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Home Research Research Library Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine 2020 Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Morgan, Zachary J, and Eden, Aimee R Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) JABFM Policy Brief, and Mental Health Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Using data from 2016 to 2018, we demonstrate a sharp increase in graduating family medicine residents and early-career family physicians who intend to or actually prescribe buprenorphine with no change in mid-to-late-career physicians. Family physicians are responding to the opioid crisis but, growing the family medicine workforce to treat opioid-use disorder will require a larger response from mid-to-late-career physicians. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2021 The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities Go to The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities 2021 Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Addiction Medicine Board Certification Go to Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Addiction Medicine Board Certification 2022 Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity Go to Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity 2019 How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study Go to How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study
Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Morgan, Zachary J, and Eden, Aimee R Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) JABFM Policy Brief, and Mental Health Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2021 The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities Go to The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities 2021 Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Addiction Medicine Board Certification Go to Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Addiction Medicine Board Certification 2022 Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity Go to Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity 2019 How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study Go to How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study
2021 The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities Go to The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities
2021 Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Addiction Medicine Board Certification Go to Practice Patterns of Family Physicians With and Without Addiction Medicine Board Certification
2022 Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity Go to Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity
2019 How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study Go to How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study