Remove Blog Remove Board-Certified Remove Primary Care Physician Remove Screening
article thumbnail

Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

article thumbnail

What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

The term GP was used more frequently in the past and according to this study , historically signifies a physician who completed some residency training after medical school, but did not fully complete the residency training. There are no laws about how physicians label themselves in their practice though.