Purpose: Previous research indicated that rural family physicians were more likely to pass
the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Maintenance of Certification for Family …

Objective: Health disparities exist between rural and urban areas. Rural physicians may lack
sufficient medical knowledge, which may lead to poor quality of care. Therefore, we sought …

Introduction: In its recent shift to a Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-
FP) paradigm, the American Board of Family Medicine provides diplomates completing 3 …

Background: Performance on the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Certification
and Recertification Examinations by country of medical school training has not been …

The two American Board of Family Medicine–Robert Graham Center policy briefs in this
issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine mark the beginning of an …

PURPOSE The American Board of Family Medicine has completed the 7-year transition of
all of its diplomates into Maintenance of Certification (MOC). Participation in this voluntary …

Transitioning Family Physicians to continuous Maintenance of Certification (MOC) was
intended to support the quality improvement movement nationally, but it also risked …

Importance Narrowing of the scope of practice of US family physicians has been well
documented. Proposed reasons include changing practice patterns as physicians age …

Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians was created to enhance the quality of
care delivered by family physicians but risked decreasing their engagement due to the …

Purpose To examine the relationship between maintenance of certification (MOC) and the
clinical knowledge demonstrated by family physicians as they move further away from formal …