Pennsylvania is home to 50 family medicine residency programs, a pipeline which ensures that all Pennsylvanians in every community across the commonwealth have access to care. The PAFP's collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Health is a critical component of this pipeline: by investing in family medicine residency programs, Pennsylvania is directly meeting the health care needs of its citizens. Please see below for a snapshot of this impact, and click here for an op-ed by PAFP 2019-20 President Mary Stock Keister, MD on why teaching health centers are an important part of the mission of increasing primary care physicians and addressing the maldistribution of doctors..

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