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How ABFM Will Address Health Equity

September 16, 2020

ABFM has implemented a series of changes aimed at increasing equity at multiple levels and contributing to the elimination of health disparities.

The Future of Family Medicine Residency Training

August 3, 2020

ACGME plans a major revision of the Family Medicine Residency Guidelines—the first significant update in more than 10 years.

Lars Peterson, MD, PhD, Selected as 2019 NAM Puffer/ABFM Fellow

September 9, 2019

Dr. Peterson is Vice President of Research at ABFM and associate professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Kentucky.

ABFM’s Family Medicine Certification Longitudial Assessment Pilot to Expand in 2020

July 15, 2019

Eligible Diplomates will be able to sign-up for the pilot beginning December 6, 2019.

ABFM Selects Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH, as New Senior Vice President of Research and Policy

April 18, 2019

Dr. Bazemore will lead ABFM's research enterprise, co-lead the Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care, and support ABFM career development programs.

The Larry A. Green Center Wins NQF’s Annual Conference Innovator Abstract Award

April 4, 2019

The Larry A. Green Center developed the measure with the support of the founding sponsor, the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Foundation.

Vision for the Future – Commission Final Report

March 1, 2019

This blue-ribbon report has provided recommendations, based on broad input, for the future of Continuing Certification.

ABFM’s Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment (FMCLA) Pilot Approved

November 8, 2018

All family physicians who are in their 10th year of their certification cycle in 2019 and in good standing with continuing certification will be eligible for the pilot.