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Family Medicine


Nature of the work
A family physician is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family, and is trained to diagnose and treat a wide variety of ailments in patients of all ages. Special emphasis is placed on prevention and the primary care of entire families, utilizing consultations and community resources. More patient visits are made to family physicians than to any other type of physician.

Family physicians can receive training in the following subspecialties:

• Geriatric Medicine - special knowledge of the aging process and special skills in the diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive and rehabilitative aspects of illness in the elderly.
  
  
• Sports Medicine - deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of injuries sustained in athletic endeavors.
  
  

Training/residency information
The residency training for family practice is three years. The family physician receives a broad range of training that includes internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry and geriatrics. An additional year of training is required to be certified in a subspecialty.

Source: Careers in Medicine

For more information:

• American Board of Family Medicine

• American Academy of Family Physicians

• American Geriatrics Society

• American College of Sports Medicine

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