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Physician Re-entry Programs Get Family Docs Back Into Practice

Programs Can Help Ameliorate Workforce Shortfalls, Says FP Expert

(3/23/2011, 11:40 a.m.)  --  After taking a break from family medicine for several years, family physicians Russell Brofer, D.O., of Arlington, Texas, and Liesa Harte, M.D., of Austin, Texas, decided to return to full-time practice. However, because they had let their medical licenses lapse, they found it wasn't simply a matter of hanging out an FP shingle. They both needed to complete a physician re-entry program. Fortunately, one such program was nearby. More


Amount of Prescribed CME Credit Awarded for ABFM SAMs Drops

Based on Completion Times, Modules Now Eligible for 12 Credits

(3/3/2011, 5:10 p.m.)  --  Family physicians who complete a self-assessment module, or SAM, in 2011 as a component of the American Board of Family Medicine's Maintenance of Certification Program for Family Physicians, or ABFM MC-FP, will receive 12 AAFP Prescribed CME credits instead of the 15 Prescribed credits previously awarded. More
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