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Residency Papers Published: A Re-Envisioning Residency Education Update

October 21, 2021

Participate in focus groups and surveys through the Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residency Education website.

Rebuilding the Community Health Tool

October 11, 2021

Authors argue for an improved, next-generation Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) tool.

Independently Owned Family Physician Practices Remain Critical Part of Primary Care

September 20, 2021

One-third of family physicians in the U.S. still worked in independent physician-owned practices.

Joint Statement from the American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of...

September 9, 2021

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently issued a statement saying that providing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine contradicts physicians’ ethical and professional responsibilities, and therefore may subject a physician to...

Physicians Sound Alarm on Primary Care Infrastructure

August 26, 2021

New England Journal of Medicine article by primary care leaders sounds an alarm about our nation’s crumbling primary care infrastructure and calls on Biden administration to urgently appoint a Secretary’s Council on...

National Journal Club Pilot Now Available for Diplomates

August 6, 2021

New service available to ABFM Diplomates provides access to the latest peer-reviewed articles and the ability to earn certification points.

Steven Lin, MD, Selected as 2021 NAM Puffer/ABFM Fellow

August 5, 2021

Dr. Lin is the founding director of the Stanford Healthcare AI Applied Research Team (HEA3RT), a first-of-its-kind center dedicated to translational research on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in healthcare with the...

Debt of Family Medicine Residents Has Increased Significantly Since 2014

June 8, 2021

The number of family medicine residents with more than $250,000 in self-reported educational debt increased by 81% over a 5-year period.

New NASEM Report Released – Implementing High-Quality Primary Care

June 1, 2021

First report in 25 years that addresses what is needed to produce a robust primary care workforce and builds upon the recommendations from the 1996 Institute of Medicine report, "Primary Care: America's...

FMCLA Approved as a Permanent Alternative to the One-Day Exam

June 1, 2021