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Heard Columbia had a great Family Medicine program.
Is that supposed to be a joke? They just demonstrated to the world that family medicine is very low on their list of priorities.
http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2...everses-decision-close-family-medicine-center
I noticed that a good number of top medical schools (Harvard, Yale, Hopkins, etc) don't seem to have full-fledged family medicine departments or residency programs. Is there some historical reason for not having family med at these schools? Has there been any effort by the AAFP or other primary care organizations to raise the profile of family med at these schools?
Columbia Family Medicine program LOL! Good one!Heard Columbia had a great Family Medicine program.
As others have stated, I assume that the OP is thinking of top research institutions. This is akin to being shocked that there are no programs for Flamenco Studies at Harvard...these simply aren't the institutions where top Family Medicine training (or primary care medicine training in general) is happening.
The Internal Medicine Board sits in Philadelphia while our board sits in rural Kentucky. AAFP sits in even more rural Kansas. FM is designed for places not overrun by specialists.
While no sprawling metropolis, Lexington, KY is a metro area of about 500K. It is not rural unless literally your only point of reference is New York and LA.