Voices from family medicine: toward the 21st century. Interview by William B. Ventres and John J. Frey.

Voices From Family Medicine: On Becoming a Family Physician.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In this essay-part memoir, part reflection, and part oral history-I review my early professional development, a several years' long progression after residency training, during which I grew from functioning as a technically competent primary care doctor to being a capable and compassionate family physician. As part of that development, and with my colleague John Frey, ...

Mentoring and career transition needs of senior faculty in family medicine.

The preceptor in the 21st century.

(Fam Med 2003;35(5):314-5.) Editor’s Note: In this month’s column, John P. Langlois, MD, of the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC, reviews the history of precepting in medical education and describes the important role that 21st century preceptors will have in teaching students about current and future health care trends. I welcome your comments about this feature, which is...

The emergence of primary care in Latin America: reflections from the field.

A U.S. family physician educator working in El Salvador, recently returned from the WONCA Fourth Regional Congress of the Ibero American Confederation of Family Medicine, reflects on the state of primary care in Latin America. Progress in primary health care and family medicine is occurring in several countries in the region as many countries are coming to accept that primary care is a systemat...

Mini-ethnography: meaningful exploration made easy.

(Fam Med 2000;32(9):600-2.) Editor’s Note: In this column, Jamie Weinstein, MSIV, of Oregon Health Sciences University, and William Ventres, MD, of Providence Southeast Family Medicine in Portland, Ore, present an interesting perspective on student community health projects. I welcome your comments about this feature, which is also published on the STFM Web site at www.stfm.org. I also encourag...