چکیده (انگلیسی):

Clinical excellence is the ultimate goal in patient care. Exactly what the clinically excellent primary care physician
(PCP) looks like and her characteristics have not been explicitly described. This manuscript serves to illustrate
clinical excellence in primary care, using primarily casereports exemplifying physicians delivering holistic and
patient-centredcaretotheirpatients.Withaneverincreasing demand for accessible and accountable health
care, an understanding of the qualities desirable inprimary care providers is now especially relevant.
A literature review was conducted to identify compelling stories showing how excellent PCPs care for their
patients. In the 2397 published works reviewed, we were able to find case reports and studies that exemplified
every domain of the description of clinical excellence proposed and published by the Miller Coulson Academy
of Clinical Excellence (MCACE). After reviewing these reports, the authors felt that the domains of excellence, as
described by the MCACE, are practically applicable and relevant for primary care physicians. It is our hope that
this paper prompts readers to reflect on clinical excellence in primary care.