RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice (P4): Essential Skills for New Family Physicians and How Residency Programs May Provide Them JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO J Am Board Fam Med FD American Board of Family Medicine SP 348 OP 355 DO 10.3122/jabfm.2007.04.070059 VO 20 IS 4 A1 Scherger, Joseph E. YR 2007 UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/20/4/348.abstract 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.