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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

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The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." Before becoming a core faculty member at the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program , I spent more than 15 years teaching in Georgetown's family medicine department.

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Pathways to primary care for underserved communities

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Several past colleagues in the family medicine department at Georgetown recently published an informative scoping review of specialty disrespect in the medical learning environment. in 2023-24. Another Health Affairs study documented that the percentages of residency programs with rural and FQHC training sites rose from 6.2%

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Food for thought on food as medicine

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Michael Pollan's pithy "eat [real] food, not too much, mostly plants"), and has received positive reviews in publications ranging from NPR to Family Medicine. for the 11 million families headed by single parents who often work two or more jobs to get by and have fewer options for buying groceries.