Wendy Barr

Thanks @WendyBarrMD & @doc_kgb for your OpEd in today's Boston Globe highlighting the crisis in Primary Care, the need for academic medical centers to be a part of the solution, and how legislation can address this crisis. @TuftsMedSchool @MAPCAP_ #PC4YOU bostonglobe.com/2025/05/24/opi…

What happens in residency matters! Family medicine residents that care for children in their continuity clinics are more likely to care for children in practice. Read now: bit.ly/3WV76t5 @fammedjournal @WendyBarrMD @bazemorea

My home country Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 NO cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation! None! Zero! What a stunning achievement ! The HPV vaccine ie a modern medical miracle!

A MUST READ! This is a most important article that echoes the past for most of us who chose Family Medicine or primary care. It needs attention, discussion, and action now. Allow me to share my thoughts (hang with me): 1) The shortage of primary care physicians (now and projected) is nothing new, it is critical and needs drastic change and solutions 2) The article points out the continued 'hidden curriculum' in medical schools (mostly allopathic) in steering smart students AWAY from primary care through culture and faculty comments - this is REAL, it happens, and needs to STOP! 3) It remains idiotic that 12 allopathic medical schools continue to this day to not equally recognize Family Medicine as a major discipline and not have a full Department! 4) It is true that current payment models and future income potential greatly impact specialty choice and needs attention to benefit primary care. But I am SHOCKED to read in this article that some of my FM colleagues believe that medical schools have little influence in changing people's career choices! Just look at the success rate of Osteopathic schools (and the University of Washington) compared to most other Allopathic schools - they have much higher rates of students choosing primary care so there is a 'secret sauce' being used that has such a positive impact! Medical schools can and must do better! And our FM Departments must insist on this and NOT say 'we have little influence'. 5) How about this drastic change - lets begin to hold medical schools accountable for their % of primary care graduates based NOT on what specialty they indicate at the time of graduation but what those students are actually doing at least 5 years later. This avoids the 'Dean's Lie' that happens at every medical school each year in announcing - 'we have over 50% going into primary care' - while knowing full well that most will subspecialize by year 5 or more beyond graduation. 6) And lets consider enforcing the above by better distribution (and perhaps withholding) of GME funding if schools do not produce enough primary care physicians. OR even better, consider distributing NIH research funding based somewhat on this goal of producing primary care doctors. THAT will get the attention of medical schools and academic health centers! 7) Lets finally get serious about the admissions process and move beyond test scores and GPA - they do not define the best and the brightest. 8) We do NOT need schools specially focused on producing primary care physicians - that lets the rest off the hook! Stupid policy and effort. 9) Lets NOT have tuition free medical schools across the board. Instead, lets have fee tuition (or large scholarships) for those who actually choose FM, General Internal Medicine, or General Pediatrics AND who are practicing these disciplines at least 5 or more years after graduation. Time for dramatic changes my friends! Can Medical Schools Funnel More Doctors Into the Primary Care Pipeline? kffhealthnews.org/MTk2NTAwMg via @kffhealthnews

We need to focus on building capacity in our obstetrics workforce, not shrinking it - and family medicine will play a key role in ensuring every community has high-quality obstetrical services. chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the…

#FamilyMedicine has an important role in addressing #maternalhealth especially in rural areas. #FMRevolution #ruralhealth

@aafp @SCNosalMD @forFamilyHealth Congratulations! So excited to see this. Looking forward to your energetic and engaging leadership.

The election results are in! @SCNosalMD is the new #AAFP president-elect. 🎉 She has practiced medicine for nearly 2 decades in South Bronx, NY and is chief medical information officer at @forFamilyHealth. bit.ly/4gvdShb

This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for submitting late-breaking abstracts is tonight! ⏰ If you have recent research findings or significant developments that you wish to share at our Annual Meeting, now is the time to submit. napcrg.org/conferences/an…

@TheGrahamCenter @NEJM Use this all the time as a framework to think about medical education design

In 2001, #GrahamCenter researchers published a paper in @NEJM that built on a 1961 framework for thinking about the organization of health care, medical education, and research. #RGCat25 bit.ly/3VQ9dOP

“I'm excited to see how our classmates will make an impact in the health care field.” - Sana Baban @UMassChan & @LaheyHospital celebrate the first cohort of the LEAD@Lahey program, a program focused on leadership: direc.to/mga8 @UMass @BethIsraelLahey @smoffattbruce1

Students at UMassChan-Lahey will be part of Walden House, an exceptionally close learning community. “They’re fearless because they’re here to transform healthcare,” Lahey President Susan Moffatt-Bruce (@smoffattbruce1) told @BosBizJournal. Read more⬇️ bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

Are you a student, residency director or med student advisor interested in bolstering #familymedicine research & winning a $50 gift card? This summer the #GrahamCenter is looking to understand the impact of program signaling in #Match2024. Email policy@aafp.org for more details.

Are you a student, residency director or med student advisor interested in bolstering #familymedicine research & winning a $50 gift card? This summer the #GrahamCenter is looking to understand the impact of program signaling in #Match2024. Email policy@aafp.org for more details.

Looking forward to a night of networking, fun, games, and giveaways at the 2nd annual @_Abfmp Mixer during @aafp #NC2024. Be a sponsor and support #FamilyMedicine medical students, graduates, residents & attendings. #FMRevolution #SupportBlackFMDocs

So excited to welcome our new students in less than 60 days!

@TxWithVitaminK You have this!

Are you a student, residency director or med student advisor interested in bolstering #familymedicine research & winning a $50 gift card? This summer the #GrahamCenter is looking to understand the impact of program signaling in #Match2024. Email policy@aafp.org for more details.

Thanks @HughTaylor8 & @MassMedical for your steadfast support of Primary Care & the MA #PC4YOU legislation sponsored by @CindyFriedmanMA. Dr. Taylor's editorial in today's @BostonGlobe makes a great case for increasing PC investment. @MassAFP @aafp @HCFA bostonglobe.com/2024/06/14/opi…

We #FamMed physicians can help address higher maternal mortality in the US with our longitudinal patient relationship and caring for patients postpartum, not just the prenatal and perinatal period.

Kudos to the Boston Globe Editorial Board for today's article on the near impossible task of delivering high quality Primary Care without adequate resources. Double PC investment and increase health equity with #PC4YOU. @MassAFP @aafp @hcfa @MassMedical bostonglobe.com/2024/05/20/opi…