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Physicians Who Are Certified in Family Practice and Psychiatry: Who Are They and How Do They Use Their Combined Skills?

Margaret E. McCahill and Lawrence A. Palinkas
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice March 1997, 10 (2) 111-116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.10.2.111
Margaret E. McCahill
From the Family Medicine Residency Program, and the Family Medicine-Psychiatry Residency Program (MEM), and the Division of Research (LAP), Departtnent of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Reprint requests should be addressed to Margaret E. McCahill, MD, UCSD Family Medicine Residency Program, 200 West Arbor Dr, #8809, San Diego, CA 92103-8809
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Lawrence A. Palinkas
From the Family Medicine Residency Program, and the Family Medicine-Psychiatry Residency Program (MEM), and the Division of Research (LAP), Departtnent of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Reprint requests should be addressed to Margaret E. McCahill, MD, UCSD Family Medicine Residency Program, 200 West Arbor Dr, #8809, San Diego, CA 92103-8809
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Background: The American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) have jointly established their guidelines for a combined residency training program in family practice-psychiatry. As the new combined programs develop, it is of interest to learn about those physicians who are already board certified in both family practice and psychiatry.

Metbods: The ABFP provided a list of the 39 physicians in the United States who in 1995 held certification by both the ABFP and the ABPN. A questionnaire eliciting demographic data, information on practice patterns, and comments was mailed to each of them.

Results: Ninety percent of the physicians responded. Sixty percent reported that they practice both family medicine and psychiatry, 20 percent practice in communities with a population of 30,000 or less, and the great majority were very satisfied with their choice of specialties.

Conclusion: The responding family physician-psychiatrists chose their specialties one at a time, in sequence. Although their practice patterns are interesting, we believe residents who select a combined residency will have different practice patterns, choosing to practice both specialties from the outset. After graduates of these newly emerging combined residencies have entered practice, it will be useful to study how they make use of their combined skills.

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The Journal of the American Board of Family     Practice: 10 (2)
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
Vol. 10, Issue 2
1 Mar 1997
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Margaret E. McCahill, Lawrence A. Palinkas
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Mar 1997, 10 (2) 111-116; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.10.2.111

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Physicians Who Are Certified in Family Practice and Psychiatry: Who Are They and How Do They Use Their Combined Skills?
Margaret E. McCahill, Lawrence A. Palinkas
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Mar 1997, 10 (2) 111-116; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.10.2.111
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