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Show Local doctor named diplomat of ABFP Dr. Larry Wilcken, Vernal, Utah has been named a diplomat of the American Board of Family Fami-ly Practice (ABFP) as a result of passing a certification cer-tification examination offered of-fered by the ABFP. He is now certified in the medical specialty of family practice. The intensive 2-day written examination is designed to prove the candidate's can-didate's ability in the areas of internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry and community medicine. To qualify for the examination ex-amination a physician, must have successfully completed three years of residency training in family practice. There are some 375 such training train-ing programs in teaching hospitals and university medical centers across the United States. |