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Family Medicine Revolution: The Fire Within (Part II)
Catching Fire In the second book of the Hunger Games trilogy, a rebellion begins to catch fire in post-apocalyptic Panem. Likewise, the Family Medicine Revolution is beginning to catch fire in the U.S....
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Brains on Fire
This is the third and final blog post in series that we entitled: #FMRevolution: The Fire Within. In our first blog post, I examined the movie Escape Fire and its ramifications for innovative thinking...
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part I)
by Ronald L. Fong, MD, MPH The Affordable Care Act will facilitate health insurance coverage for 30 million additional family members, neighbors, and co-workers by 2014. Unfortunately, they will...
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Baseball and Health Care: What Medicine Can Learn from Our Nation’s Pastime
by Kyle Bradford Jones, MD Baseball In the mid-1970s, Bill James was a night watchman at a factory in Lawrence, Kansas. During quiet nights, he began exploring baseball statistics in a novel way. He...
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part II)
by Ronald L. Fong, MD, MPH In my last blog, I proposed that “we prepare throughout 2013 to anoint 2014 as the Year of the Family Physician.” Now, I offer some strategy and direction. Sustained...
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National Flu Outbreak Widens – Make Sure You and Your Patients Are Vaccinated
As noted in newspapers Thursday, January 10, and confirmed in the Centers for Disease Control “FluView” website, more people are sick this winter, including those who had the flu shot. Additionally,...
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part III)
by Ronald L. Fong, MD, MPH Color matters. Think back to autumn, where a sea of burnt orange or a tide of crimson identifies college campuses on Saturdays. Green became a banner of change and...
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part IV)
by Ronald L. Fong, MD, MPH In a previous blog, I discussed the “what,” “how,” and “why” of a movement. I neglected to include the “who” in a movement. Although I envision every profession and...
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part V)
by Ronald L. Fong, MD, MPH In colonial times, the local tavern served as a gathering place for the community to discuss politics. Some taverns functioned as makeshift post offices or local government...
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2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part VI)
by Ronald L. Fong, MD, MPH I have attached a photo of the bumper sticker we printed for #2014yearfp. Contact me and I will send you one. The sticker is designed for us to engage with others....
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part VII)
So far, we have conducted two town hall hot spots discussing the Affordable Care Act [ACA]. Akin to Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, it was the worst of meetings and it was the best of meetings. The...
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part VIII)
In mid-February, I received an e-mail from Larry Bauer, CEO for the Family Medicine Education Consortium [FMEC], Inc. FMEC focuses on improving healthcare through the advocacy and advancement of...
View ArticleCountdown to the Annual Scientific Assembly
Only 46 days until CAFP’s 65th Annual Scientific Assembly, May 3-5, in beautiful downtown San Francisco! Are you ready to meet the Carmichael Family? Have you signed up yet? We look forward to seeing...
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part IX)
Since 1927, Time Magazine has recognized a person, group, or entity, who or which “most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year.” Previous...
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2013 AAFP NCSC: Being There and Giving a Damn
by Jay Lee, MD, MPH Dr. G. Gayle Stephens and Dr. Jay Lee Hard to believe but it has been almost exactly one year since the 2012 American Academy of Family Physicians‘ National Conference of Special...
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Clinical Practice: Leadership Practice
by Jay Lee, MD, MPH Greetings from San Francisco, where I am meeting with fellow California Academy of Family Physicians #FMRevolution-aries! Lately, I have been awash in thoughts about family...
View ArticleYou’re Choosing Family Medicine!? Absolutely.
As I round out my 3rd year of medical school I, along with my classmates, should be feeling the excitement of choosing the specialty that we will spend the rest of our lives practicing. Planning...
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part X)
An update on the efforts to connect #2014yearfp with the national consciousness: Approximately 25 people attended our most recent Affordable Care Act (ACA) town hall. Michael Madsen of the Coffee...
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Sharing My Dream — and a Bathroom, a Kitchen and a Living Room
This post originally appeared on the AAFP’s Leader Voices Blog on Friday, June 21, 2013. by Aaron Meyer, MD I recently had laser eye surgery, which means I no longer need glasses. Finally! It also...
View Article2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XI)
In their book The Impact Equation, authors Chris Brogan and Julien Smith explore and qualify variables that burn an idea into people’s hearts. They conclude that impact = C x (R + E + A + T + E). We...
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