PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - James C. Puffer
TI  - The American Board of Family Medicine: Celebrating 50 Years of Continuing Transformation
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2020.S1.190444
DP  - 2020 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - S69--S74
VI  - 33
IP  - Supplement
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/33/Supplement/S69.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/33/Supplement/S69.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2020 Sep 01; 33
AB  - The history of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is briefly recounted by focusing on 4 major touchstones that can be considered instrumental in shaping its development as the third largest specialty board in the United States. These include the board’s founding, its implementation of maintenance of certification, the creation of its research enterprise, and its culture. The importance of each of these touchstones to the unique contributions that the ABFM has made to the specialty board community is explored.