Table 1.

Vision, Voice, and Leadership

FM=family medicine; AHC=academic health center.
Vision
  • Improve the health and healthcare of the American public and the health care system

  • Improve FM departments, academic FM, and AHCs

Voice
  • Articulate a coordinated, unified voice for family medicine in academic health centers and legislative bodies

  • Speak for the future of the discipline within the evolving health care system

Leadership
  • Find, prepare, coach, & support future FM leaders to be effective chairs and FM advocates

  • Offer leadership to the “family” of family medicine in areas of strength for departments