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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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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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Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

The Alabama Academy of Family Physicians invites medical professionals in the state to register now for the 2024 Fall Forum scheduled for the weekend of Saturday, December 14, and Sunday, December 15. The event focuses on the latest clinical practices, innovations in healthcare, and topics trending in the field of family medicine.

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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

Medical Manpower Indicators: Are policymakers using poor surrogate indicators of access to Family Doctor services ? The Ministry also reported that Montreal had 1,922 family doctors (FTE in place) practicing within its boundaries. It is therefore surprising that we see such great variations in their measurement.

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Heart Failure Pharmacology with Dr. Regan Wade

Louisville Lectures

After, Dr. Wade evaluates literature related to new therapies and indications for medications in patients with heart failure. Dr. Wade’s clinical practice interests are in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Anticoagulation, Transitions of Care, and Teaching and Precepting. Read more here.

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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. Results We used a standard Epic Best Practice Advisory (BPA) configured to pop-up only for select PCPs during specific weeks.

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Working Out – Dan Minter

The Clinical Problem Solvers

This is a peer-nominated group of academic clinicians renowned for their medical knowledge, teaching & communication skills, professionalism, and high-quality patient care. Yet, it is worth noting that the master clinicians in this series had an average of 27 years in clinical practice (range, 13-50 years) at the time of these interviews.