Tradition

There have been plenty of signs in the past few weeks that the summer of 2019 is winding down. School sports physicals, preseason football and the fall issue of the Osteopathic Family Physician in your mailbox. As a lifelong Buffalo Bills fan, the second item gives me a bit of heartburn, but tradition would have me recognize the good entertainment provided and perhaps cloud over some of the more sad performances of the past. On the opposite end of poor performances, this issue of OFP may evoke some feelings of excitement in Family Medicine. The authors have submitted some excellent Osteopathic-based articles covering common diagnoses in Primary Care. Incorporating the tradition of the Osteopathic tenets along with some novel ideas, the authors have helped create a very unique issue containing relevant topics I hope you can use in practice before summer ends officially.

Speaking of combining tradition with forward-thinking ideas, congratulations go out to Jeffrey S. Grove, DO, FACOFP dist., chosen by Crain’s Chicago Business as a notable LGBTQ Executive. Dr. Grove has been a champion for diverse populations in Osteopathic Family Medicine and for the LGBTQI+ community. The OFP article last year related to increasing the awareness of Osteopathic medical students of LGBTQ patient issues through a standardized patient program is hopefully one of many articles that will be here in the journal. I would like to add a call for papers related to this and other diversity issues to create a new tradition within our profession as the world changes around us.

With apologies to Tevye: “Who has the right to have the final word here? The editor, the editor! Tradition.” Enjoy the start of autumn and this issue of Osteopathic Family Physician!