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Why Should I See a Family Doctor?

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Why Should I See a Family Doctor?

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), among numerous other family medicine organizations, recently launched the Health is Primary campaign to advocate for the values of family medicine. As part of this campaign, the ABFM launched an excellent video promoting the many benefits of seeing a family physician. http://fmrevolution.org/wp-content/uploads/Why-Should-I-See-a-Family-Doctor-HD.mp4 For more on Health is Primary, please...

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Interview Preparation

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Interview Preparation

Congratulations! To all medical students applying to family medicine on finishing your residency applications. Now, you are in the midst of constructing your interview schedule … editing calendars, projecting expenses, and polishing dress shoes. As you prepare all the little details, please recognize that the residency interview is a job interview. Program directors invite individuality and expressions of passion. However, your attributes can be quickly undermined by immaturity and a deficit of professionalism. Check the privacy settings and...

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6: Legislative Update and October Member of the Month

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6: Legislative Update and October Member of the Month

In this episode of the Family Medicine Revolution Podcast, we receive a legislative update from the Chair of CAFP’s Legislative Affairs Committee, Dr. Ashby Wolfe and Deputy Director of Government Relations, Adam Francis. You will also hear an interview with the October Member of the Month, Dr. Steven Lin. Stay up to date by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes or other media...

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5: Dr. Esther Ho and the 2014 Family Medicine Summit

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5: Dr. Esther Ho and the 2014 Family Medicine Summit

In this episode of the #FMRevolution podcast, we talk to CAFP’s September Member of the Month, Dr. Esther Ho and preview the 2014 Family Medicine Summit, which takes place on Saturday, November 1 at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott.   Stay up to date by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes or other media...

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2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XXIV)

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2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XXIV)

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 ideal and a vision. It began as an idea to raise the profile of family physicians during the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. It transitioned to an ideal when medical students, family medicine residents, family physicians, and CAFP staff started posting pictures holding...

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The Personal Statement as Living Literature

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The Personal Statement as Living Literature

The personal statement within the residency application needs to stand apart. Its format beckons singularity. Much of the application prompts uniformity; lines are filled, boxes checked, and documents downloaded. Letters of recommendation highlight your character, but through the lens of others. When you come to the personal statement section, you are, depending on your vantage, confronted or gifted with a blank page. The blurring voluminous lists and transcripts give way to the crisp clear opportunity of space. No other component of the...

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Preparation for Family Medicine Residency Application

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Preparation for Family Medicine Residency Application

This is the first in a series of blogs directed toward medical students who are interested in a family medicine career. I offer a perspective on the residency application process, including personal statement and interviewing guidelines. Soon, fourth-year medical students will begin their applications to family medicine residencies. Hopefully, most will have started preparing for the process in their third year. There are two specific items that can and should be addressed during the third year. The first is to identify authors for your...

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2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XXIII)

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2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XXIII)

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 members from nearly all disciplines attended. My panel co-members included a thoracic surgeon, a pathologist, and a urologist. I incorporated a Twitter chat into the workshop to demonstrate the value of social media in real time. After I decided on #UCDSoMe4all as the hashtag, I...

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2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XXII)

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2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XXII)

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 than a discipline. In essence, our culture is counter-culture.  That premise requires us to examine prevailing culture. We prioritize what we crave. We gravitate to the instantaneous. Drive-through windows are part of the daily dining experience. We want sound bites and 140...

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Reawakening the Counterculture: #FMRevolution

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Reawakening the Counterculture: #FMRevolution

“It is my conviction that, on balance, the family practice movement has more in common with this counterculture than it does with the dominant scientific medical establishment. Maybe we never intended that it should be this way, and I doubt that many of us have an image of ourselves as revolutionaries. Most of us deal, on a day-to-day basis, with a much smaller quantum of reality; and, in truth, are much more motivated by purely personal goals than the heady stuff of national purpose. I suspect that that is the way all revolutions look...

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