title: Preparing the personal physician for practice (P(4)): essential skills for new family physicians and how residency programs may provide them.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92014, USA. JScherger@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Scherger
mesh_terms: 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