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Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale

Thomas R. O’Neill, Keith Stelter and Warren Newton
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2025, 38 (2) 330-344; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240282R1
Thomas R. O’Neill
From The American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (TRO, KS, WN); Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program-Mankato, MN (KS).
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Keith Stelter
From The American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (TRO, KS, WN); Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program-Mankato, MN (KS).
MD, MMM
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Warren Newton
From The American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (TRO, KS, WN); Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program-Mankato, MN (KS).
MD, MPH
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Thomas R. O’Neill, Keith Stelter, Warren Newton
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