QUALITY IN RESIDENCY EDUCATION -- Tenzer 3 (5): 469 -- Annals of Family Medicine
From the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
In discussing the concept of quality, I am reminded of the old Zenith advertisement, "quality goes in before the name goes on."1 Quality must be a requisite to be called a family doctor.
Concepts and standards of quality continue to evolve. Advances in technology, rising health care costs, increasing health disparities, and shifting population demographics will shape the future concept of health care quality. The Future of Family Medicine (FFM) project offers a template for acquiring the skills and resources needed to thrive in an ever-changing environment. The AFMRD has reformatted its strategic plan to reflect the FFM recommendations.2–4
This year’s AFMRD presidential theme is "Forging the Future of Family Medicine Through Quality and Innovation." Innovation will be a key driver and marker of health care quality in the future. Compared with health care outcomes in countries with fewer health care dollars, our expensive, high-technology health care results in poorer outcomes, and racial and socioeconomic health care disparities are increasing. Clearly, now is the time for innovation.2,4
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