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Home Research Research Library Anxiety HIGH-STAKES KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT AT ABFM: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND HOW IT IS USEFUL 2022 Author(s) Newton, Warren P, O’Neill, Thomas R, and Wang, Ting Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Performance Improvement, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine Clinical knowledge is fundamental to the social contract between medicine and society. As 1 of the 6 core competencies, appropriate clinical knowledge is effortfully acquired, constantly updated through practice and learning, and regularly assessed independently through board certification—and patients care a lot about it. It is thus important for ABFM to regularly review the validity of ABFM high-stakes knowledge assessments. In comparison with other common assessments of clinical knowledge—the ward attending who sees the medical student on rounds and asks some questions, patient satisfaction surveys, a medical school specialty advisor who writes a letter of recommendation—a well-constructed multiple-choice exam potentially provides a more standardized approach, greater reliability and scalability, and much less expense. In an age of increased understanding of structural racism, however, it is important to ask whether board certification exams are biased against certain racial and ethnic groups. In recent years, many standardized tests have been accused of bias Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification Go to Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification 2016 Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Go to Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety 2021 Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents Go to Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module
Author(s) Newton, Warren P, O’Neill, Thomas R, and Wang, Ting Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Performance Improvement, and Self-Assessment And Lifelong Learning Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification Go to Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification 2016 Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Go to Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety 2021 Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents Go to Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module
2014 Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification Go to Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification
2016 Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Go to Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety
2021 Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents Go to Academic Achievement, Professionalism, and Burnout in Family Medicine Residents
2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module
