title: Why Family Medicine is a Good Career Choice for Indian Medical Graduates?
abstract: Internationally family medicine has evolved as an independent academic discipline of medical science and speciality vocational training for community based primary care physicians. India has a long tradition of family practice however due to various regulatory barriers family medicine did not optimally develop in mainstream medical education system for many decades. Recently, there is growing interest in this concept in India and family medicine is emerging as a viable career option for medical graduates in India.
authors.affiliation: Editor in Chief JFMPC, President, Academy of Family Physicians of India.
authors.forename: Raman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: DNB family medicine; Family medicine; MD family medicine; Medical council of India; Medical education reforms; Medical profession; National Board of Examination