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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Beyond the Clinic
“It Was Either Incredibly Brave or Foolish.” How International Mission Work Shaped Dr. Mitch Duininck
In His Image President and Program Director Dr. Mitch Duininck practices family medicine in his home state of Oklahoma and all over the world.
Beyond the Clinic
US Air Force Coordinates Medical Mission in St. Lucia
A professional surgical team, coordinated by ABFM Diplomate Col. Brian Neese, flew to St. Lucia and successfully completed 48 vascular surgeries.
Health Equity in Action
Implementing Comprehensive Care to Improve Outcomes
Family Medicine can improve patient experience and reduce burnout by focusing on comprehensive care. CPV has developed a Measure That Matters to address this...
Diplomate Spotlight
“Family Medicine Was All I Ever Wanted to Do”
From 1975 until his retirement in November 2024, Dr. Wagner provided primary care to communities and veterans in California and New Mexico.
Health Equity in Action
Perceiving Structures: Social Medicine Immersion in the Bronx
Social Medicine Immersion Month (SMIM) allows first-year residents to examine the perspectives of those with marginalized identities, and a new class of physicians is...
Research & Health Policy
International Advocacy Takes Center Stage in JABFM
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) published a special supplemental issue highlighting a 2023 International Conference of family physicians.
Health Equity in Action
2024 Health Equity Progress Report
In the 1897 August issue of The Atlantic, acclaimed African American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois described himself as existing with what he referred to...
Certification
5-Year Cycle: 3 Things to Know About the Exam Requirement
If your exam requirement is due in 2025, you will soon begin the new Continuous Certification 5-Year Cycle. You are NOT required to take...
Health Equity in Action
Inter-department Collaboration Leads to Improved Care by ABFM Diplomate Dr. Naganna Channa and VA Team
Beginning in 2018, Dr. Channa and his health care partners noticed that primary care clinics in the region were recommending colonoscopies at a usage...
Performance Improvement
Health Equity Dashboard Implemented to Reduce Disparities in Well Child Care Visits
As a safety-net healthcare system, UMass instituted a system wide performance improvement project with a goal of improving attendance at well-child visits among Blacks/African...