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- Title
Predictors of Attrition From Family Medicine Board Certification.
- Authors
Liaw, Winston; Wingrove, Peter; Petterson, Stephen; Peterson, Lars; Park, Brian; Bazemore, Andrew; Puffer, James C.
- Abstract
Board certification is associated with higher quality care. We sought to determine the rates and predictors of attrition from certification among family physicians who achieved initial certification with the American Board of Family Medicine from 1980 through 2000. In this period, 5.6% of family physicians never attempted recertification, with the rate increasing from 4.9% between 1990 and 1995 to 5.7% from 1996 to 2000. Being male, an international medical graduate, or 30 years of age or older at initial certification was associated with not recertifying. With information about those likely to leave certification, the board can design and implement interventions that minimize attrition.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CERTIFICATION of physicians; FAMILY medicine; MEDICAL quality control; CERTIFICATION agencies; CERTIFICATION; GOVERNMENT policy; CLINICAL competence; COMPARATIVE studies; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; GENERAL practitioners; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; CROSS-sectional method; STANDARDS
- Publication
Annals of Family Medicine, 2018, Vol 16, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1544-1709
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1370/afm.2176