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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. ABFM Research Read all 2021 The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians Is Limited to Urban Areas Go to The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians Is Limited to Urban Areas 2024 Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries Go to Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries 2018 Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
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 2021 The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians Is Limited to Urban Areas Go to The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians Is Limited to Urban Areas 2024 Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries Go to Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries 2018 Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
2021 The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians Is Limited to Urban Areas Go to The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians Is Limited to Urban Areas
2024 Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries Go to Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries
2018 Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians
2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
