A family practice is a doctor’s office that specializes in family medicine. A family practice ensures that the whole family will be taken care of. This means all ages and both sexes are seen at the office. All organ systems and diseases are studied by doctors who work at a family practice. This ensures that they can handle just about everything that comes their way without referring the family to a specialist. In some cases though a family practice may have a patient seek a specialist for proper care.
A family practice doctor can have either an MD or a DO degree. There are three years of residency in addition to the medical degree. In family medicine a doctor also has to pass a board certification.