In this episode, AAFP Government Relations Vice President David Tully talks with Yalda Jabbarpour, M.D., director of the Academy’s Robert Graham Center, about its recently published primary care scorecard and what it tells us about the workforce issues the AAFP advocates to improve. Next: a conversation with AAFP members and veteran family medicine advocates Dominic Casablanca, M.D., and Renee Crichlow, M.D., about how Academy members can begin their own advocacy journeys — starting with this month’s congressional recess.

Topics by Timestamp

• 00:00 Welcome to Fighting for Family Medicine for a conversation about the primary care workforce, the AAFP’s workforce advocacy and how you can add your voice to it.
• 1:10 Welcome Dr. Jabbarpour
• 1:40 How important is community-based training?
• 2:44 What is the state of play in graduate medical education?
• 3:55 What should lawmakers understand about the Teaching Health Center GME program?
• 8:30 The Robert Graham Center this year marks its 25th anniversary. How has its workforce research evolved and where is it going from here?
• 12:44 Feedback from family physicians since this year’s scorecard came out
• 15:47 August recess advocacy introduction
• 17:00 How do you make the most of your in-person advocacy?
• 18:50 What does a family physician need to know about getting time with their lawmakers?
• 21:00 The power of storytelling
• 23:38 How can we build and diversify the family medicine workforce?
• 28:40 What do you need to know about the Family Medicine Advocacy Summit?
• 31:00 The importance of getting involved
• 34:44 Conclusion

Resources  

• AAFP Speak Out Campaigns 
• The Robert Graham Center 
• The Health of U.S. Primary Care: 2024 Scorecard Report 
• AAFP GME and THCGME advocacy 
• In the Trenches: Make August Count for Family Medicine Advocacy Where You Are. Here’s How 
• AAFP Family Medicine Advocacy Summit 2024: Hundreds of AAFP Members Meet With Lawmakers in D.C. 
• FMAS 2024 

Robert Graham Center research: 

• Projecting U.S. Primary Care Physician Workforce Needs: 2010-2025 
• Estimating the Residency Expansion Required to Avoid Projected Primary Care Physician Shortages by 2035 
• The Gender Wage Gap Among Early-Career Family Physicians 

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