PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Joseph E. Scherger
TI  - Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice (P<sup>4</sup>): Essential Skills for New Family Physicians and How Residency Programs May Provide Them
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2007.04.070059
DP  - 2007 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
PG  - 348--355
VI  - 20
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/20/4/348.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/20/4/348.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2007 Jul 01; 20
AB  - Family Medicine residency programs must change substantially to prepare for new family physicians a model of practice for the 21st century. This article describes 10 essential skills that are part of a new model of family medicine and the educational changes and resources needed to obtain them. These skills include management of a population of patients, patient-centered care, personal medical home, best knowledge at the point of care, continuous access to multimodal communication, a new platform of care, time intensive visits, group visits, teamwork and interpersonal skills, and financial practice management.