Programs are increasingly struggling to fit even basic requirements into 3 years, with
continuity visits declining. Both residents and program directors feel medical school …

Background Residents are one of the key stakeholders of specialty training. The Turkish
Board of Family Medicine wanted to pursue a realistic and structured approach in the design …

Purpose The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's 2003 restrictions on
resident duty hours (RDH) raised concerns among educators about potential negative …

Methods We used data collected by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) as part
of resident certification examination application in 2014 and 2015. Data included fellowship …

In my present position as Director of the Medical Education Division for the American
Academy of Family Physicians, I spend the majority of my time collecting and sharing …

Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive, self-administered survey of residency
applicant interviewees at Oregon's three family medicine residency training programs in …

In early 2003, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) was presented with
evidence documenting substantial growth in the proportion of medical care of children …

Background and Objectives: There has been declining interest by US medical students in
the specialty of family medicine. Simultaneously, new data suggest that the length of training …

Methods The Middlesex Hospital Family Medicine Residency is an unopposed residency
program based at a community hospital where family medicine is the dominant mode of …

For more than 30 years, the medical profession has had lingering questions about the
efficacy of vitamin C in cancer therapy. Initial clinical reports1 and early preclinical studies2 …