Links
Below you will find links to certain web sites for other family medicine organizations and for journals which contain information relevant to family medicine. This list is provided as a resource to the public and visitors to the Pisacano Leadership Foundation web site. Visit these sites to learn more about family medicine as a specialty, its professional organizations, board certification in family medicine, family medicine (the academic discipline), or family medicine research.
Family Medicine Organizations
American Board of Family Medicine
The ABFM is the medical specialty board responsible for the establishment of high standards of excellence in the specialty of family medicine and for the design and administration of the family medicine specialty certification examination.
www.theabfm.org
Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care
The CPV aims to study relationships between professionalism and value, promote their alignment, recommend ways to reduce burden, and better support outcome and quality improvement.
www.professionalismandvalue.org
American Academy of Family Physicians
The AAFP is a national medical association of family physicians, family medicine residents and medical students whose purpose is to promote and maintain high quality standards among family physicians and to provide advocacy on behalf of patients and the profession.
www.aafp.org
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
STFM is an academic family medicine organization which strives “to enhance family medicine education by developing and supporting a community of educators, scholars and clinicians.”
stfm.org
North American Primary Care Research Group
NAPCRG is a multidisciplinary organization which fosters the development of primary care research.
www.napcrg.org
Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
The AFPRD promotes excellence in family medicine graduate medical education.
www.afmrd.org
Collaborative Family HealthCare Coalition
The CFHcC is a multi-disciplinary group of health care professionals who study, implement and advocate for the collaborative family health care paradigm.
www.cfha.net
World Organization of Family Doctors
A world-wide partnership of family medicine organizations.
www.globalfamilydoctor.com
Medical Journals
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
JABFP is the official journal of the ABFM.
www.jabfp.org
American Family Physician
AFP is the official journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
www.aafp.org/afp
Annals of Family Medicine
The Annals of Family Medicine is a peer-reviewed research journal to meet the needs of scientists, practitioners, policymakers, and the patients and communities they serve.
www.annfammed.org
The Journal of Family Practice
Another great journal for family physicians.
www.mdedge.com
Family Medicine
The official journal of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
Family Medicine journal
Archives of Family Medicine
The AMA’s journal of research and practice in family medicine.
www.clockss.org/clockss/Archives_of_Family_Medicine
Family Practice Management
This journal from the AAFP covers the business aspects of family medicine.
www.aafp.org/fpm
