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Forecasting and adapting to the family medicine workforce shortage

The Health Policy Exchange

Image courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians Modest gains in the numbers of U.S. and foreign medical graduates matching into family medicine residency programs over the past five years will fall well short of supplying an additional 52,000 primary care physicians by 2025 , a shortage projected by the Robert Graham Center.

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

First, to meet protein needs, patients can be counseled to include 30 grams of high-quality protein sources at each meal. How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access? g/kg/d for someone who is starting at 75 kg (or 165 lb).