The Future of Family Medicine Project1 was conceived as a strategic process to evaluate
and reengineer the discipline upon recognizing fundamental flaws in the fragmented US …

There is a critical need for leadership development in family medicine. The Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, the expansion of Medicaid in many states, and the aging …

While the call to leadership to prepare family physicians to champion improvements in the
practice of medicine is not new, it has perhaps never been more urgent. From patient …

In 2005 the STFM Board formed a special task force to respond to the future of family
medicine (FFM) 1 report's strategic initiative 8, recruiting and training a diverse workforce …

Leadership is defined as “1) the office or position of a leader, 2)[the] capacity to lead, and 3)
the act or an instance of leading.” 1 Throughout the history of family medicine, many …

Family physicians have been at the center of the response to COVID-19, 1-2 and the
pandemic has underscored what was already an urgent need for more family physicians …

The current national health care system has continued to pose challenges for family
medicine and family medicine educators in its interminable choke hold and adherence to the …

“We entered medicine by learning that professionals should place the highest priority on
patient needs, and now find ourselves in health systems operated as businesses that …

The Society for Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM; http://www. stfm. orghttp://www. stfm.
org) is a community of professionals devoted to teaching family medicine through …

In my present position as Director of the Medical Education Division for the American
Academy of Family Physicians, I spend the majority of my time collecting and sharing …