May 2026 Vol. 58 No. 5
EDITORIAL
The Need for Transformational Leadership in Academic Family Medicine
D. Jason Frasca, DO
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Strong Obstetric Care Training in Family Medicine Residency: Bolstering the Number of Family Physicians Attending Births
Tyler Barreto, MD, MPH | Sarah Fleischer, MS | Wendy Brooks Barr, MD, MPH, MSCE | Lars E. Peterson, MD, PhD
Prevalence of Mental Health Stigma, Help-Seeking Behaviors, and Barriers to Seeking Assistance: A CERA Study of Family Physician Educators
Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews, MD | Affan Ghaffari, PhD | DanTasia Welch, MS | Nicole Bentze, DO | Manasicha Wongpaiboon, MS | Ransome Eke, MD, PhD, MBA | Michael Birdsong, DrPH, MPH | Profilia Nord, MS | Lisa Kurian, BS | Erica Miller, DSW, LCSW | Roxann Mouratidis, MSLIS | Grace Shih, MD | Jeffrey Harman, PhD | Yaacov Petscher, PhD | George Rust, MD, MPH | Eugenia Flores Millender, PhD, RN, PMH-APRN
On Screen or On Site? Hybrid Interviews for Flexibility Without Added Bias
Amanda Weidner, MPH | Justin Glass, MD | Molly Ormsby, MA | Robert Stenger, MD | Grace Shih, MD,MAS
BRIEF REPORTS
Use of Preference Signals in Family Medicine Residency Recruitment
John E. Snellings, MD | Hanwen Miao, BA | Daniel L Meyer, PhD | Miranda A. Moore, PhD
NARRATIVE ESSAYS
Bridging Worlds in Maternal Care: Reflections From a Family Medicine-Obstetrics Rotation in Rural Kenya
Aaron Kevin Mbwabi, MD, MBA
The Red Blocks
Baharak Tabarsi, MD
Inside the Wooden Box
Mélanie Patrie, MD, CCFP
Emergency Snack
Wayne W. Bryant Jr, MD
Beyond the Shortage: What Rural Medicine Still Gets Right
James R. Burmeister, BS | Ida J. Rubino, MD
Dear John Doe
Brandy Truong, MD
When Silence Speaks
Janelle Azar
BOOK AND MEDIA REVIEWS
Childhood Depression
Rachelle Bond, DO
Navigating Communication With Seriously Ill Patients: Balancing Honesty With Empathy and Hope
Mary Talen, PhD | Christopher Q. Stephan, Jr., MD
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Alison N. Huffstetler, MD
Reshaping Health Systems: What Drives Health Care and How You Can Change It
Kenneth W. Lin, MD, MPH
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Authors’ Reply to “From Monolith to Mosaic: Rethinking Mentorship for Asian Faculty”
Fareedat O. Ajibade, MD | Arianne Cordon-Duran, MD, MPH | Christopher L. Smyre, MD, MA | Latasha S. Perkins, MD | Kendall M. Campbell, MD
Supporting International Medical Graduates to Bridge the Primary Care Physician Shortage
Jennifer Rowe Snell, MD, DipABLM | Marian Younge, MD | Stacey Martinez, MD | Sahoko H. Little, MD, PhD
What It Takes to Leave Home: Psychological Safety Influence on Resident Interest in Academic Medicine
Christopher L. Smyre, MD, MA
Reassessing Parente: Considering Emerging AI Pedagogies
Brian Harrell, MA
FPIN Can Advance Team-Based Care
José E. Rodríguez, MD | Santina J.G. Wheat, MD, MPH
FPIN Could Benefit From Increasing APP Engagement
Daniel Hutchison, MSM, PA-C
Response to “Extended Duration of Training, Resident Physician Well-Being, and the Primary Care Physician Shortage: Questions Remaining Following the Length of Training Pilot”
Joseph W. Gravel Jr, MD | Alan B. Douglass, MD | Grant S. Hoekzema, MD | Jay Fetter, MSHA | Wendy B. Barr, MD, MPH, MSCE
FAMILY MEDICINE FOCUS
CLAP for Your Service
Morgan S. White, MD | Jessica Mitchum, DO | Ryaja Johnson, PsyD, MBA | José E. Rodríguez, MD
Research Speed Dating: Research Question Development for Primary Care Physicians
Amie M. Ashcraft, PhD, MPH | Courtney S. Pilkerton, MD, PhD