Estimated Effect on Life Expectancy of Alleviating Primary Care Shortages in the United States

BACKGROUND: Prior studies have reported that greater numbers of primary care physicians (PCPs) per population are associated with reduced population […]

The Evolution of Knowledge Assessment: ABFM’s Strategy Going Forward

Knowledge is a foundation of the public trust in physicians. Knowledge drives diagnosis, treatment, and the shared decision making central […]

Mobility and social deprivation on primary care utilisation among paediatric patients with asthma

OBJECTIVE: Asthma care is negatively impacted by neighbourhood social and environmental factors, and moving is associated with undesirable asthma outcomes. […]

Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Addiction Medicine Board Certification

Background: The American Board of Medical Specialties recognized addiction medicine (ADM) as a subspecialty in 2016, which was timely given […]

Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment Becomes Permanent

On April 29, 2021, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Committee on Continuing Certification approved the American Board of […]

Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic

Abstract Primary health care (PHC) includes both primary care (PC) and essential public health (PH) functions. While much is written […]

Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes

Family medicine program requirements have required residencies to survey their graduates to assess outcomes. Prior to 2016, these surveys were […]

Lower Likelihood of Burnout Among Family Physicians From Underrepresented Racial-Ethnic Groups

PURPOSE We investigated whether physician race and ethnicity were associated with burnout among a nationally representative sample of family physicians.METHODS […]

Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Twenty-seven years ago, the Institute of Medicine launched a primary care consensus study that, at the time, seemed highly aligned […]

Shaping the Future of Family Medicine: Reenvisioning Family Medicine Residency Education

In winter 2020, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced plans for a major revision of the family […]