I am an orphan: A medical school without a family medicine department
I am a fourth year medical student that attends an institution that does not have a department of family medicine.
Currently there are only 10 such allopathic institutions in the country. When I tell colleagues and friends that I intend to enter family medicine they say, “oh primary care?” While yes, it is true that family physicians obviously practice primary care, I am disheartened that my colleagues do not know or …
I am an orphan: A medical school without a family medicine department
