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Assessment of Project ECHO(R) Opioid Use Disorder Sessions for Primary Care Teams [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

A critical shortage of clinicians who specialize in treating patients with OUD exacerbates this issue. Intervention: 12 monthly online OUD sessions held from April 2023 to March 2024. Context: In the US, opioid use disorder (OUD) presents significant and urgent public health concerns.

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How to Get Rid of Old/Unused Medicines

Noreta Family Medicine

The DEA has a nice website where you can search for year-round controlled medicine drop off sites: [link] The DEA also has two “take back” days per year, with the next one set for Saturday, April 27, 2024. Accessed via [link] 3) To get rid of used needles – These require special attention! Read My Latest News!

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa Offers Next Level Care

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. Providers at New South Family Medicine and MedSpa can address the patient's deeper needs, rather than trying to rush through a hectic day full of too-brief appointments.

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Primary Care Addiction Consultation Service: Colorados Implementation Support for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset Twenty-two Colorado primary care practices of varying organizational structure participated from 2022 through 2024. Intervention/Instrument Practices received education, practice facilitation and peer-to-peer consultation support from an addiction medicine physician. Population Studied Primary care practice teams.

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Adolescent Medicine: Helping Your Teens Thrive

Family Physicians of Greeley

Adolescent medicine is a sub-specialty of family medicine and pediatrics, that focuses on the health issues of youths from ages 9 through 23. This is one small part of why having a physician that is specially trained in navigating this age range is important.

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: And Sammy Winemaker, who’s a palliative care physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Alex: Matt?

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. And so perhaps maybe if one of our family members had, for example, negative religious coping where the chaplain’s expertise was especially needed.

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