Future of Family Medicine
Background
Outcomes & Strategies
Phases
Project Data Results
Core Attributes
Core Identity
Challenges
Recommendations
Implementation

Core Attributes

Family medicine has defined its core attributes as the following:

  • Continuity of care
  • Comprehensiveness
  • First contact
  • Community
  • Family

The contracted national consulting firm reviewed the designated core attributes of the specialty and provided the analysis below in Table 5, "Deconstructing the Core Attributes of the Specialty."

Table 5 - Deconstructing the Core Attributes of the Specialty