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Developing an intervention to assist older patients communication with their GP practice after discharge from hospital [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective The GP-MATE study has built a new intervention for family medicine and patients/carers through co-design. Interviews with ~24 staff in family medicine who offered the GP-MATE consultations. Intervention/Instrument GP-MATE patient-held instrument with accompanying staff toolkit.

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Role of General Practitioners in Acute Case Handling

Physician's Weekly

Analysis of 500+ urgent GP visits in Germany shows most cases were handled in-office, often driven by fear, distress, or a need for reassurance. Students also recorded patients’ concerns and expectations, which were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The results showed that 523 cases were collected from 53 GP practices.

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Clarification

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

Search This Blog Home About Me Sarah Fitzgibbon 47 year old GP, mother of three gorgeous children, wife of superhero husband, wrestler of metastatic bowel cancer. How To Be Good How To Be Good It's a long time since I read Nick Hornby's book and I don't remember much of the detail, but it is not surprising that I was d.

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