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Home Research Research Library A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine 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 ABFM Research Read all 2021 THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE STRATEGY TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE DIPLOMATE LEARNING Go to THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE STRATEGY TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE DIPLOMATE LEARNING 2016 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification 2015 Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access Go to Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access 2025 Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine Go to Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine
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 2021 THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE STRATEGY TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE DIPLOMATE LEARNING Go to THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE STRATEGY TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE DIPLOMATE LEARNING 2016 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification 2015 Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access Go to Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access 2025 Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine Go to Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine
2021 THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE STRATEGY TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE DIPLOMATE LEARNING Go to THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE STRATEGY TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE DIPLOMATE LEARNING
2016 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification
2015 Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access Go to Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access
2025 Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine Go to Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine