Family Medicine
“Family physicians provide front-line health care that is accessible, high quality, comprehensive and continuous over time for people of all ages, life stages, backgrounds and conditions. They care for individuals and for entire families, from birth through the end of life, including a broad range of preventive care; healthy lifestyle counseling; mental health care; care of acute illnesses; management of chronic diseases, including patients with multi-morbidity. When needed, they also provide referral and coordination of care with other specialists.” – American Board of Medical Specialties, retrieved March 1, 2026
Subspecialties
- Addiction Medicine
- Adolescent Medicine
- Behavioral Medicine
- Clinical Informatics
- Emergency Medicine
- Geriatric Medicine
- Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management
- HIV/AIDS Care
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Hospitalist Medicine
- Integrative Medicine
- International/Global Health
- Obstetrics
- Pain Medicine
- Preventative Medicine
- Rural Medicine
- Sleep Medicine
- Substance Abuse
- Sports Medicine
- Urgent Care
- Women's Health
Family Medicine Societies
Explore Family Medicine
- Family Medicine Interest Group
- Careers in Medicine (CiM) – Family Medicine
- National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Charting Outcomes Data
- Program Directors Association Guides for Residency Applicants – Family Medicine
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