by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Aug 4, 2014 | 2014YearFP
Emma Lundberg, CAFP Membership Coordinator, was kind enough to invite me to provide an update on #2014YearFP at the Sacramento-El Dorado County Chapter Spring Awards Dinner on June 23. I paraphrased President Woodrow Wilson in stating that #2014YearFP is an idea, an...
by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | May 27, 2014 | 2014YearFP
On May 21st, the UC Davis Health System hosted a faculty workshop discussing the role of social media in academic medicine. Dorsey Griffith from public affairs and Vicki Bencken from marketing were kind enough to include me on the panel. Approximately 100 faculty...
by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | May 1, 2014 | 2014YearFP
David Tran, Co-Vice Chair of the CAFP Student Council, recently blogged about his cognitive awakening regarding the counter-culture roots of #FMRevolution. He paid homage to Dr. G. Gayle Stevens’ sage insight and guiding vision of family medicine as a movement rather...
by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Apr 7, 2014 | 2014YearFP
The finale of “How I Met Your Mother” achieved the highest viewing audience in its nine year run. Fans of the television series stormed social media to express their disapproval or sad reluctant acceptance of its ending. #HIMYMFinale was a top trending hashtag...
by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Apr 2, 2014 | 2014YearFP
WOW! 1,146 US medical school graduates chose family medicine in the 2014 residency match! A total of 3,000 family medicine residency positions were filled. This represents a continuing upward trend in the past five years regarding medical student interest in family...
by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Feb 5, 2014 | 2014YearFP
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are rarely once in a lifetime. And the events we initially thought were the most important or dire tend to blend into the background as we experience more of life. On February 4th, Kelly Conniff, Special Projects Editor at Time...
