RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Recharging Family Medicine: A Perspective from the Keystone IV Conference
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP S15
OP S18
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2016.S1.150382
VO 29
IS Supplement 1
A1 Rosemary A. Stevens
YR 2016
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/29/Supplement_1/S15.abstract
AB A historic perspective of family medicine's development, the work of Gayle Stephens, and prior Keystone conferences constitute an important backdrop for the fourth Keystone Conference. Decisions made in the past constrain what can be done now, but they may also offer opportunities for family medicine. A major challenge for Keystone IV was to discern what is a constraint and what is an opportunity—in particular when it comes to the role of the personal physician. This article provides reflections based on decades of observation and study and confirms that knowing something and doing something are not the same.