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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

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In 2000, American Family Physician published an AAFP position paper (an updated version currently resides on the AAFP website) emphasizing that “colonoscopy can be a natural extension of the total care provided by a well-trained family physician.”

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Pathways to primary care for underserved communities

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Unsurprisingly, they find that 97% of physicians who enter family medicine residency programs become primary care physicians, while the corresponding figures for internal medicine and pediatrics are 35.5% and 3.6%, respectively, in 2008-09 to 14.3% It's well documented that schools that are ranked highly by U.S.