A Qualitative Study of Trainee Experiences in Family Medicine‐Obstetrics Fellowships

Background Family Medicine-Obstetrics fellowships provide family physicians with advanced obstetrics training. No accreditation system exists for these fellowships, which leads […]

Practice Intentions of Family Physicians Trained in Teaching Health Centers: The Value of Community-Based Training

Family medicine residents who graduate from Federally Qualified Health Center–aligned Teaching Health Center (THC) training residencies are nearly twice as […]

Stuck in Graduate Medical Education Traffic? Teaching Health Centers Are Family Medicine’s High-Occupancy-Vehicle Lane

In this issue of the Journal, Levin and colleagues1 report that family physicians trained in Teaching Health Centers—predominately residency programs […]

Comparison of AR, ITS, CBT, and Didactic Training and Evaluation of Retinopathy-Based Diagnosis

Research objective: To test the relative efficacy of adaptive and fixed simulator training vs. adaptive and fixed computer-based training (CBT) […]

Factors Associated With Successful Research Departments A Qualitative Analysis of Family Medicine Research Bright Spots

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Inadequate resources have led to family medicine research divisions at varying stages of development. The purpose of […]

Report from the FMAHealth Practice Core Team: Achieving the Quadruple Aim through Practice Transformation

Family Medicine for America’s Health (FMAHealth) is a strategic planning organization effort that was created out of the reevaluation of […]

Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions

Purpose: Educational debt is increasing and may affect physicians’ career choices. High debt may influence family medicine residents’ initial practice […]

The Current State of Research Capacity in US Family Medicine Departments

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Capacity for conducting family medicine research has grown significantly since the specialty was founded. Many calls to […]

Family Medicine Residents’ Debt and Certification Examination Performance

Introduction: Previous studies have found that medical students and internal medicine residents with high educational debt perform less well on […]

Primary Care Research Priorities in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

PURPOSE To identify and prioritize the needs for new research evidence for primary health care (PHC) in low-and middle-income countries […]