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June 23, 2026
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Recent studies explore key issues shaping family medicine today, including how gaps in demographic data can affect population health assessment, new ways to measure primary care capacity and workforce needs, and the impact of burnout and turnover on physician sustainability. Complementing this work, a recent Family Practice study of ABFM Diplomates highlights how administrative burdens, such as reduced physician autonomy and highly structured work environments, can contribute to burnout, turnover, and concerns about the quality of patient care. Additional research highlights the importance of training experiences, such as clerkships, rural preparation, and obstetric care, in shaping the future workforce, while other studies examine how family physicians deliver care, from managing chronic disease and integrating behavioral health to expanding access to services like hepatitis C treatment.
Achieving Health System Goals
Sufficient and efficient spending on primary care benefits national health and health systems
Turnover and Burnout Among Family Physicians
Family Physicians’ experiences of administrative Harms
Education and Training
Majority Of Family Physicians Still Choose To Practice In The State Where They Were Trained
Reflections on Family Medicine’s First Year of Program Signals and Other New ERAS Features
Training Needs for Rural Primary Care Practice: A Scoping Review of Resident Physician Preparation
Family Medicine Certification
Developing Content Weights for the 2026 Sports Medicine Blueprint
Role of Primary Care
Fueling Prevention: Federal Levers to Integrate Nutrition into Primary Care
Hepatitis C Treatment by Early-Career US Family Physicians
Management of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors by Rural and Urban Primary Care Practices
What Family Physicians Do
Behavioral Health in Independently Owned Family Medicine Practices
Early Career Family Physicians Continue to Provide Maternity Care and Deliver Babies