Becoming a Family Physician [Paperback]

Drawing on the expertise of a nationally recognized group of family practice educators affiliated with the University of California, Drs. Little and Midtling are able to present many specific examples on meeting the challenges of becoming a family physician. Also included are chapters that draw out the differences between inpatient and outpatient service, discuss the teaching of practice management, and touch on the impact of specialists in ethics and cross cultural communication on family practice teams. The concluding chapters examine how family physicians have survived in the medical community , and examine the future of family practice.Drawing on the expertise of a nationally recognized group of family practice educators affiliated with the University of California, Drs. Little and Midtling are able to present many specific examples on meeting the challenges of becoming a family physician. Also included are chapters that draw out the differences between inpatient and outpatient service, discuss the teaching of practice management, and touch on the impact of specialists in ethics and cross cultural communication on family practice teams. The concluding chapters examine how family physicians have survived in the medical community , and examine the future of family practice.I Family Medicine in the 1990s.- 1 Challenges in Training Family Physicians in the 1990s.- 2 Choosing Family Practice and a Residency Training Program in a Specialty-Oriented Environment.- II Medical Worlds.- 3 The Quiet Revolution: From General to Family Practice.- 4 The Family Practice Inpatient Service in the Urban Teaching Hospital.- 5 The Role of the Family Practice Residency Program in Training.- III Key Issues in Family Practice Training.- 6 Covering-Over and Over-Reflecting During Residency Training: Using Personal and Professional Development Groups to Integrate Dysfunctional Modes of Being.- 7 Team-Work on a Family Practice-Staffed Internal Medicine Service.- 8 Due Process in ResidenlS¹