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Comprehensive and Focus Practice changes in the Family Physician Workforce in Ontario:1993-2022 [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Comprehensive primary care is the foundation of an effective healthcare system but has been on the decline as more family physicians pursue careers in focused practice. From 1993 to 2022, the proportion of comprehensive primary care physicians decreased from 71.1% in 2009/2010 and ending at 20.4%

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. Ryan: I started in 2011. Eric: How does it feel like for you, Ryan, since 2011, you’ve had different roles? How do we train primary care doctors to do geriatrics?

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

So even before I became a physician, pain was something that really sort of shaped me as a human being, as a person and then as a physician. So Eric Cassell, for folks who don’t know, was a primary care physician. And I was an internal medicine resident. Eric: And you actually interviewed Eric, right?