ABFM Insights
Certification Tips, Best Practices, and Inspiration.
Performance Improvement
Better Together: One Physician’s Case for Team-Based Care
How one family physician turned a performance improvement activity into a lasting culture shift in her clinic.
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Performance Improvement
Better Together: One Physician’s Case for Team-Based Care
How one family physician turned a performance improvement activity into a lasting culture shift in her clinic.
Certification
How the National Journal Club Works: A Step-by-Step Guide to Staying Current in Family Medicine
Expand your evidence-based practice with new articles covering a variety of systems, such as cardiovascular, GI, gynecologic, obstetric, and psychological, plus key topics like...
Diplomate Spotlight
Engagement Network Member Spotlight: Suneel Parvathareddy, MD
Board Certified Since 2015
Diplomate Spotlight
Engagement Network Member Spotlight: Julia Flax, MD
Board Certified Since 2001
Diplomate Spotlight
Engagement Network Member Spotlight: Kevin Volkema, DO
Board Certified Since 2021
Exam
Exam Day Is Almost Here: A Last-Minute Checklist for the April Testing Window
The ABFM Family Medicine Examination runs April 6 through April 25. Before your test date arrives, use this checklist to make sure exam day...
Performance Improvement
Making Diabetic Eye Exams Accessible
One physician’s performance improvement activity is changing what routine care looks like for underserved patients.
Research & Health Policy
Where Residents Train Is Where They Stay — And That Has Consequences for Primary Care Access
Based on “Majority of Family Physicians Still Choose to Practice in the State Where They Were Trained,” published in Health Affairs, March 2026
Diplomate Spotlight
Recentering Purpose: How One Family Physician Is Turning Burnout into a Path Forward
Family physician, residency program director and ABFM Diplomate are just a few of the hats Dr. Santina Wheat wears. She is used to guiding...
Certification
Rethinking Your Exam in the 5-Year Cycle
For family physicians, maintaining their ABFM Board Certification has traditionally meant preparing for a high-stakes, one-day exam. But certification doesn’t have to hinge on...