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A Mixed Studies Literature Review on Mental Health Perceived Needs of Family Physicians in Infectious Catastrophes [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

exert significant pressure on physicians as they are the frontlines of response. Family physicians' pivotal role in prevention and crisis management exposes them to mental stressors due to the highly demanding circumstances. This can potentially compromise their ability to provide optimal patient care. pandemic, etc.)

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Practice Characteristics and CGM Method Selection

Physician's Weekly

They enrolled Colorado primary care practices interested in CGM and allowed them to either adopt the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Transformation in Practice Series (TIPS): CGM implementation modules or refer individuals to a virtual CGM initiation and education service led by a primary care multidisciplinary team.

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. minutes long.

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Foreskin care: Hygiene, importance of counselling, and management of common complications

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To highlight the escalating need for enhanced education on foreskin care among patients and health care providers, particularly as neonatal circumcision rates decline. Articles were reviewed for relevance and quality of evidence was provided with the level of evidence in parentheses throughout the review.

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

Common Sense Family Doctor

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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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. The following graph shows the striking difference in premature mortality between countries with weak or strong primary care: 2. Here are the key results.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

And man, I still remember those sessions, some of the most powerful learning experiences of my career as a palliative care doctor. There was a Stanford article talking about you as a pioneer in this field. ” And I wonder, how did you fall in love with palliative care? Susan: Thank you. Susan: Great.

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