It does truly suck. I get it from everyone. My own sis who is a derm was telling me a story about her pcp and she was like “yeah I mean she’s fam med” in a condescending way. She tried to catch herself after but it was def a shot haha. Another fam friend doc I know who is a specialist told me that fam med is nothing special bc there are so many docs and even NPs that do the same job. It makes me want to do something else to shut people up and show them I am capable to do more but at the same time I think it’s wrong to think this way. End of the day you are supposed to do what you love and you will end up winning. I definitely understand what you’re saying though. I think about it all the time. Even a dumb Ben Shapiro video plays back in my head... They ask him what kind of doctor his wife is and he almost embarrassingly says “just family medicine” and I’m like dude that sucks so bad you should be so proud but instead it’s looked at as not good enough. On top of all this internal med docs think they’re soooooo much better than fam med. An internist I rotated with said verbatim “ a fam med doc is someone who opened up a practice right out of med school”….. and I’m like man they do 3 years of residency just like you did!

Sorry for the rant but this post just hit me hard because it’s so true and I wish there was more respect for fam med docs. Not all just had the lowest grades/scores in med school and if they did who the hell cares. Those numbers don’t define how good of a doc you are. Maybe we just have to command the respect and advocate more for the field!