The AAFP should seek to work collaboratively with other specialty societies, when appropriate, concerning issues of procedural and skills training, privileging and credentialing, and joint political action. They should, at a minimum, teach all residents those procedures done by a substantial number of practicing family physicians or taught in a substantial number of family practice residencies. Whenever possible, family physician faculty should teach these procedures. As the scope of family medicine changes, family practice residencies should strive to teach new or emerging procedures or techniques that are within the scope of family practice.
Maternity care remains an essential part of family practice residency training.
Each family practice residency must have faculty, board certified in family practice, who actively teach, have clinical privileges and practice maternity care.