Strategy for Revising and Updating Maintenance of Certification Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs)

摘要

In 2004 the first Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) went online as a resource for fulfilling the part II requirement of Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians. As time has gone by, Diplomates have occasionally asked about the process the American Board of Family Medicine uses to revise and update the content of the SAMs. Given the pace of change in medical knowledge, American Board of Family Medicine staff have found it necessary to use multiple strategies to keep the SAMs current.