Performance in Practice (MC-FP Part IV) replaces the traditional clinical chart review. Under the original MC-FP program that began in 2004, each ABFM-certified Diplomate was required to complete one Part IV module before sitting for the examination in the sixth or seventh year.
In 2011 the ABFM is instituting changes to the re-certification process. Please visit the ABFM website for complete information.
The METRIC program helps family physicians complete the MC-FP Part IV requirement. It does not address the Part II requirement. (SAM Working Groups can help you fulfill your MC-FP Part II. Learn more.)
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MC-FP Part IV
What is the Maintenance of Certification Part IV requirement?
How do I know what recertification cycle I am in or when my MC-FP Part IV is due?
You can contact the ABFM at www.theabfm.org or (888) 995-5700.
Do I have to be in the Maintenance of Certification recertification cycle to use the METRIC program?
No. Any interested physician can use the program. However, to earn Part IV credit from the ABFM, you must be in the correct stage of your recertification cycle.
The date that you complete your baseline chart review and the date that you complete the METRIC module must both be in the stage of your recertification cycle in which you need to fulfill MC-FP Part IV.
The date that you complete your baseline chart review and the date that you complete the METRIC module must both be in the stage of your recertification cycle in which you need to fulfill MC-FP Part IV.
How will the ABFM know I’ve fulfilled my Part IV requirement?
All modules of the METRIC program have been approved by the ABFM as an alternative activity for MC-FP Part IV. The AAFP sends notification of all METRIC program completions hourly to the ABFM.
I don’t work in a traditional primary care setting. How do I complete MC-FP Part IV?
Diplomates who do not have continuity of care with patients (e.g., physicians working as hospitalists or in ERs) must complete a different type of Part IV activity through the American Board of Family Medicine. The AAFP suggests family physicians who have questions about this issue contact the ABFM.
I am a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). Will METRIC help me fulfill my MOC Part IV requirement?
Yes. The ABIM accepts completion of the METRIC program under the Self-directed PIM for MOC Part IV.
