Family Medicine
Residency Expansion
Program
Pennsylvania is home to 50 family medicine residency programs, a pipeline that 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, both in the present and future. The following are curated resources offering insights into this grant program and how the investment is making a difference in Pennsylvania's residencies and the communities they serve.
Residency Expansion Grant - Keystone Physician Magazine Features
REPORT: Impact of FM Residents on Healthcare in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians has assembled statistics that clearly highlight the importance of the FM pipeline. A snapshot of these supporting metrics can be found in this report.
The following op-ed, written by PAFP Past President Mary Stock-Keister, appeared in the Morning Call newspaper and accompanied the release of the Impact Report.
Click here to read the op-ed
published July 15, 2019 in the Morning Call
