Physician Specialties
Family and General Practice
Family Practice is comprehensive medical care with particular emphasis on the family unit, in which the physician's continuing responsibility for health care is not limited by the patient's age or sex, nor by a particular organ system or disease process. After medical school, a general practitioner completes a two- to four-year residency program, which includes training in both pediatrics and gynecology. Family physicians treat patients of all ages and performs minor surgical procedures. A primary objective is to help patients stay healthy by stressing health education, maintenance and the prevention of illness.