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

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In 2008, a Society of Teachers of Family Medicine consensus statement classified colonoscopy as a core procedure that family medicine residents should not only be exposed to but also “have the opportunity to train to independent performance.”

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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. News & World Report produce a lot of subspecialists, while schools ranked highly by social mission graduate relatively more primary care physicians.

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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.