Maintenance of Certification

Periodically, the WAFP offers group Knowledge Self-Assessment sessions to help our members meet their ABFM Maintenance of Certification requirements. Check out our upcoming sessions below.

Topic: Diabetes

Instructor: Ryan Kauffman, MD

Date: Friday, March 7, 2025

Time: 1-4 p.m.

Location: Trade Hotel, Milwaukee

The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) created Easy Performance Improvement (EasyPI), a peer-reviewed, curated collection of online educational resources, to support family physicians in completing a self-guided PI project in practice and receive credit for the work they do. This tool is accessible to any AAFP member across the nation – FREE!

EasyPI will guide users through the process of evaluating background information for a specific condition, determining how this information should drive patient care, and implementing team-based practice change to improve patient outcomes.

After implementing a chosen PI initiative, EasyPI resources provide step-by-step instructions on how to submit that work to the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) through its Self-Directed PI Project: Clinical Pathway application. Self-directed PI projects fulfill an ABFM PI requirement, add 20 ABFM points to your portfolio, and equate to 20 continuing medical education (CME) credits through the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

Here is a message from a member that recently completed a project using the adult immunizations track page, “The process facilitated by the OAFP was very helpful. Implementing a practice improvement plan did not disrupt my patient flow. Collecting and analyzing the data was not difficult, and entering the information into the ABFM website went exactly as Dr Kauffman described it in his video,” James Dunnan, MD, family physician.

The following tracks are currently available, but many materials included can be used for any topic you want to focus on:

• Adult Immunizations
• Asthma
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Diabetes
• Health Equity & SDOH
• HPV Vaccination
• Obesity
• Rare Diseases

Each of the topic tracks include materials such as:

• Background Information
  • Educational materials on the condition including: ABFM journal club articles, American Family Physician articles, Family Practice Management articles, and other articles of note
  • Guidelines on the condition
  • Information about health equity concerns around the condition.
• Performance Improvement Process
  • Example PDSA cycles and information about how to create your own PDSA
  • Support choosing quality measures
  • Examples of interventions to implement that address sample quality measures
  • Support for process mapping
  • Data collection information and tips.
• ABFM Performance Improvement
  • Explanation of the ABFM Self-Directed PI Project: Clinical Pathway
  • Step-by-step guide on how to submit an application for credit.

All that’s needed to make quality change in practice, improve patient outcomes, and earn ABFM Certification points and AAFP CME credit is available at one’s fingertips. Choose a topic and go! It’s that easy!

If you have questions about EasyPI please contact OAFP Deputy Executive Vice President Kaitlin McGuffie.

Financial support for this program was provided by the AAFP Foundation to the Family Medicine Chapter Alliance (FMCA) and is funded by members like you! Help programs like this continue to support family medicine by giving to the AAFP Foundation. Select “Chapter Grants” when making your gift online.