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Value of Certification
May 14, 2026
Patients want and expect the best medical care for themselves and their families. They want to feel confident and trust that their physician is qualified and is committed to providing safe and...
President’s Message: Progress Update – Improving the Value and Experience of Board Certification
May 23, 2024
We are committed to improving continuously what we do.
President’s Message: Improving What’s Important To You – Value and Experience with Board Certification
February 5, 2024
Reducing burden, saving time and money, and ensuring certification activities are meaningful and relevant.
President’s Message: Improving the Value of Board Certification and Advocating for the Specialty
November 11, 2022
Increasing the quality of certification activities, improving your experience with certification, while also identifying ways to reduce your burden.
Certification Activities
May 14, 2026
The certification activity requirement includes earning a total of 50 certification points by completing ABFM Self-Assessment and Performance Improvement activities. Each certification activity is assigned a point value to help you track...
Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study
Peterson, Lars E, Johannides, John and Phillips, Robert L
2022
How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study
Chesluk, Benjamin J, Eden, Aimee R, Hansen, Elizabeth Rose, Johnson, Michele L, Reddy, Siddharta G, Bernabeo, Elizabeth C and Gray, Bradley M
2019
Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification
Peterson, Lars E, Blackburn, Brenna E, Puffer, James C and Phillips, Robert L
2016
A Significant Number of Charter Diplomates Participate in American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Maintenance of Certification
Puffer, James C
2015
Advancing Quality Health Care through Continuing American Board of Medical Specialties Board Certification
Nora, L M
2013