American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: Variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Bazemore, Andrew W ^a   Xierali, Imam M ^a   Petterson, Stephen M ^a   Phillips Jr , Robert L ^a   Rinaldo, Jason C B ^b   Puffer, James C ^b   Green, Larry A ^c  

^a ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CERTIFICATION; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; RURAL HEALTH; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 74549169180     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090101     Document Type: Article

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