We are continuing our blog series, Careers in Family Medicine. Each week, I will highlight a family physician and their career path. Each one will share their pearls. So far, we have highlighted examples of Rural Practice, Value Based Care, Academic Medicine, US Department of State, Multi-specialty group and Leadership,  and Direct Primary Care. This week, we take a look at working within a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) as highlighted by Dr. Chalie...

We are continuing our blog series, Careers in Family Medicine. Each week, I will highlight a family physician and their career path. Each one will share their pearls. So far, we have highlighted examples of Rural Practice, Value Based Care, Academic Medicine, and working within the US Department of State. This week, we take a look at a model of practice within a medical foundation, in which, the physicians are shareholders. Dr. Kelly Derbin highlights working clinically as a family...

We are continuing our blog series, Careers in Family Medicine. Each week over the next 3-4 months, I will highlight a family physician and their career paths. Each one will share their pearls. So far, we have highlighted examples of Rural Practice and Value Based Care. This week, we will focus on Academic Medicine as learn from Dr. Grace Shih, Director of the Family Medicine Residency Network, and her career path.

Grace, please give the readers an overview of your career in family...

We are continuing our blog series, Careers in Family Medicine. Each week over the next 3-4 months, I will highlight a family physician and their career paths. Each one will share their pearls. Last week, we highlighted an example of Rural Practice. This week we will take a look at an expanding Value-Based Care (VBC) model by highlighting Dr. Erica Swegler, former AAFP Board Member. A VBC model is an Alternative Payment Method (APM, payment model) that can be delivered through...

It's time to kick off my series on Careers in Family Medicine. Each week over the next 3-4 months, I will highlight a family physician and their career paths. Each one will share their pearls. I hope you find this series helpful in expanding what's possible for you as a family physician and in giving you tangible aspects to consider when choosing your career path or pivoting. Dr. Murray Buttner has had a long career of experiences, so I felt he would make a wonderful example to begin our...