Home Research Research Library Board Certified Family Physician Workforce: Progress in Racial and Ethnic Diversity Board Certified Family Physician Workforce: Progress in Racial and Ethnic Diversity 2018 Author(s) Peabody, Michael R, Eden, Aimee R, Douglas, M, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Education & Training, and Achieving Health System Goals Volume 31(6):842-843 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Diversification of the physician workforce has been a goal of Association of American Medical Colleges for several years and could improve access to primary care for under-served populations and address health disparities. We found that family physicians’ demographics have become more diverse over time, but still do not reflect the national demographic composition. Increased collaboration with undergraduate universities to expand pipeline programs may help increase the diversity of students accepted to medical schools, which in turn should help diversify the family medicine workforce. ABFM Research Read all 2025 EHR Interoperability Experiences Reported by Family Physicians Go to EHR Interoperability Experiences Reported by Family Physicians 2018 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go Go to Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go 2021 Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign Go to Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign 2026 Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features Go to Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features
Author(s) Peabody, Michael R, Eden, Aimee R, Douglas, M, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Education & Training, and Achieving Health System Goals Volume 31(6):842-843 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2025 EHR Interoperability Experiences Reported by Family Physicians Go to EHR Interoperability Experiences Reported by Family Physicians 2018 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go Go to Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go 2021 Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign Go to Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign 2026 Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features Go to Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features
2025 EHR Interoperability Experiences Reported by Family Physicians Go to EHR Interoperability Experiences Reported by Family Physicians
2018 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go Go to Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go
2021 Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign Go to Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign
2026 Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features Go to Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features
