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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Research & Health Policy
Honoring the Social Contract of Graduate Medical Education Outcomes
Authors propose new approaches to measuring graduate medical education outcomes and improving accountability.
Certification
Physicians Have Continuous Learning Options with FMCLA and CKSA
Learn the differences between FMCLA and CKSA and how each supports continuous learning and certification.
ABFM
PRIME Registry Illuminates the Role of Primary Care
PRIME Registry data helped the CDC better understand COVID-19 and the critical role of primary care practices.
Research & Health Policy
Equity and Diversity in Family Medicine Workforce Policy Brief Series
JABFM publishes special themed series focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Certification
ABFM’s Approach to Health Equity and DEI in the Curation of Knowledge Assessment Questions
ABFM acknowledges our responsibility to ensure that the questions we use in all self-assessment activities and examinations are free from bias.
Health Equity in Action
ABFM Diplomate Shares Story About Using The Health Disparities/Equity Self-Directed PI Activity to Drive Behavior Change
Dr. Karl Steinberg used a self-directed PI project to address systemic racism and promote inclusion in long-term care settings.
Certification
More Tips to Help You Stay on Track for Stage Ending Requirements
Five practical tips can help physicians stay on track and avoid a last-minute certification deadline rush.
Research & Health Policy
Physicians Sound Alarm on Primary Care Infrastructure
Primary care leaders call for urgent investment in the nation’s primary care infrastructure and renewed federal leadership.
ABFM
A Tribute Poem for Physicians: As Mountains Call
Melissa Thomason honors family physicians through a tribute poem celebrating their dedication, compassion, and service.
Research & Health Policy
Adjusting Health Care Payments for Social Risk is Critical for Addressing Patients’ Social Needs
Policy design workshop produces consensus on a demonstration model for a payment adjustment based on census-tract level social deprivation indices.
Research & Health Policy
Clinical Quality Reporting Continues to Be Unreliable
New research reveals persistent barriers to reliable clinical quality reporting despite advances in health IT.
Research & Health Policy
Increasing Primary Care Physicians Could Boost Life Expectancy, Reduce Deaths in Underserved Areas
Research suggests expanding the primary care workforce could improve life expectancy and reduce deaths in underserved communities.