P⁴ for Medical Students

• Are you interested in being on the cutting edge of residency training?


• Do you want to learn how to use the latest advances in information technology to provide personalized care for patients?


• Can you see yourself moving seamlessly from inpatient to outpatient to community settings to care for patients from all walks of life?


• Do you want to know more about how Family Medicine is making the future of medical care a reality today?

Then read on to learn more about P⁴...

p⁴ is "Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice"

p⁴ is an initiative designed to inspire and examine innovation in family medicine residency training.   Sponsored by the American Board of Family Medicine, the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, and TransforMED, p⁴ uses a scientific approach to study and measure innovations in search of the most effective ways to educate the country's future family physicians.  The aim of p⁴ is to spur innovation in all family medicine residencies so they can better prepare family physicians to be the excellent personal physicians every American deserves.

Out of 84 Family Medicine residencies that applied, 14 residencies from all across the country were selected by p⁴ to participate in an intensive project to test a variety of educational innovations.  Participating residencies will use a variety of different approaches ranging from moving the continuity clinic out of the residency's Family Practice Center and into the community, to expanding to a four-year program, to providing the opportunity for tracking and obtaining additional degrees while in training, and more. 

All of these programs will be measured to determine what works and what doesn't, and the findings will be shared with all residencies across the country in order to create a ripple effect of change.

Family Medicine has always been at the forefront of innovation and we continue to lead the way, as we prepare residents to practice in tomorrow's health care system today.

Please share p⁴ with your classmates and colleagues, and stay tuned for more on p⁴ so you will know what the future holds for Family Medicine!

For more information contact Jay Fetter, p⁴ Project Manager.

Learn about the residency program innovations that are being studied.

And be sure to check out the background papers on p⁴ in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine at http://www.transformed.com/p4-bkgdPapers.cfm