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Show Dr. JohnEmo certified bythe ABFP . Dr. John William Emo of' Cedar City has been named a diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) as a result of passing a certification examination offered by the ABFP. He is now certified in the specialty of family practice. The intensive 2-day written examination taken by Dr. Emo is designed to prove his ability in the areas of internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry and community medicine. To qualify for the examination a physician must have completed either a 3-year family practice residency or have been in family practice a minimum of six years and successfully completed 300 hours of continuing medical education approved by the American Academy of Family Physicians. ABFP diplomates also must continue to show proof of competency com-petency in the field of comprehensive, com-prehensive, continuing cae of the family by being recertified every six years. No other medical specialty .requires diplomates to prove competence on a continuing basis. |