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Family Medicine physicians care for patients from birth through old age, diagnosing and treating a wide range of illnesses. Their training includes not only biological and clinical medicine, but also psychology and behavior, so that family medicine doctors can care for patients' physical and mental well-being.
Family Medicine physicians complete an additional two to three years of training after medical school during which they gain experience in a wide range of specialties, including prenatal care, emergency medicine, intensive care, and internal medicine specialties such as cardiology and neurology.
In an article explaining the role of a family medicine physician, Dr. Tim Foggin explains: "While your family physician is especially well trained for helping with a majority of common ailments, he or she is also constantly remaining on the alert for signs of less common illnesses, many of which can also be treated by your family doctor. A family doctor is truly a specialist in medicine, both the art and the science." |
