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Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residencies: The End in Mind

Author(s)

Newton, Warren P, Magill, Michael K, Biggs, Wendy S, Brady, John E, Conry, Colleen, Wergin, Robert, Spogen, Daniel, and Bush, Roger

Topic(s)

Education & Training, Family Medicine Certification, Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals

Keyword(s)

Board News, Cognitive Expertise, Graduate Medical Education, and Quality Of Care

Volume

34(1):246-248

Source

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Over the last year, Family Medicine has engaged in a robust dialog about what society needs from the family physicians of the future, and what the implications are for Family Medicine residency education.1 A national summit to give recommendations for the major revision of Family Medicine residency requirements was held on December 6 to 7, 2020 and the articles are being revised for publication in a dedicated issue of Family Medicine. As this article comes out, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Family Medicine writing group is beginning to draft new standards for residencies. The process will take a year or more, with iterative review at many levels by the ACGME, the specialty and the public.

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