Certification status of family physicians in the initial cohort entering maintenance of certification.

作者信息

Puffer James C, Bazemore Andrew W, Phillips Robert L, Beebe Diane K

机构信息

From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky (JCP, RLP); the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C. (AWB); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Mississippi, Jackson (DKB).

出版信息

J Am Board Fam Med. 2014 Sep-Oct;27(5):581-2. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140098.

DOI:10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140098

PMID:25201927

Abstract

There existed considerable concern that participation in Maintenance of Certification by board-certified physicians would be less than optimal when it was introduced by the American Board of Medical Specialties in 2000. However, family physicians who entered the first 10-year Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians cycle in 2003 participated at levels consistent with historical norms.

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