 The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and Boone County Hospital are pleased to announce Caleb Glawe, M.D., Boone County Family Medicine, has successfully completed his Certification Examination. Board certification confers a standard of excellence in knowledge and practice to physicians who not only certify via the examination process, but who also work diligently on the maintenance of these skills during the cycle between examinations.
To achieve an maintain certification by the ABFM, Dr. Glawe must possess a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States, complete online education self-assessment modules, verify the completion of 150 hours of acceptable continuing medical education every three years, demonstrate ongoing, systematic quality improvement within practice, and successfully complete a one-day, written examination of cognitive knowledge and problem-solving abilities. This examination covers, but is not limited to: adult medicine, care of newborns, infants and children, and adolescents, maternity and gynecological care, community medicine, care of the older patient, human behavior and mental health, and care of the surgical patient.
Dr. Glawe joined the Boone County Hospital Medical staff in the fall of 2009. He currently sees patients in Boone on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and in Ogden on Fridays. He received his Medical Degree from St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman Island, BWI, and completed a Residency from the Quad Cities Family Medicine Residency Program, a University of Iowa affiliation, at Genesis Medical Center, Davenport.
The American Board of Family Medicine, one of 24 Member Boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties, is the second largest medical specialty board in the United States. Founded in 1969, it is a voluntary, not-for-profit, private organization whose purposes include improving the quality of medical care provided to the public by family physicians, establishing and maintaining standards of excellence in the specialty of Family Medicine, improving the standards of medical education for training in Family medicine, and determining by evaluation the fitness of physicians who apply for and hold certificates in the specialty of Family Medicine.
For more information about the ABFM, log on to www.theabfm.org.
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