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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 271(4):315-316 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 1989 Reconsecratio medici Go to Reconsecratio medici 2020 Changes and Variation in Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments Go to Changes and Variation in Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments 2012 Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) Go to Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) 2020 Rural Workforce Years: Quantifying the Rural Workforce Contribution of Family Medicine Residency Graduates Go to Rural Workforce Years: Quantifying the Rural Workforce Contribution of Family Medicine Residency Graduates
Author(s) Kimball, H R, and Young, P R Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education Volume 271(4):315-316 Source JAMA
ABFM Research Read all 1989 Reconsecratio medici Go to Reconsecratio medici 2020 Changes and Variation in Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments Go to Changes and Variation in Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments 2012 Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) Go to Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) 2020 Rural Workforce Years: Quantifying the Rural Workforce Contribution of Family Medicine Residency Graduates Go to Rural Workforce Years: Quantifying the Rural Workforce Contribution of Family Medicine Residency Graduates
2020 Changes and Variation in Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments Go to Changes and Variation in Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments
2012 Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) Go to Knowledge Assessment Responses in the ABFM Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs)
2020 Rural Workforce Years: Quantifying the Rural Workforce Contribution of Family Medicine Residency Graduates Go to Rural Workforce Years: Quantifying the Rural Workforce Contribution of Family Medicine Residency Graduates
