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Home Research Research Library Developing the National Family Medicine Graduate Survey Developing the National Family Medicine Graduate Survey 2017 Author(s) Weidner, Amanda K H, Chen, Frederick M, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Imprinting Of Training, and National Graduate Survey Volume Journal of Graduate Medical Education Source Journal of Graduate Medical Education A growing body of research has documented a decade-long decline in the scope of practice of family physicians,1–5 despite residency training designed to deliver high-quality care and resident intent to practice across the spectrum of family medicine, including pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics, and inpatient and ambulatory care.6 These findings raise questions about whether there is a lack of training, a lack of practice, or employer restrictions that limit opportunities for family physicians. Recent changes in the accreditation system for graduate medical education,7 including the unification of allopathic and osteopathic accreditation8 and the implementation of milestones,9 also raise questions on how these changes will affect graduates’ practice. Across specialties, a dearth of longitudinal data spanning undergraduate medical education to practice after graduation presents a barrier to answering these questions. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties 2009 Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. Go to Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. 2017 How Many Graduating Family Medicine Residents Have Chosen Financial Support for Service Commitments? Go to How Many Graduating Family Medicine Residents Have Chosen Financial Support for Service Commitments? 2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health
Author(s) Weidner, Amanda K H, Chen, Frederick M, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Imprinting Of Training, and National Graduate Survey Volume Journal of Graduate Medical Education Source Journal of Graduate Medical Education
ABFM Research Read all 2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties 2009 Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. Go to Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. 2017 How Many Graduating Family Medicine Residents Have Chosen Financial Support for Service Commitments? Go to How Many Graduating Family Medicine Residents Have Chosen Financial Support for Service Commitments? 2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health
2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties
2009 Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. Go to Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination.
2017 How Many Graduating Family Medicine Residents Have Chosen Financial Support for Service Commitments? Go to How Many Graduating Family Medicine Residents Have Chosen Financial Support for Service Commitments?
2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health