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Family Medicine Journal

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Family Medicine, an official journal of STFM, aims to publish high-quality, original scholarship about education in family medicine and primary care. journals.stfm.org/familymedicine

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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The ACGME now requires #POCUS training in family medicine residencies; however, the ability to build curricula and integrate POCUS into patient care is challenging. This study highlights the successful strategies of four residency POCUS curricula: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"In this issue, you have the opportunity to learn from their pioneer work in designing and implementing POCUS curriculum and gain a satellite view of what strategies may work as well as considerations as you develop your program." journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Ultimately, the challenge for our specialty is the evolution of clinical family medicine: where do we want our specialty to go?" "Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Trial for Our Specialty" is a guest editorial from Warren Newton, President and CEO of ABFM: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"If you wanted the latest news about my family, you would likely find it around the dinner table. ... STFM and the 'family of family medicine' organizations operate much the same way." "Gathering Around the Table", October issue President's Column: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Although POCUS training is now required in family medicine residencies, there remains a lack of standardized, replicable strategies for implementation. The inpatient service offers excellent opportunities for POCUS training.
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Optimizing POCUS billing in outpatient residency is paramount for financial sustainability, regulatory compliance, & effective education. Teaching residents this complex aspect ensures understanding of specific CPT codes, appropriate modifiers, & documentation requirements.
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's here: the special POCUS issue of Family Medicine. The October issue of Family Medicine, a scholarly journal of STFM, is a theme edition covering the teaching of #POCUS in family medicine residency programs to prepare learners for using POCUS in the clinic: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"A Consensus-Based Framework for POCUS Applications Tiering in Family Medicine Residency Education: A Study From the STFM POCUS Task Force" is the third of three special POCUS articles to be featured in advance of the upcoming issue of Family Medicine: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Stories arrive before the body speaks. The same faces return, yet never the same story. I pause, I listen, I consider. Names gather weight over time. Not strangers, but lives unfolding in chapters I’ve been privileged to witness." "Family Medicine": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"At the end of a 1st-year medical student session on motivational interviewing, I asked students for one word that described what their patients most need from them. 'Trust,' 'clarity,' 'support.' Then, a student who had not spoken all class: 'Grace.'" journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nearby, I see a young man doing the job he has been assigned. “This is a park. They have shelters where they can go.” “And what does that tell you about why someone might choose this?” "The Other Side of the Park: Reflections From a Mobile Medical Team": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"As a medical student training at a time when AI and digital tools shape nearly every corner of my life, I often feel pulled in two directions. I see both the promise and the risk." "What AI Still Misses in Family Medicine": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“I noticed you left question number 9 blank. Are you having thoughts of being better off dead or hurting yourself?” She gritted her teeth and slowly answered, “I don’t like questions.” At that moment questions were all I had. "I Don't Like Questions": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“¿Tiene prisa?” [Are you in a hurry?] he asked. In that moment, the illusion of efficiency cracked. Frankie hadn’t truly conversed with a physician in 10 months. What I had interpreted as a simple visit (“a few questions”) was, for him, a rare opening: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Dominant," a narrative essay by Beatriz De Faria Sousa, BS: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here, the authors report the outcomes of a reliability study of a tool to assess and improve clinical teaching for family medicine residents: Mayo Outpatient Precepting Evaluation Tool: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A trauma and emergency medicine training track appears to prepare family medicine residents for the emergency medicine workforce. This study demonstrates the feasibility of implementing a trauma program that could be replicated elsewhere: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Teaching and assessment of outpatient documentation competency in family medicine clerkships are highly variable, with many programs lacking structured approaches. This study underscores the need for standardized guidelines and curricular integration: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An early assurance initiative designed to identify and support undergraduate students committed to practicing rural medicine can be effective. Continued support may improve retention and further enhance rural physician workforce development: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A larger share of rural than urban early-career family physicians teach health professions students, but the proportion of those who are teaching advanced practice professional students has declined significantly: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What happens when you forget to pack an emergency snack for an unexpectedly long or challenging day in clinic? In this letter to the editor, I offer a few places you can look for energy that never expires, never runs out, and always stays fresh: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trauma-informed medical education, in acknowledging that human beings are emotional creatures whose past experiences inform their present responses, supports the challenging work of developing wholly-human physicians who better understand themselves and patients: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The authors of this Family Medicine Focus inductively identified five domains of “yes” based on their lived experiences and insights from prior publications on academic decision-making and career advancement: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The September issue of Family Medicine is available on the journal's website! Photo Credit: Eric Persaud, DrPH, MEA Here's a link to the full issue online: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Residency clinics care for patients with complex needs. Interprofessional practice is core to family medicine education and improves team function. Weekly interprofessional team meetings (ITMs) teach residents effective interprofessional collaboration.
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"A coach, the same one that inspired this article, once told me that our minds make a pretty convincing argument of doing the same thing. However, the body often knows when it's time for a change." "I Sit With It Longer" by Cleveland Piggott, MD, MPH: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In this joint editorial, editors of the seven US-based family medicine journals underscore the evidence that a strong primary care infrastructure is clearly related to improved health: journals.stfm.org/familymedici... (1/4)
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"I imagined your rugged exterior shielded an equally stubborn interior. But this is what I heard, a soft cry for help, seeking to avoid an inevitable fate." "What I Heard" by Nimish Garg: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"How much more well suited might our days be to our lived, subjective reality if we were to liberate ourselves, to liberate one another into kairos time? I will see the next patient when I have met the needs of this patient." "To Liberate": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Maureen was quiet and serious, and we shared a few conversations during her rotation that my memory preserves as thoughtful, if inconsequential. ... To my surprise, she wrote a long thank you to me for the experience." "Apprenticeship" : journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I stepped forward to pronounce - quietly moving closely, she gasped. The team chuckled through tears. I nearly jumped out of my shoes. One final breath. Then stillness." "93 Minutes": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Laying my stethoscope on her chest, I felt her heart beat with force — urgent, unwavering. Her shoulders tensed beneath my hand. I paused, placing my hand gently on her shoulder, and asked softly, 'Are you okay?'" "Presence With Patients": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Our learners should be taught both in the classroom and through open, honest conversations with trusted role models, that self-care is just as important as altruism, especially when faced by unexpected life transitions." "I’ve Been Waiting for You": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Effective remediation requires organized processes and culture that support growth and psychological safety. This study presents a preliminary questionnaire assessing these practices from the behavioral science faculty perspective: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education endorses inclusion of patient feedback in performance evaluations during residency training. Although program directors value patient feedback, there are gaps with implementing feedback into residency training: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Accelerated 3-year program (A3YP) graduates demonstrate equal or minimally higher milestone attainment compared to non-A3YP peers during postgraduate year 1, supporting the viability of accelerated pathways: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Despite being a core residency-ready skill, outpatient documentation training and assessment remain inconsistent, highlighting a need for national standards: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
From the author: "I love being a primary care physician but sometimes I’ve tried too hard and not taken care of myself. This narrative essay is about my experience of doing too much and needing the healing power of mindfulness and animal companionship." journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Funded in part by a department-level endowment and independent of other institutional and national research pathways programs, the Clinician Scholars Program shows promise in building family medicine research capacity and fostering collaboration: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Task Force’s formation, scope of work, and genesis of this recommendation are described in this special article, "Multiorganizational Recommendations for Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Family Medicine Residency Education": journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Several STFM members, many part of the STFM Faculty Development Collaborative, helped author a study published in the July-August issue of @annfammed.bsky.social : "Are Residency Programs Ready to Teach and Assess Learners' Self-Directed Learning Skills?" www.annfammed.org/content/24/4...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Residency Program Solutions is a peer-consultation service offered by the @aafp.org to help family medicine residency programs fulfill ACGME program requirements for residency training. This special article summarizes the contributions of RPS over last 5 decades: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The words physicians use can include patients or shut them out. Medical etymology offers a practical way to improve education, communication, and trust. "The Language of Medicine", a narrative essay by Benjamin Popokh, MD: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This narrative essay, "The Other Side of the Park," is a reflection on street medicine, human connection, and the heart of family medicine: meeting people where they are and seeing the person beyond the circumstance: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The language used in vaccine recommendations significantly influences patient decisions. Specifically, presumptive language, which assumes the patient will receive the vaccine, has been shown to increase uptake. Family Medicine Focus:
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The July/August issue of Family Medicine is available online. The issue cover features the The University of New Mexico Family Practice Clinic, circa 1970, courtesy of the Center for the History of Family Medicine. Every article is available online: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Women's health procedures are central to family medicine. This simple, reproducible, 7-step framework can help family medicine faculty teach women's health procedures safely, consistently, and in a patient-centered manner across learner levels. 🧾 by Jesus Ruiz, MD
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In "The Fragile Vocabulary of Hope", Vangipuram Harshil Sai writes about their time as a medical student, when a patient named "Ms Lopez", a 36-year-old mother of three young children, was facing her third relapse of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This Delphi study provides a consensus-driven foundation for developing a family medicine–specific dermatology curriculum. A prioritized list of objectives highlights essential topics that can feasibly be covered within the time constraints of residency: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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Family Medicine Journal @fammedjournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The results of this study highlight generational differences in technology acceptance and a strong demand for AI training. These findings underscore the need to develop targeted AI training programs and implement formal safeguards to regulate AI use: journals.stfm.org/familymedici...
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