PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - James C. Puffer
AU  - Andrew W. Bazemore
AU  - Robert L. Phillips
AU  - Diane K. Beebe
TI  - Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140098
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 581--582
VI  - 27
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/5/581.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/5/581.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2014 Sep 01; 27
AB  - 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.