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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Therefore, family physicians are trained to do minor surgical procedures in the office, care for kids and adults, provide various GYN services, among many other comprehensive services for patients. I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

And he asked me questions like, “Why is this patient in bed? And then I had the opportunity to really interact and work with a lot of geriatricians, and I really was attracted to the care of older people. How do we train primary care doctors to do geriatrics? . Why do they have a Foley catheter?”