FMER is proud to highlight a new thought-provoking commentary by Dr. Anish K. Arora, published in Canadian Family Physician (June 2025). In this piece, Dr. Arora and co-author Dr. Ruth Vander Stelt tackle the root causes of Canada’s family medicine crisis and call for a bold reimagining of the profession’s identity 

In their piece, the authors argue that all solutions that seek to address the ongoing family medicine crisis only serve to address symptoms, not the root cause. They express that the underlying issue that threatens the existence and functioning of family medicine is a systematic discreditation of an identity rooted in medical generalism.

To address this, they propose adopting a newer lens: transdisciplinary generalism. This model positions family physicians not just as medical generalists but as experts in integrating diverse forms of knowledge to provide holistic care across disciplines, communities, and health systems. This slight change in language can have major implications for how society, other medical professionals, and even family physicians see their role and responsibilities, especially in community-based and team settings.

This is an essential reading for anyone invested in the future of family medicine care and education.

Read the full article here:
Toward an Identity and Team-Based Practice Rooted in Transdisciplinarity – Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 71, e108–e113 (June 2025)