Being board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) demonstrates your commitment to an ongoing process of keeping up-to-date and striving to deliver the best care possible to your patients and your community. Your certification means a lot! However, sometimes navigating through the Family Medicine Certification process to organize stage requirements can get a tad confusing. We understand and the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) is here for you!
Representatives from the ABFM as well as OAFP’s quality improvement champion Ryan Kauffman, MD, FAAFP, hosted the webinar ABFM Certification: Making it Relevant, Meaningful, and Tailored to Your Needs on November 12. The webinar recording and slides from the presentation are now available on the OAFP website.
- Understand the purpose of certification and its impact on patient care
- Understand the stages in the certification process and activities within each
- Learn differences between the Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment and the one-day exam
- Know how to navigate your individual Physician Portfolio
- Understand the importance of mapping out certification requirements in order to have the most positive impact on patient care possible.
Questions? Please contact Director of Foundation & Strategic Programs Kaitlin McGuffie or call 800.742.7327.