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ABPS Diplomate William Garrity, MD, Explains What It Is Like Being on the Frontlines of COVID-19
William Garrity, MD, a family medicine physician and Diplomate of the American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS), says there is good news to report from the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic: Although the United States leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases, we also lead the world in research that can slow the spread of the disease. Dr. Garrity admits ...
ABPS Diplomate Dr. William Garrity Explains Why the BCFM is a Good Choice for Physician Certification in Family Medicine
William Garrity, MD, a Diplomate of the Board of Certification in Family Medicine (BCFM), which is a Member Board of the American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS), says his decision to choose the ABPS was a good one. He believes family medicine physicians and residents would do well to seek BCFM certification because the process assures a sustainable path to ...
ABPS Board Certifications for Family Medicine Residents
Becoming a family medicine physician is a long and arduous process, requiring years of rigorous medical school study followed by comprehensive residency training. As if this was not challenging enough, in order to become a practicing physician, a doctor must then earn a medical license, which requires candidates to pass a standardized exam. After they obtain a license, they typically ...
What Is it Like to Specialize in Family Medicine?
My name is Hilton C. Ray, MD, and I’m a Diplomate of the American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS) and the medical director of Prowers Medical Center in Lamar, CO. I have been practicing family medicine since 1991. Although I have been interested in other medical specialties, I turned to family medicine as a way to continue serving a wide community ...
ABPS Family Medicine Certification
We all know that obtaining Board Certification is an important step in the transition from medical school to medical practice. For qualified family medicine physicians, certification with the Board of Certification in Family Medicine (BCFM) – a Member Board of the American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS) – represents a high level of excellence in the specialty. Physicians certified through ...
The BCFM Offers Family Medicine Physicians a Recognized Choice for Board Certification
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recognize the American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS) as one of three nationally distinguished physician board certifying bodies. The Board of Certification in Family Medicine (BCFM), a Member Board of the ABPS, offers qualified and experienced family medicine physicians an opportunity to demonstrate ...
Why List Your Family Medicine Career Opportunity in the ABPS Career Center?
If you are a physician recruiter with an opportunity that you would like to advertise to some of the most highly qualified practitioners of family medicine in North America, then be sure to list the opening in the ABPS Career Center. At the ABPS, we developed the Career Center primarily with two goals in mind. First, we wanted to give ...
Physicians Seeking Certification or Recertification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Radiology, and Dermatology have a Choice
At the American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS), we strongly encourage physicians who are seeking certification or recertification in their specialty area to explore all of their options and find a certifying organization that is aligned with their needs and expectations. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook, “To become board certified, candidates must complete a residency ...
Family Physicians are Vital to Emergency Medicine
There’s no denying that the medical specialties of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine are intrinsically linked. In fact, when Emergency Medicine first became officially recognized as a specialty in the late 1970s, many of the physicians who worked to first develop the then-emerging field were family physicians by training. The relationship is intuitive in many ways when you consider the ...
Family Physicians Have a Choice in Family Medicine Board Certification
At the Board of Certification in Family Medicine® (BCFM), we encourage all physicians to do their due diligence and explore all of the opportunities for board certification currently available to them. While board certification has become a trusted barometer of physician aptitude, each of the three primary multi-specialty certifying organizations in North America have their own unique advantages, which should ...