Answers and Notes for Family Medicine MCQs

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Family Medicine is a subject (specialty) that a doctor should be well-grounded in. A physician need not be a family physician to incorporate into their practice the principles of this wide specialty. The best time to grasp its importance and applicability is in medical school. Family medicine is an essential part irrespective of the part of the world where a doctor practices or a prospective physician will practice. Sometimes a doctor "moves" to where conditions with Family medicine slant are prevalent; at other times patients with Family medicine conditions "move" to where a physician who is a specialist in a specific specialty in medicine is – and what happens to turnaround times if such patients are not attended to just because the specialist is not equipped to handle conditions "outside" their precise specialties? Being familiar with (even if not adept in) these specialties/subjects is essential and gives the medical student and practicing physician confidence during their clinical postings and in their practice, respectively – this applies anywhere in the world.