Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Burnout among family medicine residents is widespread, impacting the workforce. As part of the BRIDGE program, the AAFP hosted Project ECHO® (ECHO: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) sessions, focusing on resident wellbeing and burnout prevention.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. That has placed them in the rare company of becoming one of the Top Fifteen Under 15 businesses in our community. Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

Doc4aDay : On Friday May 17 th , Vicki Hayes MD ( MAFP member and Faculty, MMC Dept of Medical Education, and Tufts FMIG Medical Advisor ) and Shelly Chipman RN conducted another Doc4aDay program for high school students at the Hannaford Center for Safety, Innovation and Simulation. Mark Bouchard, conducted a hands-on workshop.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes. M Health Fairview’s Fair Table program ensures convenient access to food during medical appointments.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organizations determine the value of health technologies such as medical devices, lab tests, or medications. Objectives: To explore and measure the outcomes of HTA organizations’ guidelines in family medicine. Setting: Community-based primary health care.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 1, 2025

As many of you understand, our Capitol community is like a family and many of us have worked together for years, if not decades. Words cannot fully express the loss—not only of beloved lives, but of the sense of safety and security that our community has cherished. Tuesday, June 10.

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Noreta Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

A Goal Fulfilled I made several goals during my family medicine residency training program, one of which was to publish a research paper. Fast forward to the present day in which I am a practicing Direct Primary Care (DPC) family physician. 1 – Doing research is time-consuming.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population: 143 patients with 2+ hospital admissions or 4+ emergency department (ED) visits for medical indications in 6 months. Intervention: A personal family physician and community health worker were assigned to each consenting patient. Setting: Safety net hospital/clinic system in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to postpone medical appointments until something feels wrong. However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) hosted a year long, monthly Project ECHO ® educational series on OUD. Objective: To understand perspectives and needs of primary care clinical staff in addressing the OUD epidemic. Participants were surveyed at pre- and post-intervention.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physicians are central to managing the medical needs of older adults. Some family physicians pursue additional training to become certified as having additional competence in ‘Care of the Elderly’ and/or apply for "focused practice" status to care for older patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Increasing diversity of the physician workforce is critical for gaining access to a variety of perspectives, improving patient access, enhancing patient and community outcomes, among others. As part of the BRIDGE program, AAFP collected demographic information each year of the grant from medical students and residents.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Dr. James Martínez, family medicine physician at Community Health Partners, explains: “Preventive care represents one of the most powerful tools we have in medicine. Evidence-based screening tests based on current medical guidelines, your age, and risk factors.

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Vida Family Medicine

JULY 9, 2025

I’m Dr. Rebecca Berens, family physician and founder of Vida Family Medicine. In this post, I want to explore what lifestyle medicine often overlooks: the role of genetics , environment , and why blaming yourself for your health challenges isn’t just unhelpful—it can be actively harmful. That simply isn’t true.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

However, this particular decision infringes on my ability to practice medicine ethically, so I feel it is important for me to respond. When I was a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, I participated in their Ethics track. What I loved about my ethics classes was the focus on the four pillars of medical ethics.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 22, 2023

6-week Medical Student Externship - Medical Student Externship Report – Molly Mann, MS2 2023 July – August "My externship experience consisted of shadowing Dr. Der Simonian at the Falmouth Family Medicine office and at the Maine Medical Center Mother Baby Unit.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Should GPs actually be treated as the stars of medicine? You no longer need to review all medical records or repeat the whole medical and personal history. Over time, communication improves.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Opposition from a coalition of the tobacco lobby and the recovery community prevailed to kill the bill. However, many towns, including Portland, South Portland, Falmouth, Brunswick, Bangor, Bar Harbor and Hallowell, passed ordinances banning flavored tobacco in their communities. Get Involved! All Advocacy is LOCAL!

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

Several past colleagues in the family medicine department at Georgetown recently published an informative scoping review of specialty disrespect in the medical learning environment. The authors term "primary care yield" as the percentage of physicians who start training in primary care and complete it in primary care.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

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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