by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Jan 6, 2014 | 2014YearFP
People have stated that they want to support #2014yearfp, but they want to know what they are supporting. I realize that articulation of a message may be the most challenging part of a movement. Partners want to have something tangible and on a scale that they can...
by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Nov 22, 2013 | 2014YearFP
“There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir.” That line is from Bliss Carman’s poem A Vagabond Song. His work succinctly captures the transitional mood of autumn. It is a time of rebalancing lives and perspectives. The impulse to keep the body in...
by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Nov 20, 2013 | 2014YearFP
What is #2014yearfp? Larry Bauer, CEO of the Family Medicine Education Consortium has posed that question to me over the past few months. Deftly, he noted that it had to be more than just a bumper sticker. Why should the general public care about family physicians...
by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Sep 17, 2013 | 2014YearFP
In Part XII of this series, I reported that the City of Sacramento had passed a resolution recognizing 2014 as the Year of the Family Physician. I encouraged other family physicians via Facebook, Twitter, and this blog to make a similar request before their city...
by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Sep 10, 2013 | 2014YearFP
During the AAFP National Conference, I met with Larry Bauer, CEO of the Family Medicine Education Consortium [FMEC], and Donald “Raj” Woolever. Raj is the program director for the Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency. We discussed promoting...
