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Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Being a recently arrived immigrant (p=0.036), having less than a high school education (p=0.002) and being registered at a large clinic (p<0.001) were associated with experiencing booking difficulties. Results: "Easy access and continuity" (42%) was characterized by ease in almost all access and continuity components.

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Implementation of a novel linkage of primary care electronic medical record data with hospital data in South Eastern Ontario [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population and Intervention: Patients attending an academic family health team who were at risk of COPD-related ED visits were identified and targeted for a QI intervention in which patients saw a COPD Specialist for pulmonary function testing, action plan development, medication review, and education. Risk factors (i.e.,

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Book Review: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? by Dr. Robert C. Smith

Common Sense Family Doctor

The second part of the book traces the history of the "mind-body split" in medicine, starting with Hippocrates, through the Flexner Report (1910) to the present day. In contrast, he presents the infrequently taught patient-centered interview as a paradigm shift (a la Thomas Kuhn) with the potential to revolutionize medicine.

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2025 Physician Wellness Retreats | Physician “Burnout” Retreats

Pamela Wible MD

Whether you’re launching your dream clinic, writing your first book, or exploring shamanic healing or magic mushrooms, these retreats are handcrafted to help you heal, grow, and thrive. Starting a private practice with your self-published book is easier than you think. Sponsorships & discounts available—contact us to inquire.

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

GeriPal

all of whom focus their efforts on educating the general public about living and dying with a serious illness. She covers topics on death, dying, and hospice from a hospice nurse perspective, and she also has a book coming out called “ Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully ,” which is now available for pre-order.

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Influential women in the history of medicine

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

Blackwell played an important role in both the United States and the United Kingdom as a social awareness and moral reformer, and promoted education for women in medicine through her inspirational book Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women.

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Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

GeriPal

How does integrative medicine fit in with this? Jill Schneiderhan, a family medicine and integrative medicine doc, helps us think through this. For more, Laura suggests a book titled, How to Talk to a Science Denier. Alex 18:40 And two of you are med peds and Jill’s family medicine.