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Those Who Need Guidance and Those Who Guide

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/faculty_position_offers_opportunity_to.html

Thoughts on Empathy Under the Northern Lights

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/thoughts_on_empathy_under_the.html

Time for a National Conversation About Gun Violence

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/time_for_a_national_conversation.html

Time for Congress to End 20-year Ban on Gun Research

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/time_for_congress_to_end.html

Time to Lift 16-Hour Limit on First-year Residents

The AAFP is supporting a proposal that would increase the number of consecutive hours first-year residents can work from 16 hours to 24 (plus the possibility of four additional hours for the completion of care of an individual patient).

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/time_to_lift_16_hour.html

Tips for Landing Grants to Help Offer Mental Health Care

Grant funding can make a big difference in delivering mental health care. In this Fresh Perspectives blog post, Kurt Bravata, M.D., shares lessons learned from successes and failures in pursuing funding.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200310fp-grants.html

Tobacco Marketers Lie; Tell Kids in Your Community the Truth about Cigarettes

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/tobacco_marketers_lie_tell_kids.html

Town Hall Meetings Next Step for Future of Family Medicine Project

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/town_hall_meetings_next_step.html

Treating Elderly as Treasures Improves Empathy, Care Quality

Every day, 10,000 Americans turn 65. By the time the last baby boomers reach that age in 2030, 18 percent of the U.S. population will be 65 or older. Unfortunately, some people have difficulties when it comes to providing care for the elderly, whether it is because of the complexity of ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/treating_elderly_as_treasures_improves.html

True Mentors Help Students Find Where They Belong

Medical student Chandler Stisher writes that family medicine mentors should show students how the specialty aligns with their interests.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190204lv-mentors.html

Trump Administration Rolling the Dice on Health Care

AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin writes that the administration's recent decision to not defend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is an interesting gamble ahead of the 2020 elections.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190402itt-acalawsuit.html

Trusted Relationship Allows Patients to Confide Horrors of Abuse

Detecting abuse can be difficult. Venis Wilder, M.D., writes that continuity of care and a level of trust can help patients share their painful stories.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/trusted_relationship_allows_patients_to1.html

Try PROBE Tool to Help Stave Off Burnout

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/try_probe_tool_to_help.html

Try These Tips to Overcome Flu Vaccine Hesitancy

During what is shaping up to be a severe flu season, Margot Savoy, M.D., M.P.H., offers tips on vaccinating reluctant patients in this Leader Voices Blog post.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200109lv-fluvacc.html

Turn the Page: Saying Goodbye Not Easy for Graduating Resident, Patients

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/turn_the_page_saying_goodbye.html

Twins Multiply Challenges -- and Rewards -- of Breastfeeding

Beth Oller, M.D., shares her insights from one of the hardest things she's ever done: breastfeeding twins.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/twins_multiply_challenges_and_rewards.html

Two Approaches to Making Your Point With Patients

Class is back in session as M.P.H. candidate Stewart Decker, M.D., shares his insights from a course on persuasive communication.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180417fp-mph.html

Two Common-sense Interventions Could Prevent Gun-related Deaths

Gun control is controversial. Stewart Decker, M.D., writes that two specific interventions to prevent gun-related violence shouldn't be.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/two_common_sense_interventions_could.html

Two Sentences That Changed My Life

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/two_sentences_that_changed_my.html

U.S. GME Results Not Aligned With Need

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/u_s_gme_results_not.html

U.S. Needs More Than Baby Steps on Paid Maternity Leave

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/u_s_needs_more_than.html

Under Attack: We Can All Join the Fight for GME Funding

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/under_attack_we_can_all.html

Under Pressure: Health Care Needs Reform, Stable Markets

In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers an update after legislators from both sides of the aisle introduced bills regarding health insurance.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190305itt-insurancereform.html

Understanding Patients' Literacy Level is Crucial Step in Care

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/understanding_patients_literacy_level_is.html

Unease During Pandemic Offers a Lesson in Understanding

Stewart Decker, M.D., writes in this Fresh Perspectives blog post that when physicians treat patients with anxiety after the COVID-19 crisis is over, they should remember how they felt during the pandemic.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200415fp-covidanxiety.html

Unemployment During Pandemic Amounts to a One-Two Punch

Kyle Leggott, M.D., writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that the pandemic -- and the higher unemployment rates it has caused -- has exposed the precarious nature of employer-sponsored health insurance.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200708fp-esi.html

Uniformed Services President Stays Connected During Deployment

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/uniformed_services_president_stays_connected.html

United Healthcare Acknowledges Payment Shortcomings

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/united_healthcare_acknowledges_payment_shortcomings.html

Unreasonable Drug Prices Force Patients to Skip Meds

AAFP officers are in Washington this week to address many issues of concern to primary care, including skyrocketing prescription drug prices.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/unreasonable_drug_prices_force_patients.html

Up in Smoke: Western Fires Pose Public Health Hazard

Melissa Hemphill, M.D., writes that the wildfires scorching the Pacific Northwest are a public health hazard, and the threat is getting worse each year.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20170929fp-fires.html

Up in the Air: Responding to Medical Emergencies at 30,000 Feet

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/up_in_the_air_is.html

Vacation? Hardly. AAFP Commission Work Is Tough, but Worth It

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/vacation_hardly_aafp_commission_work.html

Value-based Payment? Survey Says …

The AAFP partnered with Humana to survey family physicians regarding their engagement with, and attitudes toward, value-based payment models. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin has the details in the latest In the Trenches blog post.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20171205ITT_VBP.html

Verifying Coverage Key for Patients Insured Via Marketplace

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/verifying_coverage_important_for_patients.html

Viral Response to #MeToo Shines Light on Need for Change

In light of the #MeToo phenomenon, we asked our new physician bloggers to share their perspectives on the pervasive nature of sexual harassment and assault in our society.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20171019fp-metoo.html

Virtual Match Has Potential to Drive Innovation

Recent medical school graduate Margaret Miller, M.D., M.P.H., offers advice to the Class of 2021 on a Match process that will be unlike any before it in this Leader Voices Blog post.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200605lv-virtualmatch.html

Visit to Army Medical Center Provides Insight Into Military Care

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/visit_to_army_medical_center.html

Volunteering Benefits Patients, Communities and the Docs Who Do It

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/volunteering_benefits_patients_communities_and.html

Walk the Talk: Students, Residents Step Up to Support AAFP Advocacy Efforts

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/walk_the_talk_students_residents.html

Want Change? Get Involved in Your Academy

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/want_change_get_involved_in.html

Want to Solve Problems in Public Health? Here's How

Family physician Stewart Decker, M.D., is getting his master's degree in public health and wants you to come along for the ride. In this Fresh Perspectives blog post, he shares what he's learned so far.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180316fp-mph1.html

We All Play a Role in Mending Our Broken Health Care System

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/we_all_play_a_role.html

We Are All Vulnerable: Our Strength Is in Our Communities

Moazzum Bajwa, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., writes in this Fresh Perspectives post about steps that people can take throughout their communities to protect the most vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200406fp-covidvulnerable.html

We Are the Solution: Let's Spotlight Family Medicine's Value

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/we_are_the_solution_let.html

We Can't Leave Health Care Policies to Chance

In this Leader Voices Blog post, AAFP President-elect Gary LeRoy, M.D., reflects on a recent visit to the New Jersey AFP's annual meeting and the need for quality measures that make sense.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190712lv-boardwalk.html

We Made It Through Residency. Here's How You Can, Too

As Astrud Villareal, M.D., D.I.M.P.H., wraps up her training, she and her mentors offer some tips for the new class of family medicine interns.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190612fp-interntips.html

We Matched! Now What?

Chandler Stisher was one of thousands of fourth-year medical students who matched to family medicine residency programs on Friday. In this Leader Voices Blog post, he shares some of the words that resonated most strongly with him as he approached Match Day.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190315lv-match.html

We Must Find Common Ground to Reduce Gun Violence

Six of the nation's largest physician organizations -- including the AAFP -- and the American Public Health Association are calling for policies to reduce firearm injuries and deaths. In this Leader Voices Blog post, AAFP President John Cullen, M.D., cites a 2017 survey that outlined ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190808lv-gunviolence.html

We Shouldn't Have to Struggle to Put Patients First

U.S. hospital care costs exceeded $1 trillion last year. In this Leader Voices Blog post, Leonard Reeves, M.D. -- a bargain newborn in 1954 at $43.45 -- says the industrial approach to medicine must change.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181019lv-patientsfirst.html

We're Getting the Media to Spread the Word About Family Medicine

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/we_re_getting_the_media.html

We're Making Progress on the Issues That Matter to FPs

As his term comes to an end, Michael Munger, M.D., reflects in this Leader Voices Blog post on his year as AAFP president and ponders the challenges that remain for family medicine.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181008lv-mungerfinale.html

We're Not Gonna Take It: Network Optimization Disrupts Continuity of Care

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/we_re_not_gonna_take.html

We're Thankful for …

With the holidays approaching, we asked some of our new physician bloggers what they are thankful for in their practices. Here is what they shared.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20171114fp-thankful.html

We're Working to Make Sure Telemedicine Is Real Medicine

AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin writes that the Academy has new resources to support telemedicine within family medicine practices.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190122itt-telemedicine.html

We’re Doing Our Part to Keep SGR Issue on Congress' Radar

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/we_re_doing_our_part.html

Week in D.C. Creates Opportunities to Advocate for Family Physicians

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/week_in_d_c_creates.html

Weight of New 'M.D.' Carries Rewarding Responsibility

Newly graduated family physician Chandler Stisher, M.D., M.P.H., reflects on what the two new letters after his name mean for him, his patients and his community.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190529lv-graduation.html

Welcome to Family Medicine; the AAFP Is Here to Help

Third-year residents are wrapping up their training. Brent Sugimoto, M.D., M.P.H., A.A.H.I.V.S., the new physician member of the AAFP Board of Directors, offers advice on how the Academy can be an invaluable resource at this critical career stage in the Leader Voices Blog.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200602lv-newphysicians.html

Whack the 'WAC'

The growing administrative burden on physicians is hampering patient care and fueling physician burnout. AAFP Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin highlights the Academy's efforts to address problems with the meaningful use program and to end ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/whack_the_wac.html

What a Barefoot Patient Taught Me About Health Equity

Resident Michelle Byrne, M.D., M.P.H., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that she was drawn to family medicine by a desire to be trained by physicians who are committed to addressing social justice and health equity.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181218lv-choosingfm.html

What a Load of Goop: Overcoming Misguided Health Advice

Gwyneth Paltrow and other celebrities are telling your patients to do weird things to their bodies. Here's how to ensure they hear you instead.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180130fp-badadvice.html

What a Patient Taught Me About Subtleties of Communication

Recent medical school graduate John Heafner, M.D., M.P.H., writes in the Leader Voices Blog that spending a day with one chronic pain patient taught him an important lesson about communication.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180529lv-communication.html

What Are the Actual Causes of Hospital Admissions?

Kyle Leggott, M.D., and Graham Custar, M.D., look at the social drivers that actually lead to many hospital admissions.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200602fp-admissions.html

What Do Women Think? If You Only Knew …

Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., ponders how the workplace might improve if men better understood a woman's perspective.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181031lv-women.html

What Does the Government Shutdown Mean for Patients?

As the partial government shutdown stretched into its fourth week, our new physician bloggers examined how the impasse in Washington, D.C., is affecting their patients.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190117fp-shutdown.html

What Happens When a Doctor Becomes the Patient?

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/what_happens_when_a_doctor.html

What I Know Now, and What Lies Ahead

After six years of service on the AAFP Board of Directors, Robert Wergin, M.D., reflects on lessons learned and what the future might hold for family medicine.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/what_i_know_now_and.html

What I Learned as a New Physician

In her final Fresh Perspectives blog post, Beth Oller, M.D., reflects on what she has learned in her first seven years as a small, rural practice owner.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180615fp-ollerfinale.html

What If Everyone Had a Family Physician?

Securing funding for vital primary care programs is a start, but Leonard Reeves, M.D., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that the fight continues for the kind of physician workforce our country needs.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180501lv-whatif.html

What Lies Ahead

Family physicians will never relinquish the future of their discipline to someone else's vision, Shawn Martin writes in his final In the Trenches blog post.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200526itt-whatliesahead.html

What Patients Don't Know Can Hurt Them

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/what_patients_don_t_know.html

What Should We Tell Parents About Concussions, Contact Sports?

Despite an abundance of research regarding head injuries, counseling parents and young athletes about the risks of contact sports is complicated.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20170913fp-concussions.html

What to Do When Experienced Colleague Is Wrong? Speak Up

Young physicians often defer to more experienced colleagues when there are differing opinions. The problem, Peter Rippey, M.D., writes is that sometimes the more experienced physician is wrong.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/what_happens_when_experienced_colleague.html

What You Didn't Learn in Medical School: Prescribing a Dose of Yourself

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/prescribing_a_dose_of_yourself.html

What You Need to Know About the 2018 QPP Proposed Rule

CMS has released the 2018 Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule, which recommends several changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and Advanced Alternative Payment Model. You could read that 1,058-page document, or you could check out 10 bullet points in this ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/what_you_need_to_know.html

What You Need to Know on Path Through Residency and Beyond

The transition from resident to new physician can be challenging. Our new-to-practice physician bloggers offer advice for those who will follow them.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/what_you_need_to_know.html

What's in a Name? Annual Exam Jargon Causes Confusion

The abundance of terminology related to annual exams can be confusing for patients and even physicians. Lynne Lillie, M.D., breaks down what should be included in various types of exams and how to get paid for each of them.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/what_s_in_a_name.html

When Congress Is Ready to Listen, We're Ready to Talk

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/when_congress_is_ready_to.html

When It Comes to Mentoring, Both Giving and Receiving Are Important

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/when_it_comes_to_mentoring.html

When My City Cheers, It Lifts Up the Front Lines

It's a simple gesture, but Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., writes in this Fresh Perspectives blog post that hearing the people of New York City cheer the doctors and others on the front lines has helped her cope with the pandemic.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200513fp-clapping.html

When Opportunities Arise, You Have to Jump

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/when_opportunities_arise_you_have.html

When Quarantining at Home Puts Families at Risk

MaryAnn Dakkak, M.D., M.S.P.H., writes in this Fresh Perspectives post that quarantining at home is not a safe option for patients with COVID-19 who live in close quarters, and the approach is putting minority communities at risk.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200420fp-coviddisparities.html

Where Do You Draw the Line With Patients, Animals?

Amid calls for stricter standards for emotional support animals, we asked our new physician bloggers how they handle letter-writing requests from patients regarding their animals. This Fresh Perspectives blog post includes their answers.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190731fp-pets.html

White House Invitation Shows Importance, Recognition of Family Medicine

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/white_house_invitation_shows_importance.html

Who Will Mentor the Next Generation of Family Doctors?

Nearly half of allopathic family medicine clerkship directors report difficulty finding clinical preceptor sites. Leonard Reeves, M.D., makes the case for opening your practice to students.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/who_will_mentor_the_next.html

Why Am I a Family Physician? Because FPs Are the 'Real Docs'

Why family medicine? In this Leader Voices Blog post, Leonard Reeves, M.D., makes the case for students to choose the specialty and for policymakers to invest more in it.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180803lv-fmchoice.html

Why Are We Eager to Save One, Reluctant to Help Many?

In Alaska, there is an expectation that motorists will help others during extreme conditions. In this Leader Voices Blog post, John Cullen, M.D., questions why the same expectation to help doesn't always apply in health care.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180109lv-sharedsociety.html

Why Do I Provide Maternity Care? The Answer's Simple

There are many reasons some family physicians don't provide maternity care. But more than 30 years into practice, Robert Raspa, M.D., explains why it's still one of his favorite parts of the job.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190116lv-maternity.html

Why Do We Adopt Evidence-based Data at a Snail's Pace?

It takes nearly two decades for the U.S. health care system to adopt new evidence-based findings. Kyle Jones, M.D., ponders the problem.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/evidence_based_information_is_adopted.html

Why Do We Neglect Our Health System's Foundation?

In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin shares insights from The Hill's Future of Health Care Summit.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190709ittfuturesummit.html

Why Do Women Docs Get Better Results (and Lower Payment)?

A recent study found that female physicians achieved better outcomes than men. We asked married practice partners Beth Oller, M.D., and Mike Oller, M.D., for their thoughts on gender and medicine.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/why_do_women_docs_get.html

Why Does Equal Pay for Equal Work Still Elude Us?

The compensation gap between male and female physicians is widening. AAFP President Michael Munger, M.D., writes that this inequity is inexcusable and must end.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180907lv-genderpaygap.html

Why I Love Working in a Community Health Center

Luis Garcia, M.D., spoke with several colleagues who work in community health centers, as he does, about what makes these practices so rewarding for family physicians.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20181211fp-chc.html

Why I'm Building a Solo Practice -- Again

More than 30 years into practice, Erica Swegler, M.D., explains in this Leader Voices Blog post why she decided to buck current employment trends and go back to her roots as a solo family physician.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180925lv-solopractice.html

Why I'm Optimistic About the Future of Primary Care

In this Fresh Perspectives blog post, Natasha Bhuyan, M.D., shares lessons she has learned from the students and residents she trains, saying they give her hope for our future.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180702fp-trainees.html

Why Is Compassion So Important? Just Ask This Patient

Family physicians know all about giving their patients compassionate care. In this Leader Voices Blog post, Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., shares the story of what happened when an ER team missed the mark.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190507lv-ervisit.html

Why We Need More Physician Entrepreneurs

In an era of increasing physician employment, Allison Edwards, M.D., explains why she chose to open her own practice and why she thinks others should, too.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20181030fp-entrepreneurs.html

Why You Should Apply for CPC+ Program

This summer, CMS will select 5,000 practices to participate in the new Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) program. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin outlines why the Academy is urging family physicians to apply for a program that ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/why_you_should_apply_for.html

WIC One Example of How Shutdown Could Hurt Our Patients

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/wic_one_example_of_how.html

Will You Be Prepared When Disaster Strikes?

Whether you live in an area that is vulnerable to hurricanes or other natural disasters, there are steps family physicians can take to help patients and families, as well as their own practices and communities, prepare for the worst.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/will_you_be_prepared_when.html