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Home Research Research Library Ensuring Primary Care Diagnostic Quality in the Era of Telemedicine A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine 1994 Author(s) Kimball, H R, and Young, P R Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education Volume JAMA Source JAMA PROFOUND change is under way in the health care delivery system for Americans. As our health care system moves to center on the generalist as the primary provider of health services, the acknowledged deficiency in the number of such physicians has emerged as a fundamental concern. The Clinton Health Security Act, the Council on Graduate Medical Education, the Physician Payment Review Commission, and others have called for a near doubling of the output of generalists by the end of the decade. Family physicians and general internists provide the vast majority of adult generalist care and must continue to do so to ensure the highest quality of care for the American public. The American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) accept their respective roles in meeting this challenge and to this end believe there are many areas in which the two disciplines can more Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 Tectonic shifts are needed in graduate medical education to ensure today’s trainees are prepared to practice as tomorrow’s physicians Go to Tectonic shifts are needed in graduate medical education to ensure today’s trainees are prepared to practice as tomorrow’s physicians 1989 Certificates of added qualifications Go to Certificates of added qualifications 1986 Defining the content of board certification examinations Go to Defining the content of board certification examinations 2013 Family physician participation in quality improvement Go to Family physician participation in quality improvement
Author(s) Kimball, H R, and Young, P R Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education Volume JAMA Source JAMA
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Tectonic shifts are needed in graduate medical education to ensure today’s trainees are prepared to practice as tomorrow’s physicians Go to Tectonic shifts are needed in graduate medical education to ensure today’s trainees are prepared to practice as tomorrow’s physicians 1989 Certificates of added qualifications Go to Certificates of added qualifications 1986 Defining the content of board certification examinations Go to Defining the content of board certification examinations 2013 Family physician participation in quality improvement Go to Family physician participation in quality improvement
2014 Tectonic shifts are needed in graduate medical education to ensure today’s trainees are prepared to practice as tomorrow’s physicians Go to Tectonic shifts are needed in graduate medical education to ensure today’s trainees are prepared to practice as tomorrow’s physicians
1986 Defining the content of board certification examinations Go to Defining the content of board certification examinations
2013 Family physician participation in quality improvement Go to Family physician participation in quality improvement
