LISTENING TO THE DIPLOMATES: PHYSICIANS'FEEDBACK ON SELF-ASSESSMENT MODULES

M Mason, J Rinaldo - 2005 - Annals Family Med
The Self-Assessment Module (SAM) is an integral part of the ABFM's Maintenance of
Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) process as well as an important learning …

Maintenance of certification for family physicians (MC-FP) self assessment modules (SAMs): the first year

MD Hagen, DJ Ivins, JC Puffer… - The Journal of the …, 2006 - Am Board Family Med
Introduction: In 2000, the American Board of Medical Specialties adopted Maintenance of
Certification (MOC) to replace intermittent, periodic recertification. MOC consists of 4 …

Physician Opinions about American Board of Family Medicine Self-Assessment Modules (2006–2016)

M Dai, M Hagen, AR Eden… - The Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Board Family Med
Introduction: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) was implemented to help physicians
remain current with evolving medical standards, but has been criticized for being irrelevant …

A message from the president of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)

JC Puffer - 2016 - Am Board Family Med
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 …

ABFM's self-assessment module (SAM) revision process

MD Hagen, MA Quan, R Fain, W DeBord - 2015 - Annals Family Med
In 2004, the first self-assessment modules (SAMs) went online as a resource for fulfilling the
part II requirement of Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP). As time …

Maintenance of certification

RL Edsall - Family Practice Management, 2005 - search.proquest.com
In the worst-case scenario, Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) will turn out to be time-
consuming, inconvenient, technically flawed wastes of time and money. In the best-case …

Completing self-assessment modules during residency is associated with better certification exam results.

LE Peterson, B Blackburn, MR King - Family Medicine, 2014 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Family medicine residents were recently
required to complete Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs), part of the American Board of …

Do family physicians choose self-assessment activities based on what they know or don't know?

LE Peterson, B Blackburn, A Bazemore… - Journal of Continuing …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Method: Secondary analysis of demographic data, 2009 certification examination scores,
and 2009–2012 SAM participation data. We computed disease-specific scores for asthma …

Helping family physicians keep up to date: a next step in the pursuit of mastery

MA Quan, WP Newton - The Journal of the American Board of …, 2020 - Am Board Family Med
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 …

Knowledge assessment responses in the ABFM self-assessment modules (SAMs)

MD Hagen - 2012 - Annals Family Med
Most proposals that would allow NPs to practice independently come in response to the
ongoing shortage of primary care physicians, according to the AAFP report …