Family Medicine Initiative

MAY 7, 2025

While I strive to write evidence-based but easy-to-understand articles, I believe the NNT is a research concept every GP should know. However, a 2020 analysis of 875 clinical trials showed that only 9% reported an NNT. As you might have noticed, I often use the Number Needed to Treat (NNT) to communicate research results.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

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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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JULY 4, 2024

I had been showered with gifts and cakes from work colleagues, as I prepared to do a little job-crafting and switch back to more GP-ing and less laptopping. Must have had a rough clinic, I supposed; a family of 4 had gone in before me, and that is never good. Life was good and I was in control. Well, clever clogses, you guessed it.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

Also, when you do re-apply for a residency position, you will be considered a graduating medical student senior which is useful for those residency programs that automatically screen out graduates. Plus, I am constantly learning new things and staying up to date on clinical guidelines.

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Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Other family doctors only see patients in their clinics. Is a General Physician (GP) the same as a Family Physician (FP)? A general physician (GP) is not the same as a family physician (FP). A physician also may consider themselves a GP if they began practicing before Family Medicine became a specialty (in 1969).

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