From the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors: MEASURING AND IMPROVING CONTINUITY IN RESIDENCY PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE

Continuity relationships with the patients that we serve are a cornerstone of Family Medicine. Physician-patient continuity has been shown to be valued by patients, decrease overuse of unnecessary tests, decrease overall cost of care, and improve patient outcomes.1 Frustration with a lack of continuity in residency practice along with poorly performing residency office-based practices can lead family medicine residents to choose practice settings after graduation that do not include continuity primary care. This deprives our health system of desperately needed family physicians