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Home Research Research Library Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians 2018 Author(s) Carek, Peter J Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Maternity Care, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine In this issue, Peterson et al1 report on the substantial gaps between preparation for, and practice of, nearly all clinical-practice areas among family physicians. They conclude that early-career family physicians may not find opportunities to provide the broad and comprehensive care consistent with their training. This report is a followup to the Coutinho2 study of family physicians registering for the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Certification Examination that found graduating family-medicine residents reported an intention to provide a broader scope of practice than that reported by current practitioners. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives 2015 Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? Go to Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? 2020 Oral corticosteroid use, obesity, and ethnicity in children with asthma Go to Oral corticosteroid use, obesity, and ethnicity in children with asthma 2014 Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce. Go to Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce.
Author(s) Carek, Peter J Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Maternity Care, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives 2015 Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? Go to Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? 2020 Oral corticosteroid use, obesity, and ethnicity in children with asthma Go to Oral corticosteroid use, obesity, and ethnicity in children with asthma 2014 Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce. Go to Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce.
2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives
2015 Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? Go to Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty?
2020 Oral corticosteroid use, obesity, and ethnicity in children with asthma Go to Oral corticosteroid use, obesity, and ethnicity in children with asthma
2014 Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce. Go to Colocating Behavioral Health and Primary Care and the Prospects for an Integrated Workforce.
