Home Research Research Library Majority Of Family Physicians Still Choose To Practice In The State Where They Were Trained Majority Of Family Physicians Still Choose To Practice In The State Where They Were Trained 2026 Author(s) Topmiller, Michael, Peterson, Lars E, Bazemore, Andrew W, Carrozza, Mark A, Grandmont, Jené, and Jabbarpour, Yalda Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, and Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Health Affairs Source Health Affairs Given the recent expansion of US family medicine residency programs, we updated data on the link between training location and practice location and explored its relationship with primary care capacity. We found that most family physicians practice near their residency training programs, and many high-retention states have low primary care physician capacity. ABFM Research Read all 2016 Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care Go to Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care 2017 Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care Go to Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care 2024 National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Methodology Go to National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Methodology 2012 Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees
Author(s) Topmiller, Michael, Peterson, Lars E, Bazemore, Andrew W, Carrozza, Mark A, Grandmont, Jené, and Jabbarpour, Yalda Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, and Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Health Affairs Source Health Affairs
ABFM Research Read all 2016 Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care Go to Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care 2017 Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care Go to Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care 2024 National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Methodology Go to National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Methodology 2012 Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees
2016 Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care Go to Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care
2017 Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care Go to Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care
2024 National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Methodology Go to National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Methodology
2012 Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees Go to Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees