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Effect of brief dermoscopy training on primary care providers' diagnostic accuracy on a test and in practice [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Brief dermoscopy training has been shown to improve diagnostic accuracy on image recognition tests, but few, if any, studies have examined its effect on clinician behavior and clinical outcome measures. Setting: Divisions of Family Medicine and Community Internal Medicine at a large academic medical center in Southeast Minnesota.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

The 2024 Fall Forum is designed to bring together family physicians, general practitioners, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants from across the state. The event focuses on the latest clinical practices, innovations in healthcare, and topics trending in the field of family medicine.

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Project ECHO Rheumatology - Rationale and Results from a Multi-Method Study to Capture Impact [Musculoskeletal and rheumatology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Qualitative and quantitative data pertaining to provider self-efficacy, satisfaction, knowledge, and practice change have been rigorously collected since its inception. Clinicians from rural and Northern Ontario particularly benefited as access to specialists in their areas was sparse to none.

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A Novel Definition of Urinary Tract Infection across a National Primary Care Network [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To develop and validate a novel electronic medical records (EMR)-based UTI case definition that can be applied to elucidate and understand UTI treatment and practice patterns in primary care. Context Misdiagnosis and over-diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) are a leading cause of inappropriate antimicrobial use.

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Medical Manpower Indicators: Are policymakers using poor surrogate indicators of access to Family Doctor services ? [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

The Ministry also reported that Montreal had 1,922 family doctors (FTE in place) practicing within its boundaries. The same year the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI) reported that the region of Montreal had 2,454 family physicians. It is therefore surprising that we see such great variations in their measurement.

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Card studies using EHR alerts linked to REDCap questionnaires: a practical session on how to build the tools [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Card studies have been influential in changing clinical practice, such as the reduction of antibiotics in patients with upper respiratory infections. Conclusions EHR-based cards are feasible at most academic healthcare systems but may be harder to use at smaller, community-based clinics with less support of the EHR.

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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Ruiz, MD, Chair, ABIM Geriatric Medicine Board The Geriatric Medicine Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 28, 2025. 4,372 of these (92%) also have a current valid certificate in Internal Medicine.