Despite being a core residency-ready skill, outpatient documentation training and assessment remain inconsistent, highlighting a need for national standards: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

From the author: "I love being a primary care physician but sometimes I’ve tried too hard and not taken care of myself. This narrative essay is about my experience of doing too much and needing the healing power of mindfulness and animal companionship." journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

Funded in part by a department-level endowment and independent of other institutional and national research pathways programs, the Clinician Scholars Program shows promise in building family medicine research capacity and fostering collaboration: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

(1/4) We are excited to announce that Family Medicine's Impact Factor increased in 2025 to 2.0, placing the journal in the second quartile in two categories: General & Internal Medicine and Primary Health Care.

(1/4) Concluding the first phase of its work, the STFM Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Education Task Force has identified 52 unique #POCUS applications for inclusion in a family medicine (FM) residency POCUS curriculum and organized these applications into five implementation tiers.

In this study, 314 #FamilyMedicine residency program directors responded to a survey about how prepared their programs are to teach & assess self-directed learning skills. @stfm-fm.bsky.social , @fammedjournal.bsky.social , @primer-journal.bsky.social Read here: www.annfammed.org/content/24/4...

Several STFM members, many part of the STFM Faculty Development Collaborative, helped author a study published in the July-August issue of @annfammed.bsky.social : "Are Residency Programs Ready to Teach and Assess Learners' Self-Directed Learning Skills?" www.annfammed.org/content/24/4...

Residency Program Solutions is a peer-consultation service offered by the @aafp.org to help family medicine residency programs fulfill ACGME program requirements for residency training. This special article summarizes the contributions of RPS over last 5 decades: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

The words physicians use can include patients or shut them out. Medical etymology offers a practical way to improve education, communication, and trust. "The Language of Medicine", a narrative essay by Benjamin Popokh, MD: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

This month's editorial, "On the Birth of US Family Medicine and the Residency Assistance Program", complements the excellent article “Residency Program Solutions at 50: A History of Promoting Excellence in Family Medicine,” by Dr Mary K Nordling, MD: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

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This narrative essay, "The Other Side of the Park," is a reflection on street medicine, human connection, and the heart of family medicine: meeting people where they are and seeing the person beyond the circumstance: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

The language used in vaccine recommendations significantly influences patient decisions. Specifically, presumptive language, which assumes the patient will receive the vaccine, has been shown to increase uptake. Family Medicine Focus:

The July/August issue of Family Medicine is available online. The issue cover features the The University of New Mexico Family Practice Clinic, circa 1970, courtesy of the Center for the History of Family Medicine. Every article is available online: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

This month's President's Column from Molly Clark, PhD, ABPP: "Balancing Two Truths: The Primary Care Shortage and Family Medicine Match": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

Women's health procedures are central to family medicine. This simple, reproducible, 7-step framework can help family medicine faculty teach women's health procedures safely, consistently, and in a patient-centered manner across learner levels. 🧾 by Jesus Ruiz, MD

In "The Fragile Vocabulary of Hope", Vangipuram Harshil Sai writes about their time as a medical student, when a patient named "Ms Lopez", a 36-year-old mother of three young children, was facing her third relapse of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

This Delphi study provides a consensus-driven foundation for developing a family medicine–specific dermatology curriculum. A prioritized list of objectives highlights essential topics that can feasibly be covered within the time constraints of residency: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

The results of this study highlight generational differences in technology acceptance and a strong demand for AI training. These findings underscore the need to develop targeted AI training programs and implement formal safeguards to regulate AI use: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

Physicians aren't immune to the impact of some of the same health challenges they treat. In this reflective essay, a full spectrum, academic family physician shares her path to motherhood and why medicine must normalize and prioritize self-care: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

An unexpected finding on POCUS transformed more than a diagnosis; it reshaped how a physician can think about seeing, listening, and caring. "Seeing Beneath the Surface" by Olawale Adeyemi, MD, MPH: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

This narrative essay from Sherry Adkins, MD, MPH argues that presence is not a soft skill or luxury in medicine. It is a clinical and moral practice that helps patients experience dignity, connection, and the possibility of healing: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

"That is the essence of teaching, the adding a colorful thread or two to that tapestry, embedded in its warp and weft and carried on forever into the future." The narrative essay "Apprenticeship" by Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedEd: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

Family-oriented care acquisition involves knowledge, skills, and meaningful shifts in clinical attitudes and professional identity. Authors here examine how family physicians acquire family-oriented perspectives through clinical practice and reflective learning: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

Burnout is a growing concern in health care, leading to consequences such as reduced working hours and early retirement. This scoping review highlights the need for more research on burnout in federally-qualified health centers: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

Subjects in this study of MD and DO applicants to a family medicine residency program describe the 4-year structure as offering broader, deeper, and more individualized preparation for comprehensive family medicine practice: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

This special article published in the June issue of the journal introduces the concept of an identity-driven career, where individuals intentionally integrate personal identity into professional roles, leveraging lived experiences to advance scholarship and service: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

In this month's From the Editor column, Family Medicine Editor in Chief Sarina Schrager, MD, MS, writes about information overload in family medicine education and patient care. "A Poverty of Attention": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...

As part of STFM’s #60thAnniversary, @fammedjournal.bsky.social will publish special “60-Word Stories” throughout 2027 to honor this occasion. Submit a 60-word story to be published: www.stfm.org/news/2026/fa... #FMJournal

As part of @stfm-fm.bsky.social's #60thAnniversary, Family Medicine will publish special “60-Word Stories” throughout 2027 to honor this occasion. Submit a 60-word story to be published: www.stfm.org/news/2026/fa... #FMJournal