Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice

Little is known about how rural and urban family medicine residencies compare in preparing physicians for practice. This study compared […]

Variation in Practice Patterns of Early- and Later- Career Family Physicians

Methods: Data on early career FPs came from the American Board of Family Medicine’s National Graduate Survey (NGS) and on […]

A Match Made in Rural: Interpreting Match Rates and Exploring Best Practices

Methods: Using a published listing of rural programs, 25 years of National Resident Matching Program data, and 11 years of […]

ABFM Outreach: A Strategic Approach to Creating Genuine Partnerships with Family Physicians

A positive, genuine, and effective relationship between the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the physicians participating in continuous […]

Implementing Competency Based ABFM Board Eligibility

The transition from residency education that emphasizes counts and hours to competency assessment is a major change for Family Medicine. […]

Estimated Costs of Intervening in Health-Related Social Needs Detected in Primary Care

Health-related social needs are increasingly being screened for in primary care practices, but it remains unclear how much additional financing […]

The Neighborhood Atlas Area Deprivation Index And Recommendations For Area-Based Deprivation Measures.

Edward Hannan and colleagues found that a lack of standardization of input variables to the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) available […]

Growing a rural family physician workforce: The contributions of rural background and rural place of residency training

Objective: To determine the distinct influences of rural background and rural residency training on rural practice choice among family physicians. […]

The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters

Since the first Board examination in Ophthalmology in 1916, assessment of cognitive expertise has been foundational to Board Certification. Since […]

How Do Family Physicians Document Patients’ Social Needs in Electronic Health Records?

Social needs are critical determinants of patient health, but their capture in clinical records began recently. A representative survey of […]