The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) introduced Maintenance of Certification for
Family Physicians (MC-FP) in 2004 in response to policy adopted by the American Board of …

Feedback is critically important in helping the American Board of Family Medicine
continuously improve the assessment tools that we use in our certification process. We used …

In January 2021, the Board of Directors of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)
decided that emerging priorities in health and health care should become an explicit …

Introduction: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) was implemented to help physicians
remain current with evolving medical standards, but has been criticized for being irrelevant …

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

Concerns about bias in standardized testing for undergraduate admissions have led some
to question all multiple-choice testing. ABFM, however, believes that assessment of clinical …

Introduction: In 2000, the American Board of Medical Specialties adopted Maintenance of
Certification (MOC) to replace intermittent, periodic recertification. MOC consists of 4 …

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is exploring the development of an ABFM
Journal Club as a part of its continuing certification portfolio. To benchmark this effort, we …

Abstract The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) has used a 60-item Multiple
Choice Question (MCQ) section followed by a Virtual Patient (VP) exercise in Maintenance …

Background Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is progressive and
pervasive. Guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations to manage HFrEF, yet …