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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Phillips, Jr.

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Well-being Investment: Your Physical Health

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

A couple of years ago, I partnered with six family medicine residency programs for my CHARM Well-Being Leaders Longitudinal Certificate Course project. So, this blog series will explore how investing in physical health —a critical component of overall well-being— can make an impact. Learn more here.

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Finding Joy in the Journey of this Medical Career

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

My favorite self-administered workshop for intentionally discovering your purpose is covered in a previous blog. I wrote more about a coaching approach for faculty in a previous blog. Cultivating more of the clinical encounters you find particularly rewarding. What was it that you did to contribute to that interaction.

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

Common Sense Family Doctor

A study of an insurance claims database found that family physicians are more likely to perform colonoscopies in older, male patients residing in more rural areas of the Midwest, South, and Western United States. From 2016 to 2021, the percentage of screening colonoscopies performed by family physicians decreased from 11.3%

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. Tirzepatide (15 mg) showed slightly more noticeable effects than Semaglutide (2.4

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. I ended up opening Noreta Family Medicine in 2020, a Direct Primary Care (DPC). minutes long.

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Well-being Investment: Nutrition

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

There are plenty of physicians I know who under-fuel - maybe I’ll offer a follow up blog down the road on that topic. Emergency Backup : Keep things on hand (backpack, hospital locker, office/station at clinic) so when your best laid plans get waylaid you can still support your choices easily. Closely related is #20.