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American Board of Family Medicine: • Primary Certification and Recertification Exams The Family Medicine • In 2015: April 10- April 16 • Deadline to withdraw without seat fee 5 days prior to exam date • Deadline to change date/ location: 48 hours prior to exam date Board Exam: • Results: TBD (about 6 weeks) What to Expect! • Fall exam: November 16-21, 2015 Results: TBD • In-Training Exams • Certificates of Added Qualifications • Adolescent Medicine Exam Shira Shavit, MD • Sports Medicine Exam Associate Clinical Professor • Geriatric Medicine • Hospice and Palliative Medicine UCSF Dept of Family and Community Medicine • Sleep Medicine The Board Exam The Board Exam • As of 2005 only offered in Computer-Based Format • No limit to the times a qualified candidate may take the exam and in all 50 states • Those who fail, may take again in November • Extra features like brief practice test, time • Must have completed 3 years of residency training valid remaining, & unanswered questions shown medical license and have completed 300 credits of CME • Application and test-center selection is on-line. First come- • Do not need advance computer skills first serve • If license is revoked, certification is rescinded • Able to review previous items and change answers 1

The Board Exam The Board Exam • Bring Valid e-ticket and 1 piece of government issued ID to be admitted (current with photo, • Tests cognitive knowledge and problem solving signature and name matching e-ticket) ability • Registration includes a digital photograph and • Questions include diagnosis, management and fingerprint prevention of illness • No purses, bags, pagers, PDAs, phones or reference materials- locker provided. • Pack a lunch, snacks. • Wear comfortable clothes, dress in layers. The Board Exam Exam Structure • May not take written notes of exam Section 1 120 questions 2 hours • May not leave room or make calls Break 15 min (optional) Section 2/Module 45 questions 45 min • Erasable board provided for written preparatory Section 3/Module 45 questions 45 min work Lunch 70 minutes (optional) Section 4 80 questions 95 min • Multiple versions of exam exist. You may have a different version than the person next to you. Break 15 min (optional) Section 5 80 questions 95 min • If you need to repeat the exam in November, you will have a different version 2

Module Options Certification/ Recertification Exam • Ambulatory Family Medicine I. Cardiovascular 9% • Child and Adolescent Care • Women ’ s Health II. Endocrine 6% • Geriatrics III. Gastrointestinal 5% IV. Hematologic/Immune 2% • Maternity Care V. Integumentary 5% VI. Musculoskeletal 9% • Emergent / Urgent Care VII. Nephrologic 2% • Hospital Medicine VIII.Neurologic 2% • Sports Medicine Certification/ Recertification Exam Certification/ Recertification Exam Content Content XV. Population-based Care 3% – This includes topics such as biostatistics and epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, prevention, IX. Nonspecific 7% health policy and legal issues, bio-terror, quality improvement, and geographic/urban/rural issues. X. Psychogenic 5% XVI. Patient-based Systems 3% XI. Reproductive—Female 3% – This includes topics such as clinical decision-making, XII. Reproductive—Male 1% communication and – doctor-patient interaction, family and cultural issues, XIII. Respiratory 10% ethics, palliative care, and end-of-life care. XIV. Special Sensory 2% XVII. Module 1 13% XVIII. Module 2 13% 3

More info Strategies for Passing • You have roughly 1 minute per question, Pace • 20 questions are field-test items and will yourself! not be included in the scoring process. • Read the stem question carefully. Make note • No True/False Questions of any relevant information. • Read all responses carefully and cross out incorrect options Strategies for Passing Strategies for Passing • Don ’ t get stuck on difficult question, come back to it • Flag unanswered question or guess and note items to return to later • When returning to a question, only change answer if • Study where you did poorly in past and in areas you you are sure since 1 st thoughtful answer is more are least comfortable with likely to be correct • Focus on established medicine- remember there is a • Always answer the questions 9 month development cycle for the exam- so no brand new information 4

Strategies for Passing Free Practice tests • Practice test and tutorial ABFM website- • Fail Safe ABFM Exam Study Tips www.theabfm.org https://www.theabfm.org/cert/fail-safe.pdf Free Iphone app available • Tutorial Residency In-Training Exam (ITE) https://www.theabfm.org/tutorial/cbt/index.html https://www.theabfm.org/residency/ite.as px • Candidate information booklet- on line and mailed to you Scoring Scoring • Pass/ Fail • Score reports will be available online only about 6-8 weeks after end of testing • Does not depend on how other candidates • Program directors receive scores of recent do- each question graded separately graduates • Will receive percentile rank and scores by discipline 5

Questions? • Call the support center- 1-877-233-7437 • Or e-mail help@theabfm.org • Open Monday- Friday 8:30-9pm • Saturday 9-5pm 6

2014 Examination Results 2014 Primary Certification Examination Pass Rates 1 Spring Fall Total Candidate Type Total Pass Rate Total Pass Rate Total Pass Rate Certification or Recertification Initial Certification 3,377 92.4% 691 75.4% 3,644 89.5% Recertification 7,241 87.4% 4,111 79.9% 11,364 84.7% Medical Training United States 8,003 91.2% 3,469 83.2% 11,483 88.8% Canada 108 95.4% 67 97.0% 175 96.0% Other International 2,507 81.8% 1,266 67.9% 3,690 77.4% Retake Status 2 First-Time Taker 9,475 92.5% 3,654 88.6% 13,132 91.4% Repeat Taker 1,143 60.4% 1,148 49.8% 2,302 55.2% Total 10,618 89.0% 4,802 79.3% 15,434 86.0% 1. Minimum passing standard is 380. 2. First-time takers can be applying for initial either certification or recertification but they are not testing on this occasion due to a prior failure. Repeat takers are testing due to a prior failure. 2014 Certificates of Added Qualification (CAQ) First-Time Test Taker Pass Rates 1, 2 Pass Pass CAQ Total Rate CAQ Total Rate Sleep Medicine 5 Adolescent Medicine 3 Initial Certification (MPS 4 =400) Initial Certification (MPS 4 =381) 44 84.1% --- --.-% Recertification (MPS 4 =180) 89 94.4% Recertification --- --.-% Total 133 91.0% Total --- --.-% Sports Medicine 6 Geriatric Medicine 5 Initial Certification (MPS 4 =453) 274 83.2% Initial Certification (MPS 4 =380) 227 94.7% Recertification (MPS 4 =380) Recertification (MPS 4 =374) 572 90.7% 147 87.8% Total Total 846 88.3% 374 92.0% Hospice and Palliative Medicine 5 Initial Certification (MPS 4 =404) 384 85.2% Recertification --- --.-% Total 384 85.2% 7

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