SAVE THE DATE
March 30-April 1, 2012
Mountain View Grand Whitefield, NH
CME at the MVG
Planned topics include: Geriatric Syndromes, Mindfulness in Medical Practice, Wilderness Medicine, Common Foot Ailments, Suboxone/Methadone Update and Child Psychiatric Issues
Come for the Clinical and Stay for the Collegiality
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"Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing, comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is a specialty in breadth
What is Family Medicine?
that integrates the biological, clinical and behavioral sciences.
The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity"
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| Philosophy of Family Medicine |
"Family medicine is the natural evolution of historical medical practice. The first physicians were generalists. For thousands of years, generalists provided all of the medical care available. They diagnosed and treated illnesses, performed surgery, and delivered babies. As medical knowledge expanded and technology advanced, many physicians chose to limit their practices to specific, defined areas of medicine. With World War II, the age of specialization began to flourish. In the two decades following the war, the number of specialists and subspecialists increased at a phenomenal rate, while the number of generalists declined dramatically. The public became increasingly vocal about the fragmentation of their care and the shortage of personal physicians who could provide initial, continuing and comprehensive care. Thus began the reorientation of medicine back to personal, primary care. The concept of the generalist was reborn with the establishment of family medicine as medicine's twentieth specialty.
Family medicine is a three-dimensional specialty, incorporating (1) knowledge, (2) skill and (3) process. Although
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knowledge and skill may be shared with other specialties, the family medicine process is unique. At the center of this process is the patient-physician relationship with the patient viewed in the context of the family. It is the extent to which this relationship is valued, developed, nurtured and maintained that distinguishes family medicine from all other specialties.
In the dimension of process, the family physician functions as the patient's means of entry into the health care system and as the physician of first contact in most situations is in a unique position to form a bond with the patient. The family physician's care is both personal and comprehensive and not limited by age, sex, organ system or type of problem, be it biological, behavioral or social. This care is based on knowledge of the patient in the context of the family and the community, emphasizing disease prevention and health promotion. When referral is indicated, the family physician refers the patient to other specialists or caregivers but remains the coordinator of the patient’s health care. This prevents fragmentation of that care in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. The family physician serves as the patient’s advocate in dealing with other medical professionals, third party payers, employers and others and as such is a cost-effective coordinator of the patient’s health services" ~ AAFP
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Save the Date:
March 30- April 1, 2012
NHAFP's CME Weekend
Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa
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*Header Image Photography taken by Cathy Yeulet, Alexander Fedorov and David Davis
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