Research ArticleOriginal Research

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

Mingliang Dai, Michael Hagen, Aimee R. Eden and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2019, 32 (1) 79-88; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.01.170472

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    Figure 1.

    Overall ratings of American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Knowledge Assessment (KA) content appropriateness by increasing numbers of modules completed and by age at first module completion.

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    Overall ratings of American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Clinical Simulation (CS) content appropriateness by increasing numbers of modules completed and by age at first module completion.

Tables

  • Table 1.

    Response Rates to American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Feedback Surveys 2006 to 2016

    20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016*Overall by SAM
    Overall by year89%91%93%79%74%64%56%67%68%74%73%71%
    Diabetes91%92%94%79%73%65%59%68%70%71%76%73%
    Hypertension90%91%93%79%74%64%60%67%70%74%77%73%
    Asthma90%93%94%81%74%67%64%72%71%77%74%77%
    Coronary artery disease89%90%92%80%74%67%59%67%68%72%70%73%
    Depression88%91%93%78%72%64%57%67%64%71%68%73%
    Heart failure87%90%91%78%74%66%58%64%67%74%71%72%
    Pain management92%92%78%75%64%55%67%71%76%75%72%
    Well child care92%91%80%74%65%56%63%66%75%73%71%
    Health behavior93%77%74%63%56%63%64%72%68%70%
    Maternity care93%80%77%67%58%62%64%72%71%71%
    Care of vulnerable elders78%74%64%56%67%71%76%72%69%
    Childhood illness79%76%64%56%62%65%72%72%68%
    Cerebrovascular disease76%63%55%69%67%73%71%66%
    Preventive care56%49%69%67%74%74%59%
    Hospital medicine57%67%71%76%74%71%
    Mental health52%65%65%73%65%63%

    • Data from 2006 to 2012 reported by Brooks et al18.

    • ↵* Data from January 2016 to July 2016.

  • Table 2.

    Ratings of Content Appropriateness of American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Knowledge Assessment (KA) from 2006 to 2016

    Module NameContent Is Appropriate for My Practice, Mean (95% CI)
    20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016*
    Diabetes5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.0)
    Hypertension5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)
    Asthma5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)
    Coronary artery disease4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.8)4.8 (4.8–4.8)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.7 (4.7–4.8)4.6 (4.6–4.7)4.7 (4.6–4.7)
    Depression5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)5.0 (4.9–5.0)
    Heart failure5.1 (5.0–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)4.9 (4.9–5.0)
    Pain management†5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.2 (5.2–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.3)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)
    Well child care†4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.8–5.0)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.3 (5.2–5.3)5.2 (5.2–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.3)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)
    Health behavior†5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.1)
    Maternity care†4.8 (4.8–4.9)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.7 (4.6–4.8)4.8 (4.7–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.1)
    Care of vulnerable elders5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)
    Childhood illness4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.8–4.9)
    Cerebrovascular disease4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.7 (4.6–4.8)
    Preventive care5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)
    Hospital medicine4.9 (4.8–5.1)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.7 (4.7–4.8)4.8 (4.7–4.8)
    Mental health4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.9)4.7 (4.6–4.8)4.8 (4.7–4.9)

    • The ratings are on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) with 95% confidential interval (CI) in parentheses.

    • ↵* Data from January 2016 to July 2016.

    • ↵† The ratings of these 4 SAMs were rescaled from 1 to 4 to 1 to 6.

  • Table 3.

    Ratings of Content Appropriateness of American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Knowledge Assessment (KA) from 2006 to 2016

    Module nameContent Was Presented at an Appropriate Level, Mean (95% CI)
    20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016*
    Diabetes5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)
    Hypertension5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)
    Asthma5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)
    Coronary artery disease4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–4.9)4.9 (4.9–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–4.9)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.8 (4.7–4.8)
    Depression5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)
    Heart failure5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.0 (5.0–5.1)4.9 (4.9–5.0)
    Pain management†5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.3)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.3)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)
    Well child care†4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.3)5.3 (5.2–5.3)5.2 (5.2–5.3)5.2 (5.2–5.3)5.2 (5.2–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.3)
    Health behavior†5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.2–5.3)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.0)
    Maternity care†5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.3)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.2)
    Care of vulnerable elders5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)
    Childhood illness5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)
    Cerebrovascular disease5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.8 (4.7–4.9)
    Preventive care5.1 (5.1–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)
    Hospital medicine4.9 (4.8–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.8 (4.7–4.9)
    Mental health4.9 (4.8–5.0)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.9)4.7 (4.6–4.8)4.8 (4.7–4.9)

    • The ratings are on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) with 95% confidential interval (CI) in parentheses.

    • ↵* Data from January 2016 to July 2016.

    • ↵† The ratings of these 4 SAMs were rescaled from 1 to 4 to 1 to 6.

  • Table 4.

    Ratings of Content Appropriateness of American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Clinical Simulation (CS) from 2006 to 2016

    Module NameContent Is Appropriate for My Practice, Mean (95% CI)
    20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016*
    Diabetes5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)
    Hypertension5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)
    Asthma5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.8 (4.8–4.9)
    Coronary artery disease4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.9–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.8–4.9)
    Depression5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.8–5.0)
    Heart failure5.0 (4.9–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–5.0)
    Pain management†4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–5.0)
    Well child care†4.7 (4.7–4.8)4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.7 (4.6–4.8)4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.1)
    Health behavior†5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.2)5.0 (4.9–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)4.8 (4.7–4.9)
    Maternity care†4.7 (4.6–4.8)4.6 (4.5–4.7)4.6 (4.5–4.7)4.6 (4.5–4.7)4.5 (4.4–4.6)4.5 (4.4–4.6)4.6 (4.5–4.7)4.7 (4.6–4.7)4.6 (4.5–4.8)
    Care of vulnerable elders4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.9)
    Childhood illness4.7 (4.6–4.7)4.7 (4.6–4.7)4.7 (4.6–4.7)4.7 (4.6–4.8)4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.7 (4.7–4.8)4.7 (4.7–4.8)4.7 (4.6–4.8)
    Cerebrovascular disease4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.9)
    Preventive care5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–5.0)
    Hospital medicine5.1 (4.9–5.2)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.7 (4.7–4.8)
    Mental health4.9 (4.8–5.0)4.8 (4.7–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.9)4.7 (4.6–4.8)4.8 (4.6–4.9)

    • The ratings are on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) with 95% confidential interval (CI) in parentheses.

    • ↵* Data from January 2016 to July 2016.

    • ↵† The ratings of these 4 SAMs were rescaled from 1 to 4 to 1 to 6.

  • Table 5.

    Ratings of Content Appropriateness of American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Clinical Simulation (CS) from 2006 to 2016

    Module NameContent Was Presented at an Appropriate Level, Mean (95% CI)
    20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016*
    Diabetes5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–5.0)
    Hypertension4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)
    Asthma5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)
    Coronary artery disease4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–5.0)
    Depression4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)
    Heart failure5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.1)4.9 (4.9–5.0)
    Pain management†4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.8 (4.8–4.9)
    Well child care†4.6 (4.6–4.7)4.7 (4.6–4.7)4.6 (4.5–4.7)4.7 (4.6–4.7)4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.0–5.1)
    Health behavior†5.1 (5.0–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.2 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.1 (5.0–5.2)5.1 (5.1–5.2)5.0 (4.9–5.1)
    Maternity care†4.7 (4.6–4.8)4.5 (4.5–4.6)4.5 (4.4–4.6)4.5 (4.4–4.6)4.6 (4.5–4.7)4.6 (4.5–4.7)4.6 (4.6–4.7)4.6 (4.5–4.7)4.6 (4.5–4.7)
    Care of vulnerable elders4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.8)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.9)
    Childhood illness4.5 (4.4–4.5)4.5 (4.5–4.6)4.5 (4.5–4.6)4.5 (4.5–4.6)4.6 (4.6–4.7)4.6 (4.5–4.7)4.6 (4.6–4.7)4.6 (4.5–4.7)
    Cerebrovascular disease5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–5.0)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.8 (4.7–4.9)
    Preventive care5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)5.1 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (5.0–5.1)5.0 (4.9–5.0)4.9 (4.8–5.0)
    Hospital medicine4.8 (4.7–5.0)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.9 (4.8–4.9)4.7 (4.7–4.8)4.7 (4.6–4.8)
    Mental health4.9 (4.8–5.0)4.9 (4.8–5.0)4.8 (4.8–4.9)4.7 (4.6–4.8)4.8 (4.7–4.9)

    • The ratings are on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) with 95% confidential interval (CI) in parentheses.

    • ↵* Data from January 2016 to July 2016.

    • ↵† The ratings of these 4 SAMs were rescaled from 1 to 4 to 1 to 6.

  • Appendix 1.

    Numbers of American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Self-Assessment Modules (SAM) completed from 2006 to 2016

    20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016*
    Diabetes38444117558267301061510159122786132714081213574
    Hypertension4361398751847011952510370116876139626778223251
    Asthma51723686428056247204763274144384496851302354
    Coronary artery disease39883555389144235991629478654120422645022001
    Depression39773131317943675207559659822994304336581716
    Heart failure22522080193029643641415853673403327133571432
    Pain management2584272443404679526265653506384943712074
    Well child care347933816804068461268513491387638251722
    Health behavior227043074196294131831913246429741152
    Maternity care172622352382195423061474208826261378
    Care of vulnerable elders42726713547056592940363546612253
    Childhood illness48095763541861063370369240461943
    Cerebrovascular disease4353561166943126292435281587
    Preventive care13708187156721583562622645
    Hospital medicine9073432338033401651
    Mental health2714177219611807962

    • Data from 2006 to 2012 reported by Brooks et al18.

    • ↵* Data from January 2016 to July 2016.

  • Appendix 2.

    Demographic Differences between Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Feedback Survey Respondents and Non-Respondents in 2015

    SAM TopicFemale, %Doctor of Medicine Versus Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, %International Medical Graduates, %Age (y), Mean
    RespondentsNonrespondentsRespondentsNonrespondentsRespondentsNonrespondentsRespondentsNonrespondents
    Diabetes424488882924*45.945.4
    Hypertension4043*8987*3025*46.445.0*
    Asthma4247*88893225*45.243.6*
    Coronary artery disease3439*8990292747.545.4*
    Depression47508888232246.444.2*
    Heart failure3745*89883127*46.643.6*
    Pain management41419088222347.845.6*
    Well child care57568585242242.141.1*
    Health behavior50499089191946.548.5*
    Maternity care61608485252538.937.6*
    Care of vulnerable elders4752*8988262347.745.3*
    Childhood illness48498787202145.043.4*
    Cerebrovascular disease3542*9090282648.646.2*
    Preventive care51508986*2622*45.144.5
    Hospital medicine404388873329*42.440.2*
    Mental health51518985*1926*46.343.2*
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