Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Comprehensive primary care is the foundation of an effective healthcare system but has been on the decline as more family physicians pursue careers in focused practice. The trend of very part time primary care physicians (i.e., in 2009/2010 and ending at 20.4% and focused practice physicians increased by 317.9%.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Primary Care Physician Families Family 130

The Health Policy Exchange

MAY 29, 2014

At first glance, federal nutrition policy seemed to be an unusual topic for our Georgetown Health Policy Seminar for family physicians. Current (2010) U.S. As described in a recent JAMA Internal Medicine editorial , future doctors receive little formal instruction about healthy dietary habits. Dietary Guidelines.

Medical Student 130

Medical Student Government Internal Medicine Family Physician 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs. and 6.1%, respectively).

Routine Screenings 52

Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

While I'm grateful for subspecialists who alleviate pain, rescue patients who are unable to breathe on their own, manage complicated fractures, and replace worn-out hips and knees, the gap between the number of family doctors we need and the number we have keeps getting wider. How can we train more family physicians?

Family Medicine 52

Family Medicine DO Family Families 52