David Sundwall Comments

I was a resident in Harvard’s Family Medicine Residency Program from 1969 through 1973. Yes, this prestigious medical school had such a program then, part of the “movement” to be more responsive to social concerns in medicine. It was established shortly after the discipline of family medicine became a new medical specialty in 1968, concurrent with the American Academy of General Practice becoming the American Academy of Family Practice. This was a relatively short-lived training program, however, and after six years or so Harvard disbanded it, choosing to focus their postgraduate training in primary care by offering residency programs in Primary Care Internal Medicine and Pediatric. Nonetheless, it was an exciting time, with a band of earnest faculty and residents committed to providing our patients with comprehensive, compassionate, coordinated care across the spectra of illness and age, focusing on preventive services