by Ronald Fong, MD, MPH | Jan 21, 2014 | 2014YearFP
A few years back, I asked a group of UC Davis family medicine residents to record their rendition of “Turn! Turn! Turn!” the profound classic written by Pete Seegar and popularized by The Byrds. On the track is CAFP’s Chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee, Ashby...
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 FMRevolution | Dec 20, 2013 | 2014YearFP
CAFP has launched their 2014: Year of the Family Physician campaign and is looking for your participation! We’ve started our year campaign with our #2014YearFP photo campaign to help raise awareness of the family medicine specialty and we’re looking for your...
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...
