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As a current medical student and soon-to-be resident in family medicine, I would like to offer my perspective in regards to the Project's recommendations on residency curriculum reform. (Task Force Report 2, Report of the Task Force on Medical Education, Appendix B, Three and Four- year Residency Curricula.)
As alluded to by the previous poster, those chosing to enter family medicine find themselves confronted by...
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Family Medicine is in tension between its goals of universal health care/expansion of the FM workforce and the desire for more respect from other physicians and trainees. Although a discussion of status may be somewhat uncomfortable or even "counterculture" in some FM circles, I think it's worth putting on the table.
Based on my 5 years as an associate dean and 5 additional years as predoc and residency faculty...
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