Use of AI in Family Medicine Publications: A Joint Editorial from Journal Editors

Sarina Schrager1, Dean A Seehusen1, Sumi Sexton1

  • 1Affiliations: Editor in Chief, Family Medicine; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Health Sciences Learning Center750 Highland Avenue Madison, WI (SS); Deputy Editor, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine; Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia,Augusta University, Augusta, GA (DAS); Editor in Chief, American Family Physician and FP Essentials; Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC (SMS); Editor in Chief, Annals of Family Medicine; Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Richmond St, Providence, RI (CRR); Editor in Chief, Evidence-Based Practice; University of Washington/Valley Medical Center FMR, Renton, WA (JN); Scientific Editor, Canadian Family Physician; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario (NP); Editor in Chief, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine; Veterans Health Administration (MAB); Deputy Editor, Family Medicine; Family and Preventive Medicine, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT (JR); Editor in Chief, PRiMER; Departments of Public Health & Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Weiskotten Hall, NY (CPM); Editor in Chief, Family Medicine and Community Health; Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia, VA (LL); Medical Editor, FPM; Pioneer Physicians Network (JDD).

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