Family Medicine, an official journal of STFM, aims to publish high-quality, original scholarship about education in family medicine and primary care.
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Faculty members bring a variety of interpretations when evaluating learners, leading to inconsistent ratings of performance. For faculty to accurately assess a particular skill, they need a clear idea to compare the learner to his or her peers.
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Many family medicine residency programs use a social media account to showcase their programs' potential applicants.
Bright Zhou, MD, MS, and Aerial Petty, DO, offer resident-centered best practices for managing family medicine residency program social media accounts.
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In her first President's Column, new STFM President Molly Clark, PhD, ABPP, tells, "Why Family Medicine? Timing, Relationships, and Opportunity"
Read in full: journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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"The page for your admission came early into my night shift. I opened your chart the same way I do for every patient, but something felt off. Your chart name was a pseudonym with no prior medical history or age."
"Dear John Doe" from Brandy Truong, MD: journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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"I learned the meaning of family medicine in a place far from where I grew up."
"Beyond the Shortage: What Rural Medicine Still Gets Right" from James R. Burmeister, BS, and Ida J. Rubino, MD: journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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Narrative essay, "Bridging Worlds in Maternal Care: Reflections From a Family Medicine-Obstetrics Rotation in Rural Kenya": journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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This study evaluated how family medicine program directors used preference signals during the 2023–2024 recruitment season, the 1st year this tool was available to family medicine programs: journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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Post-COVID-19, some residency program interviews remained virtual, others returned to in-person, and some allow applicants to choose between a virtual or in-person interview. Concerns exist that this hybrid approach may introduce bias: journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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Mental health stigma remains prevalent in clinical practice, affecting even family physicians. Despite serving as frontline mental health providers, family physicians also face stigma and barriers to seeking care: journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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"Will artificial intelligence (AI) replace the physician?
It is the question echoing through our clinics, our classrooms, our journals, and our news."
Now STFM Immediate Past President Steven Lin, MD, with his final President's Column: journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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Despite being critical to maternity care access, family physicians attending births continue to decrease in number. Residency obstetric training exposure has a significant impact on whether a family physician attends births in practice: journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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"Research Speed Dating: Research Question Development for Primary Care Physicians" from Amie M. Ashcraft, PhD, MPH, and Courtney S. Pilkerton, MD, PhD
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CLAP ( Commit to committees, Leverage leadership opportunities, Actively engage community, Peer review) is a framework that simplifies the components of service and provides strategy for promotion.
"CLAP for Your Service" in FM Focus
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D. Jason Frasca, DO, with the editorial in the May issue of Family Medicine: "The Need for Transformational Leadership in Academic Family Medicine": journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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Residents are increasingly running social media accounts for their programs. Authors provide guiding strategies and call for protected time and education to take on these new skills.
From @BrightZhou journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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"When Arthur told me he needed his nails trimmed, I was apprehensive.
'Of course I will be shut down,' I thought. 'That’s what happened last time.'"
Laurel Neufeld in the narrative essay "Pedi-Cure": journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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"Before leaving him, I would say, 'Rematch next week, this time I’m going to win,' and we’d exchange a fist bump."
Maria DelPico in the narrative essay "Cribbage, Cowboy Hats, and Connection": journals.stfm.org/familymedi…
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