Origin The American Academy of Family Physicians was founded in 1947 as the American Academy of General Practice; the American Board of Family Practice was created in February 1969.
The medical specialty providing continuing, comprehensive primary health care for individuals and families across all ages, sexes and organ systems, integrating preventive, acute and chronic care. It grew out of general practice in reaction to mid-twentieth-century medical overspecialization, formalizing in the United States when the American Board of Family Practice was created in February 1969 as the twentieth medical specialty recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
Facts
Origin PeriodThe American Academy of Family Physicians was founded in 1947 as the American Academy of General Practice; the American Board of Family Practice was created in February 1969. 2 Classification
Type/Classification FAQs
When did family medicine become a recognized medical specialty in the United States?
February 1969, when the American Board of Family Practice was approved as a certifying board.
On February 8, 1969, the American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education and the American Board of Medical Specialties approved the creation of a certifying board in family medicine, formally the American Board of Family Practice (now the American Board of Family Medicine). It became the 20th medical specialty recognized by ABMS.
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Associated With
Family physicians care for older adults alongside geriatricians
Adult primary care overlaps with internal medicine
Family physicians care for children
Prevention and screening are core family practice work
Notable Specialists
Source Adrienne von Speyr (Wikipedia)
Schweitzer trained in medicine at the University of Strasbourg and, from 1913, ran a general hospital at Lambarene in what is now Gabon, providing broad primary medical care to the local population for decades.
Source Antoine Saugrain (Wikipedia)
Source Brian Berman (Wikipedia)
Source Charles Boarman Harris (source article)
Source David Hosack (Wikipedia)
Blackwell, the first woman to receive an M.D. from an American medical school (Geneva Medical College, 1849), practiced general medicine and co-founded the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children to provide primary care.
Source Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (Deutsche Biographie)
Source Gemma Newman (source article)
Source Graham Gordon (Wikipedia)
Source Hans Martin Sutermeister (Wikipedia)
Source Harold Shipman (Wikipedia)
Source Heinrich Averbeck (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia (German): Johann Conrad Ammann
Source John Bodkin Adams (Wikipedia)
Source Joshua Pim (Wikipedia)
Source Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (Deutsche Biographie)
Source Marie Equi (source article)
Source Mieke Mosmuller (Wikipedia)
Source Pierre Daher (source article)
Source Richard Pampuri (Wikipedia)
Source Sudi Devanesen (source article)
Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American to earn a medical degree, practiced general medicine on the Omaha reservation.
Source William Chapman (doctor) (source article)
Treats
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. History of ABFM
American Board of Family Medicinetheabfm.org History of ABFM page, opening paragraphQuote, theabfm.org History of ABFM page, opening paragraph
Founded in February 1969, the American Board of Family Medicine (formally American Board of Family Practice or ABFP) was approved by the Liaison Commission for Specialty Boards (LCSB), the group that reviews and approves applications for American Board of Medical Specialties boards (ABMS).
3. Family medicine (Wikipedia)
LeadQuote, Lead
Family medicine is a medical specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, sexes, diseases, and parts of the body.
History of the AAFP
American Academy of Family Physiciansaafp.org About/Mission-History page, Establishment of family medicine as a specialty sectionQuote, aafp.org About/Mission-History page, Establishment of family medicine as a specialty section
On February 8, 1969, the American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Medical Education and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved the creation of a certifying board in family medicine.
John Bodkin Adams (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: John Bodkin Adams, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: John Bodkin Adams, Lead paragraph
was a British general practitioner
Harold Shipman (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Harold Shipman, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Harold Shipman, Lead [specialist-in]
was an English doctor in general practice and serial killer
Joshua Pim (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Joshua Pim, Medical careerQuote, Notable Specialists: Joshua Pim, Medical career
he combined this appointment with general practice for 42 years
Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (Deutsche Biographie)
Notable Specialists: Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Deutsche Biographie page, biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Deutsche Biographie page, biography [specialist-in]
wo er sich als praktischer Arzt niederließ
Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (Deutsche Biographie)
Notable Specialists: Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, Deutsche Biographie page, biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, Deutsche Biographie page, biography [specialist-in]
war praktischer Arzt
Hans Martin Sutermeister (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hans Martin Sutermeister, Early yearsQuote, Notable Specialists: Hans Martin Sutermeister, Early years
In 1945, he opened his first a family medical practice in Bern.
Marie Equi (source article)
Notable Specialists: Marie Equi, Medical care and social activism [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Marie Equi, Medical care and social activism [specialist-in]
She established a general medicine practice in Portland in 1905, emphasizing the health concerns of women and children.
Antoine Saugrain (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Antoine Saugrain, Lead paragraph, St. LouisQuote, Notable Specialists: Antoine Saugrain, Lead paragraph, St. Louis
Saugrain was the city's only physician
William Chapman (doctor) (source article)
Notable Specialists: William Chapman (doctor), Waikouaiti yearsQuote, Notable Specialists: William Chapman (doctor), Waikouaiti years
as GP for Johnny Jones
Gemma Newman (source article)
Notable Specialists: Gemma Newman, BiographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Gemma Newman, Biography
She is a general practitioner and Senior Partner at The Orchard Surgery in Ashford, Surrey.
Pierre Daher (source article)
Notable Specialists: Pierre Daher, BiographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Pierre Daher, Biography
Since 1996 he practiced as a GP in Szendrőlád.
Sudi Devanesen (source article)
Notable Specialists: Sudi Devanesen, Wikipedia article leadQuote, Notable Specialists: Sudi Devanesen, Wikipedia article lead
is a Canadian family medicine physician and educator
Brian Berman (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Brian Berman, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Brian Berman, Lead
is a tenured professor of family medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
Heinrich Averbeck (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich Averbeck, Lead, third paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich Averbeck, Lead, third paragraph [specialist-in]
Averbeck was a general practitioner and obstetrician in Bremen
Graham Gordon (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Graham Gordon, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Graham Gordon, Lead sentence
Graham Rothwell Gordon (10 December 1927-29 February 2004) was a New Zealand general practitioner and surgeon.
Richard Pampuri (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Richard Pampuri, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Richard Pampuri, Lead
resume his studies and soon begin his own practice as a doctor where he tended to the poor without charge
Charles Boarman Harris (source article)
Notable Specialists: Charles Boarman Harris, Arrival in PembinaQuote, Notable Specialists: Charles Boarman Harris, Arrival in Pembina
Harris was the first doctor to serve the general population in Pembina County
Wikipedia (German): Johann Conrad Ammann
Wikipedia (German)Notable Specialists: Johann Conrad Amman, Lead and second paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Johann Conrad Amman, Lead and second paragraph
wirkte danach als praktischer Arzt in Schaffhausen
David Hosack (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: David Hosack, Early life and practice, clinical workQuote, Notable Specialists: David Hosack, Early life and practice, clinical work
A good deal of Hosack's clinical work was as a family practitioner, including pediatric and obstetric care.
Adrienne von Speyr (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Adrienne von Speyr, Biography, early lifeQuote, Notable Specialists: Adrienne von Speyr, Biography, early life
This sparked her desire to become a physician, which would eventually guide her toward a career as a family doctor.
Mieke Mosmuller (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Mieke Mosmuller, BiographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Mieke Mosmuller, Biography
she began a practice as a general practitioner
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