PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Puffer, James C. AU - Bazemore, Andrew W. AU - Phillips, Robert L. AU - Beebe, Diane K. 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.