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John G. Walsh, MD

JAMA. 1970;212(7):1191-1195.

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Family practice was recognized and approved as a specialty on Feb 8, 1969, by action of the Liaison Committee of the Advisory Board for Medical Specialties and the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association. The American Board of Family Practice was authorized to conduct examinations and to certify candidates who meet the qualifications and pass the examination.

The sponsoring organizations— the American Academy of General Practice and the Section on General Practice of the AMA—after negotiations agreed to specific stipulations relating to the composition of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Family Practice. Following the organizational period, the board consists of 15 members: five from the American Academy of General Practice, five from the Section on General Practice of the AMA, and one each from the specialty boards of surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology and psychiatry-neurology.

The new certifying board tests three categories of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Dr. Walsh is president of the American Board of Family Practice, Sacramento, Calif.

Footnotes
Read before the Section on General Practice at the 118th annual convention of the American Medical Association, New York, July 14, 1970.

Reprint requests to American Board of Family Practice, Inc., University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40506.

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