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) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume 45(3):246-250 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 2026 Developing Content Weights for the 2026 Sports Medicine Blueprint Go to Developing Content Weights for the 2026 Sports Medicine Blueprint 2024 Community-Based Primary Care Training Is Threatened By Funding Instability Go to Community-Based Primary Care Training Is Threatened By Funding Instability 2012 ABFM’s heart failure self-assessment module simulation actions vis-a-vis guideline recommendations Go to ABFM’s heart failure self-assessment module simulation actions vis-a-vis guideline recommendations 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
Author(s) Topmiller, Michael, Peterson, Lars E, Bazemore, Andrew W, Carrozza, Mark A, Grandmont, Jené, and Jabbarpour, Yalda Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume 45(3):246-250 Source Health Affairs
ABFM Research Read all 2026 Developing Content Weights for the 2026 Sports Medicine Blueprint Go to Developing Content Weights for the 2026 Sports Medicine Blueprint 2024 Community-Based Primary Care Training Is Threatened By Funding Instability Go to Community-Based Primary Care Training Is Threatened By Funding Instability 2012 ABFM’s heart failure self-assessment module simulation actions vis-a-vis guideline recommendations Go to ABFM’s heart failure self-assessment module simulation actions vis-a-vis guideline recommendations 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
2026 Developing Content Weights for the 2026 Sports Medicine Blueprint Go to Developing Content Weights for the 2026 Sports Medicine Blueprint
2024 Community-Based Primary Care Training Is Threatened By Funding Instability Go to Community-Based Primary Care Training Is Threatened By Funding Instability
2012 ABFM’s heart failure self-assessment module simulation actions vis-a-vis guideline recommendations Go to ABFM’s heart failure self-assessment module simulation actions vis-a-vis guideline recommendations
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
