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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

Thus, understanding their perceived needs is essential to planning any interventions aimed at protecting their mental health. Objectives: To synthesize current knowledge about the perceived needs of family physicians regarding their mental health during infectious catastrophes. ’s (2006) framework.

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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

Objective: To identify different profiles of access to care and continuity experiences of patients registered at team-based primary healthcare clinics. Setting: 104 PHC clinics across Quebec, Canada. Study Design/Analysis: This cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2022 to April 2023.

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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

COVID-19's impact surpasses previous pandemics, disrupting medical education by delaying clinical rotations and necessitating a rapid transition to telemedicine due to isolation and PPE shortages. We aim to highlight educational gaps for future pandemic preparedness.

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Associations of intervention completion in a pragmatic trial on integrated behavioral health (IBH) and patient outcomes [Clinical trial]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Primary care must address the complex needs of patients with multiple chronic conditions, given 40% of patients seen in primary care have behavioral health needs. Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is associated with improved access and engagement in mental health services and mental and physical health patient outcomes.

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Increasing Primary Care Research Workforce and Output through T32 Primary Care Fellowship Training [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

CONTEXT Primary care (PC) is well-positioned to address rapidly evolving public health priorities and research meaningful to patients and other stakeholders. The 60+ Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSAs)-supported institutional programs also offer robust training (e.g., Research training is rate-limiting.

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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

Datasets: Primary care EMR data from the Eastern Ontario Network and acute care, post-acute, and community mental health and addictions data from the Shared Health Integrated Information Portal. Results: Robust legal, privacy, and technical processes were developed and applied to securely link and merge datasets.

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Influence of social determinants of health and emotional health factors on female sexual health [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To examine the impact of SDOH and emotional health factors on female sexual health using validated questionnaire scores like the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Female Sexual Distress Score (FSDS) and Female Sexual Distress-Revised Score (FSDS-R).