ABFM announces further enhancements to MC-FP
The beginning of 2010 officially completed the staged, 7-year transition of every American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Diplomate into […]
Family medicine at 40 years of age: the journey to transformation continues
Forty years ago, the then-American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) was approved and recognized as the 20th medical specialty in […]
American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort
INTRODUCTION: In its recent shift to a Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) paradigm, the American Board of Family […]
The measure of family medicine
Dr Loxterkamp asks a number of serious and important questions in his article.
The measure of family medicine
We read with interest the recent editorial by Saultz1 advocating a long-term look at the performance of graduates of family […]
Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination.
Background: Two medical specialty boards offer certification in family medicine: the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the American […]
Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) uses virtual patients (VP) in Maintenance of Certification. Theoretically, the ABFM could score […]
Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) uses virtual patients (VP) in Maintenance of Certification. User queries might be evaluated […]
Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator
In order to model motivational interviewing in a simulated case of alcohol abuse, a system of creating conversations was added […]
Using county-level public health data to prioritize medical education topics
INTRODUCTION: Medical education topics might be locally prioritized using public health data on health outcomes and risk factors unrelated to […]
