programs
Data Commons / Correlation of Multiple Examination Assessments Throughout Family Medicine Training
CAFM Educational Research Alliance (CERA) / CERA ABFM National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Study
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) / Faculty for Tomorrow Evaluation
Montgomery Douglas, MD / Distribution and Practice Characteristics of Racial and Ethnic Minority Family Physicians
Sanjay Basu, MD, PhD / Primary Care Supply and Mortality; Social Determinants of Health
Jeanne Cawse-Lucas, MD / Gender of Family Medicine Authors
Davis Patterson, PhD / Availability of Obstetric Workforce Services in Rural America
Diane Rittenhouse, MD / Electronic Health Record Functionality and Advanced Primary Care Features
Larry Casalino, MD / Burnout and Costs and Quality of Care in Medicare
Chris Salyers, DHSc / Family Physicians in Appalachia
Martha Riddle, DrPH, MPH / Electronic Health Record Functionality in Kentucky and surrounding states
Rural PREP / WWAMI / Evaluation of Family Medicine Rural Residency Training
Rural PREP / WWAMI / Rural Residency Match Rates
Patricia A. Carney, PhD and Patrice Eiff, MD / ITE Scores for Length of Training Evaluation
Peter Carek, MD, MS / Do Doximity Rankings Correlate to Graduates’ Outcomes?
John Freedy, MD, PhD / Representativeness of CERA resident survey
Joe Johnson, MD / How Inaccurate Confidence on Knowledge Self-Assessment Activities Correlates with Overall and Subject-Specific Ability Levels
Tyler Barreto, MD / Exploring the Circumstances Influencing Family Physicians’ Provision of Maternity Care Throughout Their Careers
March of Dimes / Exploring Maternity Care Deserts in the United States
Anushree Vichare, PhD, MPH, MBBS / Assessing the Diversity of Family Physicians Treating Medicaid Patients Using Administrative Claims Data
Office of the National Coordinator / Tracking Physician Use and Burdens of Health IT
Sebastian Tong, MD / Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care Practice Settings with Low Rates of Integration
Brandon Brown, MD / CERA Study: Assessment of Variations in Hospital Medicine Training Among Family Medicine Residencies
John Malaty, MD / CERA Study: Evaluating Practice Management Curricula in Family Medicine Residency
Anastasia Coutinho, MD, MHS / CERA Study: Residency Workload and Wellness Curricula: Impacts on Future Burnout
Tiffany Ho, MD, MPH / Racial Justice Curriculum in Resident: Comparison CERA Program Director and Resident Survey
Spencer Luster (MD/PhD Student) / Examining Supervisors’ Ability to Predict Trainees’ Future Competencies After Residency Graduation and Independent Practice Commencement
Diane Rittenhouse, MD / Independently Owned Small- and Medium-Sized Primary Care Practices and Their Role in Serving Vulnerable Populations
