Courses · The Center for the History of Family Medicine
The Family Behind Family Medicine with Dr. Benjamin Popokh, MD
by The Center for the History of Family Medicine
The Family Behind Family Medicine is an oral history project made possible by a grant from the Center for the History of Family Medicine. Dr. Benjamin Popokh explores explores one of the most essential yet underexamined dimensions of family medicine: the influence of physicians' families on their personal and professional lives. Through six episodes featuring interviews with family members of family physicians from diverse practice settings across the United States, the series examines the reciprocal relationships between physicians and those closest to them. Participants describe the many roles that spouses, children, parents, and other relatives play in supporting clinical practice, shaping physician identity, and navigating the rewards and challenges of a career in family medicine. By documenting experiences from rural communities, suburban practices, and urban health systems, the project highlights how family relationships both sustain and are transformed by the practice of family medicine, offering a perspective that has received comparatively little attention in discussions of the specialty.
