How do we explain to the kids why mommy or daddy can't make it to school events? How should I handle people who think we "have it made" because I'm married to a doctor? Families of physicians face challenges unique to those who share their lives with a doctor. There has never before been a resource specifically designed to help meet those challenges and answer the questions that people who don't s
hare a roof with a doctor don’t fully comprehend. At last…..there’s a magazine for US. Physician Family will be the “go-to” guide for medical families of all ages and provide the kind of support that those of us who’ve chosen to spend our lives with a doctor need. We intend to do that with compassion, humor, practical advice, and a deep understanding of the sacrifices physicians’ families make in order to help the doctors in our lives be the best they can be
Physician Family will be published online three times a year. Our website (www.physicianfamilymedia.org), blog, and active social media presence will help to keep us connected. Please “Like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Each issue of Physician Family will feature a wide assortment of articles focused on the issues and challenges faced by medical families, with special emphasis on the four stages of medical life – medical school, residency and fellowship, active practice, and retirement. At least one article of special interest to each of those four groups will be featured in every issue. Other articles will focus on relationships, health and wellness, work/life balance, financial and legal issues, making a difference, giving back, food, travel, how to enjoy life as a medical family, and much more, all written from the perspective of the medical family. An external publication of the AMA Alliance, Physician Family was created to help the nationwide volunteer organization fulfill its mission to support the families of physicians in all specialties and stages of life. Our potential readership is the family of every M.D. and D.O. and with 850,000 physicians in the United States alone, that’s a lot of medical families! The online publishing platform which will be utilized to distribute Physician Family has the ability to include links, audio, and video, providing a multi-media experience for physician families of every generation. You’ll be able to read and enjoy Physician Family on your desktop, laptop, tablet or phone, anywhere, anytime. Sharing life with a physician is a never-ending journey, marked by change and growth, joys and tears, challenges and victories. For the most part, we can handle it all. But sometimes we need a little extra love and support, and if that need arises when the doctor is on call or in surgery or during office hours or at the hospital, we need to know that there’s someone out there who “gets it.”
So here we are. We “get it.”
Physician Family is here. And we’ll be honored if you’ll let us be part of your journey.
