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Primary Care Physicians Responses to Treatment Burden in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Video Analysis in China [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the approaches general practitioners (GPs) use to respond to the treatment burden faced by people with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 29 videos of GP-patient consultations in an academic general practice clinic in China.

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Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

Physician's Weekly

Frailty presence significantly predicted adverse outcomes. Investigators concluded that community-based CGA was associated with improved HRQoL and reduced acute care use among OAs, with the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) serving as a useful predictor of adverse outcomes.

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Using media to enhance pediatric patient recruitment in primary care [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Recruitment of study participants by general practitioners (GPs) is a general concern in primary care. Objective: To compare demographic, clinical and psychosocial characteristics of children with FAP and IBS who are recruited by their GP versus via media. Setting: GPs from local GP practices.

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Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia

Physician's Weekly

Antidepressants were frequently prescribed to older nursing home residents with dementia, a neurological disorder, despite limited clinical benefit and substantial risk of side effects. Researchers conducted a retrospective study to examine the impact of a multifaceted intervention targeting nursing home general practitioners (GP) and their collaboration (..)

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Development of a framework for transferring tests evaluated in secondary care to primary care settings: a Delphi study [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To achieve consensus on prioritizing criteria for selecting tests that are used in SC and not yet in PC, but that have clinical potential in PC. Population Studied: General practitioners (GP’s), test developers, specialists in SC, and methodologists from in- and outside the Netherlands.

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A comparison of children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary care and secondary care [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Insight in patient characteristics in both settings might invite to reflect upon referral strategies of general practitioners (GPs) and interpretation of study results from hospital care. Comparison was based on an estimation of potential clinical relevance.

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Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Aspiring Minority Doctor

There is also the option of electronic health record (EHR) training and support work where you would travel to various hospitals/clinics around the country and train individuals on how to use EMR systems. Plus, I am constantly learning new things and staying up to date on clinical guidelines.

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