News focuses or special interests is a positive thing. It will allow physicians to network, to get
continuing medical education and to find a home with the college,” says Dr. Rob Boulay …

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is joining forces with the American Board of
Internal Medicine (ABIM) in establishing a pilot program for Recognition of Focused Practice …

Summary The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) undertook a survey of its
members in order to be able to contribute, in an evidence based manner, to the debate …

Throughout the developed world, physicians in many specialties, including family medicine,
are committing increasing practice time to areas of special interest. With many in other …

Little is known about the prevalence of focused expertise (special areas of expertise within a
clinical field) among physicians, yet such expertise may influence how care is delivered. We …

Family medicine has been coasting on a reputation based on principles (see Dr Michael
Kidd's Dr Ian McWhinney Lecture in the same issue of Canadian Family Physician2) and …

Areas of special interest have always been an important and valued part of family medicine.
In recent years, however, although most family doctors still provide a broad range of …

How to redesign the incentives structure in the United States to reward effective coordinated
care rather than production volume is a staggering public health policy challenge. In the …

News increases the number of services available to patients, particularly in teambased
practices, and reduces wait times for some procedures typically performed only by …

In my opinion, the CFPC has 2 main options. It can fully accept that some family physicians
have focused practices, or it can wholly commit to generalism. Fully accepting focused …