Preparing the personal physician for practice (P(4)): essential skills for new family physicians and how residency programs may provide them.
Family Medicine residency programs must change substantially to prepare for new family physicians a model of practice for the 21st century. This article describes 10 essential skills that are part of a new model of family medicine and the educational changes and resources needed to obtain them. These skills include management of a population of patients, patient-centered care, personal medical home, best knowledge at the point of care, continuous access to multimodal communication, a new platform of care, time intensive visits, group visits, teamwork and interpersonal skills, and financial practice management.
Scherger
Joseph E
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Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92014, USA. JScherger@ucsd.edu
D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States