By Erika Sullivan, MD Being a family doctor is a lot like being a general contractor: you’ve got to know about all the systems that make a home or a building operational and then coordinate the necessary professionals to get the job of building or renovating the home done on budget and in a timely … More Being a Family Doctor is a lot like Being a General Contractor
Why (not) Family Medicine? is a series of posts from health care thought leaders, both inside and outside of Family Medicine. These will be posted every Friday. The participants were asked to focus on whatever they wanted in response to this question. We are glad that so many of these impressive leaders were willing … More Why (not) Family Medicine?–Wanda Filer, MD, MBA
By Jennifer Dailey As I sit in room 445 of the Utah Capitol building mentally prepping for my presentation to the Interim Health and Human Services Committee on Family Medicine residency expansion in Utah, I am reflecting a bit on my three years with the Utah Academy of Family Physicians (UAFP) as its director and … More Advocacy and Family Medicine: Where the Twain Shall Meet
By Becky Abbey, MD Father of 3, loving husband, successful attorney, and heroin addict. One of these things does not belong. This kind, middle-aged man, a patient of mine, first became addicted to opioids after a shoulder surgery gone awry. The surgery left him in more pain than before the operation, and he was readily … More Chronic Pain and Narcotics in Family Medicine
This article originally posted on Physicians Practice February 13, 2015 as, “When Physicians’ and Patients’ Perspectives Differ” Kyle Bradford Jones A 42 yo woman came in to see me recently complaining of some mild diffuse abdominal pain that coincided with constipation over the last couple of weeks. She had been completely symptom free before that point, … More Anecdotal vs Population-Based Decision Making
By Jake Whetzel, MD I think there were a lot of things that pointed me towards medicine initially. This included provider role models, family members with illness, and a love for understanding how the body functions and reacts to its environment. The most significant influence was a specific role model, my main primary care provider … More Role Reversal
Family Medicine Vital Signs 