No one knows for sure how long it takes to train a competent family physician. Family
medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics all require a 3-year residency before board …

BACKGROUND Family practice residency programs are based largely on a model
implemented more than 30 years ago. Substantial changes in medical practice, technology …

Background: The structure of family practice residency programs remains essentially
unchanged from the model first proposed more than 35 years ago. Advances in medical …

The number of US medical students entering family medicine continues to decline. Despite
the increased presence of family physicians on medical school faculty and increased …

In this issue, Peterson et al1 report on the substantial gaps between preparation for, and
practice of, nearly all clinical-practice areas among family physicians. They conclude that …

364 May 2004 Family Medicine office and hospital visits as the basic units of care. But, more
and more of the care needed by our patients occurs in the home, the nursing home, and …

How long a resident must train to achieve competency is an ongoing debate in medicine.
For family medicine, there is an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education …

BACKGROUND For family physicians to be prepared to deliver the core attributes and
system services of family medicine in the future, especially within the New Model of family …

We found substantial gaps between preparation for, and practice of, early career family
physicians in nearly all clinical practice areas. With reported intentions of graduates for a …

How should Family Medicine residencies evolve? This spring, even as COVID-19
highlighted US inattention to robust generalism in health care delivery and physician …