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As 2025 comes to an end, Family Medicine editors Drs Valerie Gilchrist and Sarina Schrager reflect on the burden of loneliness and isolation borne by leaders in academic medicine. According to a recent CERA study by Dr Elisabeth Wilson and colleagues, the phenomenon is common among leaders, with more than one-third of family medicine department chair survey respondents scoring within the loneliness range on the UCLA-3 Loneliness Scale. The editors call on the community to embrace the challenge to better understand loneliness in academic medicine through more rigorous research with the aim of building a more grounded culture of connectedness.
November-December 2025 Vol. 57 No. 10
EDITORIAL
Loneliness and Leadership
Valerie Gilchrist, MD | Sarina Schrager, MD, MS
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
The Loneliness of the Family Medicine Chair: A CERA Study
Elisabeth Wilson, MD, MPH, MS-HPEd | Jehni Robinson, MD | Kimberly Schiel, MD | Kelly M. Everard, PhD | Mia St. Angelo, MPH | Cathleen Morrow, MD
Digital Learning Tools in Postgraduate Family Medicine Training: A Scoping Review
Lina Shoppoff, MD | Doug Archibald, PhD | Lindsay Bradley, MD | Kunal Dalsania, BHSc | Tracy Deyell, PhD | Ramtin Hakimjavadi, MD | Emily Hum, BHSc | Kheïra Jolin-Dahel, MD, MSc | Sathya Karunananthan, PhD | Arya Ragozar, PhD | Parisa Rezaiefar, MD | Claire Sethuram, MD | Hui Yan, BSc, MSc | Clare Liddy, MD, MSc
Residency Characteristics Associated With Pregnancy Care Among Graduates: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Study
Stephanie E. Rosener, MD, IBCLC | Lars E. Peterson, MD | Sarah Fleischer, MS | Wendy B. Barr, MD, MPH, MSCE
Using Artificial Intelligence in Clerkship Learner Assessment: A CERA Study
Anthony B. Dambro, MD | Alyssa Anderson, MD | Karl T. Clebak, MD, MHA | Michael Partin, MD | Juandalyn Burke, PhD, MPH | Misbah Keen, MD, MPH
Serious Illness Communication Training in Family Medicine Residencies: A National Study of Program Director Perspectives
Emma Ernst, MD, MPH | Kayla Sheehan, MD, MS | Dongru Chen, MS | Ananda Sen, PhD | Phillip E. Rodgers, MD | Diane M. Harper, MD, MPH
Evaluating the Effectiveness of ChatGPT Versus Human Proctors in Grading Medical Students’ Post-OSCE Notes
Kirstyn Thomas, MD | Laura Szalacha, EdD | Karim Hanna, MD | James Anibal | John Petrilli, MD
BRIEF REPORTS
The Link Between Childhood Experiences and Coping Mechanisms in Medical Students
Gabrielle Plata, MS | Neeti Swami | Angelica Nibo | Haley Lewsey | Aya Bou Fakhreddine, MS | David Trotter, PhD | Elisabeth Conser, MD
Trainee Experience With Racial Affinity Caucusing
Patricia Egwuatu, DO | Jessica Guh, MD | Molly Ormsby, MA | Amanda Weidner, MPH | Tiffany Hou | Grace Shih, MD, MAS
NARRATIVE ESSAYS
Answering the Call: A Doctor’s Duty at 30,000 Feet
Kenny C. Decaro, MD, MPH
Doctor, Reconstructed
Jennifer Cavin, MD
Who Is the White Coat For?
Micaela Roy, BA
The Gift of Generalism
Johanna M. Lynch, PhD, MBBS
Hypernatremia
Jon O. Neher, MD
A Shared Humanity
Jeanne Spencer, MD
BOOK AND MEDIA REVIEWS
The Intellectual Basis of Family Practice
Frederick Chen, MD, MPH
The Neuropsychology of Dementia: A Clinician’s Manual
Esther Strahan, PhD
Fasting Cancer: How Fasting and Nutritechnology Are Creating a Revolution in Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH
On Addiction: Insights From History, Ethnography, and Critical Theory
Mark K. Huntington, MD, PhD
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Authors’ Response to “Integrating Accelerated Medical School Programs With Extended Family Medicine Residency Programs: Innovations in Length of Training”
Patricia A. Carney, PhD | Lars E. Peterson, MD, PhD | Alan B. Douglass, MD | Stephanie E. Rosener, MD | W. Perry Dickinson, MD | Mark T. Nadeau, MD, MBA | Karen B. Mitchell, MD | Colleen Conry, MD | James C. Martin, MD | M. Patrice Eiff, MD
FAMILY MEDICINE FOCUS
Authorship vs Acknowledgement in Article Writing: Deciding Who, When, Where, and Why
Ryaja Johnson, PsyD, MBA | Kendall M. Campbell, MD
Twelve Tips for Teaching and Practicing Patient-Centered Time Management
Benjamin Kaplan, MD, MPH | Victoria Boggiano, MD, MPH | Tracy A. Rydel, MD | Erika Schillinger, MD
