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6. Here's some info from the family practice board for re-certification

Initial certification usually takes place fairly soon after completing their residency training. So, for recertification:

Requirements for Recertification

Must hold an active and unrestricted license(s) to practice medicine in the United States, U.S. Territories, or Canada.
Submit documentation of CME hours: an average of 50 hours of Category 1 CME per year with at least 25 CMEs in the field of Family Medicine. Over the eight-year certification period, the totals would be 400 CME, with 200 of those CME credits from Family Medicine related topics. The ABPS CME form must be used in compiling the CMEs, click here. Copies of an official CME summary from the granting organization or copies of individual certificates from each course completed must be submitted along with the ABPS CME Form for each year. NOTE: Teaching hours may be used to help satisfy the CME requirement; however, the total teaching hours submitted may not be more than half the overall total CME required and a letter from the program director or official certificate verifying the number of hours claimed must also be submitted.

Complete at least 50 questions of self-assessment CME each year, except in the final year of the recertification cycle. CMEs obtained from self-assessments may be used to meet the annual CME requirements specified in item 2.
Number of self-assessment questions completed should be indicated in the designated column on the ABPS CME summary form. It is not necessary to submit copies of completed questions.

The following resources are available for on-line CME and self-assessments:
A list of CME/Self-Assessment Resources compiled by Dr. Bernard Sklar (Online Continuing Medical Education) is available at www.cmelist.com/list.htm.

Another resource for On-Line self-assessments is NetCE at www.netce.com.

Complete 4 CME credits of AAPS-Approved Medical Ethics – Approved courses include the AAPS-sponsored Medical Ethics course held annually in conjunction with the AAPS Scientific Meeting OR must contain the term “Medical Ethics” in the title or syllabus of the course, must be intended for physicians, and cannot be the same course taken multiple times to meet the 4 credit requirement. CME hours attained through the AAPS-sponsored Medical Ethics course will count toward the required 16 hours of AAPS-sponsored CME.
Complete 16 hours of AAPS-Sponsored CME (For certificates expiring 2016 or later) – Information regarding AAPS-Sponsored CME is available here www.aapsus.org/cme-certification.

https://www.abpsus.org/family-medicine-recertification/

Requirements for recertification in Family Medicine include successful completion of a recertification examination.