Contents tagged with family medicine residency program
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BCM on the closing of Kelsey-Seybold FMRP: “They just didn’t want to be in the education business”
The Senate Finance Committee has held hearings for the past two weeks on every section of the budget, and because so many primary care programs suffered cuts (as did most other programs), many interesting exchanges have come to light. In all the discussions, though, both lawmakers and those testifying agree that primary care is of the utmost importance to ensuring Texans’ access to care.
Because residency programs play such a large role in producing the primary care physician workforce, here enters Paul Klotman, M.D., president and CEO of Baylor College of Medicine. He testified during the Feb. 8 hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Bob Deuell of Greenville questioned him on the closing of the Baylor College of Medicine Kelsey-Seybold Family Medicine Residency Program. Here’s their exchange.
Sen. Deuell: A family medicine program closed. What’s your take on that?
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San Antonio residency program receives federal grant to improve chronic care
San Antonio residency program receives federal grant to improve chronic care
The Christus Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program in San Antonio has been awarded a five-year, million-dollar … more
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On the brink
The Baylor College of Medicine Kelsey-Seybold Family Medicine Residency Program is shutting its doors this year because it can’t secure stable funding from year to year. At a time when Texas … more
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I didn’t know family docs could do that!
By Troy Fiesinger, M.D.
TAFP Vice PresidentI was playing golf recently in a charity tournament with a couple of orthopedic surgeons whose office is down the road from mine. As we made the usual small talk about where we went to medical school and residency, I mentioned that I delivered babies. The response I received was tinged with incredulousness: “You deliver babies? I didn’t know family doctors still did that.”
For me, obstetrics is part of what defines me as a family physician. Few things can compare to meeting a patient as a teenager, caring for her through high school and early adulthood, delivering her first child, and then helping her cope with the stresses of motherhood while her husband is deployed in Iraq. Her parents and little brother were also my patients. That is the essence of family medicine. Why wouldn’t I want to care for the entire family throughout the life cycle? When I am asked what I specialize in, I answer “everything.” I enjoy being a jack of all trades.
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Corpus Christi physician known for heart health crusade dies at 81
Corpus Christi physician known for heart health crusade dies at 81
Jose E. Antoni, M.D. | Dec. 12, 1926 - Sept. 22, 2008
TAFP life member Jose E. Antoni, M.D., died of cancer on Sept. 22, 2008 at … more
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Texas residency programs awarded for child immunization efforts
Texas residency programs awarded for child immunization efforts
Two Texas residency programs, the Waco Family Medicine Residency Program and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San … more
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2008 residency match shows slight increases for family medicine
2008 residency match shows slight increases for family medicine
The National Resident Matching Program unveiled the 2008 residency match results on March 20, showing increased interest in family … more