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Declines in Self-reported Panel Size among Family Physicians & Explanatory Factors, 2013-2022 [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Little is known about trends in primary care panel size in the United States, despite it being crucial to the relationships fundamental to primary care’s salutary effects and its importance to workforce planning amidst a national and worsening primary care shortage.

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To Be a Professional: How Family Physicians Interpret and Encounter Professionalism [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: This qualitative research explored how family physicians understand what professionalism means, how it is enacted in their day-to-day practice, and to identify challenges to professionalism. Instrument: Interviews were semi-structured and conducted in Summer 2023.

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Advancing Family Medicine Research: A Guidance Report for the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. Engaging researchers and leveraging evidence are essential for addressing the challenges faced by FM and family physicians.

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Poverty screening implementation in a Canadian primary care clinic: acceptability and feasibility for patients and providers [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context While poverty is a risk factor for many chronic conditions, when it is recognized by care providers social screening can be used to positively impact patients’ health. Joseph’s Primary Care Clinic in Saint John, NB, Canada in 2023. Setting The study was set at St.

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Why did efforts to expand Canadian family medicine residency training to three years fail? An education policy analysis [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physicians in Canada have one of the broadest scopes of practice and shortest postgraduate residency training periods among high income nations. In 2018, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) reviewed Canadian family medicine training and determined it must evolve to meet contemporary societal needs.

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MAFP Launches Interpreter Access Task Force

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 6, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Health Equity Committee has identified a need for an Interpreter Access Task Force to help identify gaps and barriers to interpreter access across the state. Resolution 2023-04 : Coverage for live, in-person interpreter services under Minnesota Medical Assistance.

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Lung cancer screening in primary care: more pragmatic research needed

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

The US Preventive Services Task Force , the American Academy of Family Physicians , and the American College of Chest Physicians recommend annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for adults 50 to 80 years of age who have at least a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have smoked within the past 15 years.

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Does transitional care management improve outcomes after discharge from the hospital?

Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

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Examining the role of physician areas of practice on the gender pay gap in family medicine in Ontario [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Previous research has shown a pay gap between male and female family physicians (FPs) in Ontario. Physician payment models can explain part of the gap, but a lot remains unknown about what factors contribute to the gap and how to reduce it. Another factor that impacts FPs total payments is the area of practice.

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November is Diabetes Awareness Month

Family Physicians of Greeley

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This means that insulin is necessary to sustain life since glucose is the body’s primary form of energy. Get a regular annual physical with your PCP (Primary Care Physician), get moderate physical activity at least 4-5 days per week (30 minutes), eat a healthy diet, and know your risk factors. What can you do?

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MAFP Supports Two Student Programs This Summer!

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 22, 2023

6-week Medical Student Externship - Medical Student Externship Report – Molly Mann, MS2 2023 July – August "My externship experience consisted of shadowing Dr. Der Simonian at the Falmouth Family Medicine office and at the Maine Medical Center Mother Baby Unit. and hear about their programs.

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Pathways to primary care for underserved communities

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

Most family physicians have at some point heard the old saw "jack of all trades, master of none," which I have come to view as less insulting than is usually intended. The authors term "primary care yield" as the percentage of physicians who start training in primary care and complete it in primary care.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." Before becoming a core faculty member at the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program , I spent more than 15 years teaching in Georgetown's family medicine department. growth in the U.S.

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Declines in Self-reported Panel Size among Family Physicians & Explanatory Factors, 2013-2022 [Economic or policy analysis]

To Be a Professional: How Family Physicians Interpret and Encounter Professionalism [Qualitative research]

Trending Sources

Advancing Family Medicine Research: A Guidance Report for the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) [Education and training]

Poverty screening implementation in a Canadian primary care clinic: acceptability and feasibility for patients and providers [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Why did efforts to expand Canadian family medicine residency training to three years fail? An education policy analysis [Education and training]

MAFP Launches Interpreter Access Task Force

Lung cancer screening in primary care: more pragmatic research needed

Does transitional care management improve outcomes after discharge from the hospital?

Examining the role of physician areas of practice on the gender pay gap in family medicine in Ontario [Economic or policy analysis]

November is Diabetes Awareness Month

MAFP Supports Two Student Programs This Summer!

Pathways to primary care for underserved communities

For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

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