Welcome to the University of Maryland School of Medicine Family Medicine Interest Group.

Upcoming events:

End of the year potluck

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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 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. (1986) (March Board 2005)

Definition from the American Academy of Family Physicians http://aafp.org

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• Events schedule
• Shadowing and Mentoring Check out several different possiblities available this year.
• Current Committee Members
• American Academy of Family Physicians Sign up now to become a member of the national group
• Tar Wars This is an opportunity to educate 4th and 5th graders about the drawbacks of smoking. For more information contact Dana Neutze at dneut001@umaryland.edu
• UM SOM News Read about Operation Lifeline: Maryland's Defense Force response to Hurricane Katina
• Useful links

For more information or to sign up for the FMIG list please send an e-mail to kconn004@umaryland.edu

Fun Family Medicine Facts

1. Nearly 25% of all visits to the office-based physicians are made to family physicians.
2. Average resident's salary $36K; average FT FP salary (2004 data) was $142K-$150k depending on the region (growing faster than any other physician specialty).
3. Over 400 different FM Residency programs around the country
4. There are six areas of medical training during residency: pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, psychiatry and neurology, surgery, and community medicine.
5. After residency training some family physicians complete 1-2 year fellowship training programs in a number of diverse fields including: sports medicine, geriatrics, health policy, high-risk obstetrical care, medical informatics, and academic medicine.
6. Average work week for a FT FP=40.9 hours (33 hours direct patient care).
7. Hospital practice of family physicians-2004
   • 83.2% provide inpatient care
   • 21.1% do routine OB
   • 22.9% surgical-assist
   • 43.2% delivered care in the CCU
   • 48.0% delivered care in the ICU
8. $67 billion would be saved by the US if every US citizen used a primary care physician.

References for all these facts can be found on the AAFP student website at http://fmignet.aafp.org or the AAFP website http://www.aafp.org/

Doctors that specialise in you!