Beyond the Clinic Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals Read Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals
Phoenix Newsletter - March 2025 President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty Read President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty
Home Research Research Library Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care: A Major Concern or Totally Makes Sense? Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care: A Major Concern or Totally Makes Sense? 2019 Author(s) Carek, Peter J Topic(s) Education & Training, Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, Graduate Medical Education, Policy Brief Commentaries, Practice Organization / Ownership, and Quality Of Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Comprehensiveness along with continuity, coordination, and first contact serve as the 4 pillars of primary care.1 Because of their training, family physicians (FPs) are specialists qualified to treat most ailments and provide comprehensive health care to people of all ages.2 This comprehensive care to patients regardless of setting is an integral aspect of a highly functioning primary care system. In this issue, Jetty et al3 provide additional evidence demonstrating the contracting scope, or comprehensiveness, of practice by FPs. Data from the 2013 to 2017 American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Registration Questionnaire was used to examine trends in hospital care. Among over 46,000 respondents, the share of FPs reporting hospital care decreased by about 26%, from 34.1% in 2013 to 25.2% in 2017. Basically, this policy brief indicates that the proportion of FPs providing inpatient care has decreased since 2013, leaving approximately 1 in 4 FPs practicing hospital medicine. As noted by the authors and observed in other services often associated with comprehensive care (ie, prenatal care, home visits, nursing home care, and obstetric care), this new information further supports the evidence demonstrating a contracting scope of practice among FPs.4 Read More ABFM Research Read all 2018 A State Chapter Perspective on Burnout and Resiliency Go to A State Chapter Perspective on Burnout and Resiliency 2019 PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION Go to PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION 2022 The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning Go to The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning 2019 Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce Go to Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce
Author(s) Carek, Peter J Topic(s) Education & Training, Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, Graduate Medical Education, Policy Brief Commentaries, Practice Organization / Ownership, and Quality Of Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2018 A State Chapter Perspective on Burnout and Resiliency Go to A State Chapter Perspective on Burnout and Resiliency 2019 PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION Go to PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION 2022 The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning Go to The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning 2019 Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce Go to Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce
2018 A State Chapter Perspective on Burnout and Resiliency Go to A State Chapter Perspective on Burnout and Resiliency
2019 PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION Go to PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION
2022 The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning Go to The American Board of Family Medicine’s 8 Years of Experience with Differential Item Functioning
2019 Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce Go to Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce