Med student experience in rural primary care is associated with practicing both primary care and family medicine. New evidence from the University of Washington RUOP program. Early immersion and primary care careers: evidence from a preclerkship rotation academic.oup.com/academicmedi...

Counter “the Dean's Lie.” Family Medicine training is the most direct route to meeting the USA's need for primary care physicians. Pathways To Primary Care: Charting Trajectories From Medical School Graduation Through Specialty Training | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....

Enhance more research with more voices. Add CONTEXTperts with special knowledge and experience in the study setting and topic to your research team. Phillips WR. Enhancing health research teams with CONTEXTperts. J Clin Trans Sci. 2026;10(1):e13. doi:10.1017/cts.2025.10229 doi.org/10.1017/cts.....

New guide provides a practical, citable protocol for translation of research, reporting, and medical guidelines. Phillips WR, Sturgiss EA. The CRISP translation guide for research reporting guidelines. Ann Family Med 2026, 24 (1) 60-64; DOI: 10.1370/afm.250152 doi.org/10.1370/afm....

#PrimaryCareUpdate Episode 197: bathing frequency for eczema, tirzepatide in obese kids with T2DM, a new flu vaccine, and whether beta-blockers still matter after MI #NAPCRG #STFM #AAFP #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine #EssentialEvidencePlus #InfoPOEMs open.spotify.com/episode/3NAV...

There are many ways to become many kinds of family doctor. Still, we must share some concept of the essentials that identify who we are as family physicians.... Phillips WR. Scope of care is our family medicine identity. Fam Med. 2025;59(1):1-2. doi: 10.22454/FamMed-2025-0139

Damn, when he’s “on,” he’s “on.” youtu.be/W8Z3MfNpJpE?...

Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

I served on these key committees, which serve as beacons for practicing clinicians and the patients they serve. Trust, care and health are all threatened by RFK, Jr.'s recent destructive decisions. Prescribing Blind: Clinical Prevention in an Evidence-Free Zone www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Phillips WR. Just a GP: Diaries from a Career in General Practice. Fam Med. doi.org/10.22454/Fam... Review of autobiography of Denis Pereira Gray. Reflections on practice, "In the quiet moments of a consultation, I find the heart of medicine; it is here where trust is built and healing begins."

NAPCRG Phillips Futures Fellowship - nominations now open Do you know a colleague - any profession, academic field, nation, career stage, or research role - who demonstrates creativity and promise in primary care research? Nomination deadline 8/27/2025. napcrg.org/programs/phi...

Lancet Primary Care endorses CRISP LANCET PRIMARY CARE leads its inaugural issue endorsing the CRISP Checklist for reporting PC research. Phillips WR, Sturgiss EA.CRISP Checklist advances primary care through responsive research reporting. Lancet Prim Care 2025; 1: 100003. doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

🆕In a new Comment, William R Phillips and Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss describe the development of the CRISP Checklist to improve the dissemination and implementation of primary care research globally Read here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @billpmd.bsky.social @lizsturgiss.bsky.social

Study documents Primary Care Yield of training programs to meet the US need for PC physicians: Family Medicine 97%, Pediatrics 54%, Internal Medicine 36%. Pathways to primary care: charting trajectories from medical school graduation through specialty training. Health Affairs lnkd.in/eCNVBgUu

Dr. Jaky Kueper led this important study on AI and the unique needs of primary care as part of her work in the NAPCRG Phillips Futures Fellowship. Why Is Primary Care Different? Considerations for Machine Learning Development with Electronic Medical Record Data | NEJM AI ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

CRISP Improving primary care research reporting Introducing the Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care checklist www.cfp.ca/content/71/1...