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    Hispanic Heritage Month
    Resident-Led Research Team Explores Disparities in Hispanic Patient Care

    A new study by ABFM and CPV indicates that the number of Spanish-speaking family physicians is not increasing at the same rate as the United States’ Hispanic population. How can we increase language concordant care and improve health outcomes for these patients?


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    Diplomate Catherine O'Neil Addresses Food Insecurity on College Campus

    Bucknell University Medical Director and ABFM Diplomate Dr. Catherine O’Neil worked with her health care team to identify food and essential supply insecurities among students on campus. Read ABFM’s latest Health Equity in Action article to learn the steps taken to improve student wellbeing.


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    Pain Medicine KSA
    New Knowledge Self-Assessment Available

    ABFM’s new Pain Medicine Knowledge Self-Assessment (KSA) activity is now available. Completing this 60 question, best single answer formatted activity will fulfill your KSA certification stage requirement.


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    Dr. Channa
    Prompted by Pandemic, Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Eases Patient Wait Times Through Collaboration

    Dr. Naganna Channa, VA Care in the Community Medical Director, submitted a COVID-19 PI activity where interdepartmental collaboration solved a backlog of colonoscopy appointments in their health care system.


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Primary Care Leaders Gather in Washington to Plan The Future

In July 2023, more than 170 global leaders in primary health care visited Washington, DC, to attend The Essential Role of Primary Health Care for Health Security and Securing Health Conference. This convergence of health care ambassadors was the culmination of efforts to increase primary care’s prominence on the world stage as a foundation which high functioning national health systems may rely upon. ABFM explained the importance of this conference and what comes next in our new article.

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Exam Applications Are Now Open!

Sign up today to take your one-day exam and/or Sports Medicine CAQ. Information on available dates can be found in your MyABFM Portfolio.

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Puffer Fellows

STEPHANIE GOLD, MD, FAAFP, AND SEBASTIAN TONG, MD, MPH, SELECTED AS 2023 NAM PUFFER/ABFM FELLOWS

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected Stephanie Gold and Sebastian Tong as the 2023 James C. Puffer, MD/American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Fellows. 

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Healio Q&A with Dr. Andrew Bazemore

ABFM Senior Vice President of Research and Policy on Annals of Family Medicine: The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review

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