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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. Conclusions: Brief dermoscopy training can improve primary care providers' skin lesion diagnostic accuracy in clinical practice.

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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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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

And ACE units in general take a typical multidisciplinary hospital unit that has all the different team members, so doctors, nurses, social workers, dieticians, pharmacists, chaplains, patient care technicians, others I’m leaving out. Which patients are eligible to go to an ACE unit? What are the benefits of an ACE unit? Alex: Yeah.

Hospital 100
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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? Meg is a researcher and professor of Gerontological Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing at UCSF. I’m guessing not. Meg: Thank you very much.

IT 102
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Hematology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Dr. McDonald acknowledged that recent executive orders have emphasized more competition in medical and legal education accreditation, but reaffirmed ABIM’s commitment to evidence-based practice and health equity. Outcomes are pending but the sponsors will report on the program as fellows begin to graduate, and track practice data as well.

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Intentionally Interprofessional Care: DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace

GeriPal

Alex 01:11 We’re delighted to welcome Michelle Milic, who is a pulmonary in critical care and palliative care doc and associate professor of clinical medicine at Georgetown. Show me your scars.” Scars, really? I’ve been there. You probably have too. On the one hand, I don’t think interprofessional teamwork needs to be scarring.

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CDC Proposes Updating Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, Warning Against Continued Misapplication

FDA Law Blog

Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, 87 Fed. et al, CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids-United States, 2022, CDC. CDC Clinical Practice Guideline, 10. On February 10th, the agency published a comprehensive proposal to update the guideline. 7,838 (Feb.