Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

A retrospective analysis of characteristics of 15 consecutive years of code stroke cases at a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, found that patients who were ultimately diagnosed with migraine headache with aura (1.1%) were more likely to be younger, female, and have fewer vascular risk factors than patients with ischemic strokes.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Family Physician Clinical Practice Diagnose 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

From these conversations, they identified four general “themes”: (1) consistent learning efforts, (2) rigorous skills development, (3) developing “habits of the mind,” and (4) seeking out clinically rich working environments. These clinicians recount rigorous efforts directed towards improving their knowledge and clinical skills.

Lab Testing 52

Lab Testing Clinic Education Clinical Practice 52

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not. JAMA Pediatr. Hosp Pediatr.

Patients 52

Patients Illness Hospital Management 52

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Eric: Well, before we talk about dysphagia and revisit it, which is also interesting, because this is our first podcast, I think on dysphagia, but we’ve talked about it before on GeriPal, in our blog. You see something on a bedside swallow, or on a FEES, you’re diagnosing what you think it is. Raele: I do. I have one.

IT 125

IT Patient-Centered Hospital Individual 125

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. And you wrote, actually, a beautiful GeriPal blog about it a while ago. What is it called?

Illness 137

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Amber tells the moving story of how these findings led a clinical colleague, her chief, to question and change his behavior. As we’ve written about on GeriPal when we were a blog (a decade ago!) Amber: Well, simulation is pretending, so I think of the way I use simulation is in trying to simulate clinical care.

Patient-Centered 112

Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 112