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The Differing Career Choice Paths of MD and DO Family Medicine Residents: A Call to Action
Julie P. Phillips, Tracy O. Middleton and Karen B. Mitchell
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine January 2026, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2025.250398R0
Julie P. Phillips
From the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI (JP); Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, AZ (TM); American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS (KM)
MD, MPH, HALMTracy O. Middleton
From the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI (JP); Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, AZ (TM); American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS (KM)
DO, FACOFPKaren B. Mitchell
From the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI (JP); Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, AZ (TM); American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS (KM)
MD, FAAFP
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In this issue
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 38, Issue 6
November-December 2025
The Differing Career Choice Paths of MD and DO Family Medicine Residents: A Call to Action
Julie P. Phillips, Tracy O. Middleton, Karen B. Mitchell
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2026, DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2025.250398R0
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