Preparing the personal physician for practice (P(4)): residency training in family medicine for the future.
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Background Historical Roots When Family Medicine became a specialty in 1969, residency training was established as being 3 years in duration based largely on 2 significant reports, both commissioned by the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education and published in 1966. The Millis Commission Report focused on the discipline of family practice and made the following observations:
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
دوره 20 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007