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Table 1.

What Has Really Changed?

Former Recertification Requirements	Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) Requirements
I. Diplomate must maintain a valid and unrestricted license	I. unchanged
II. Life-long Learning	II. Life-long Learning
a. 300 hours of CME. Diplomate constantly searches for seminars that satisfy annual CME requirements.	a. (unchanged) 300 hours CME required. ABFP web site assists in identifying sources to satisfy these requirements.
	b. (new) Self-Assessment Module (SAM). Taken by computer. One completed SAM per year required (total of 6 per 7-year cycle). Up to 15 hours of approved CME credit per SAM.
III. Cognitive Exam	III. Cognitive Expertise
a. Paper and pencil test	a. Exam format and content (unchanged), but delivery is by computer (new).
b. Administered at a limited number of sites and dates.	b. (new) Now offered on more dates (11) and at more test sites (202).
IV. Computer Office Record Review (CORR)	IV. Evaluation of Performance in Practice Module (PPM)
a. Once per 7-year cycle	a. Similar to CORR (once per 7-year cycle). (Not exactly the same but modified and improved. PPM replaced CORR beginning in 2005.)