Equity and Diversity in Family Medicine Workforce Policy Brief Series

The January-February 2022 special issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) recently launched a special themed series focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). This series will include policy briefs and accompanying commentaries, authored by a diverse cadre of authors and collaborators, that explore issues of equity and diversity in family medicine and its workforce. A clear understanding of the underlying equity-related issues driving workforce composition, scope of practice change, and board-certification experience is vital to achieving a more diverse workforce, better patient health outcomes, improved physician wellbeing, and greater equity in health care and its delivery.  Additional policy briefs and commentaries on equity-related topics will be published in future JABFM issues throughout 2022 and beyond, and we encourage you to read and follow this series. Please consider contacting ABFM if you are interested in contributing (Commentator Volunteer Form), as we are seeking to broaden and diversify the range of contributing investigators, authors, and commentators for this series.