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Fostering Progressive Scholarship: Transforming Family Medicine Through Collaborative Learning Networks [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: The study encompassed three family medicine residencies in different regions of the US from both University and community-based settings. Population studied: The study encompassed residents and faculty members.

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Pacific communities co-designing and leading interventions to prevent gout and rheumatic fever in New Zealand [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: After a Samoan patient from New Zealand (NZ) attended a PACE workshop at NAPCRG in 2016 with her general practitioner, she was inspired to set up a Pacific community group to work towards better health outcomes for Pacific people living in South Auckland, NZ.

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Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

Physician's Weekly

Most individuals retained functional independence for up to 6 months following a community-based CGA. Follow-up assessments were completed by an independent assessor via telephone in 30 and 180 days. The results showed that 303 individuals were recruited with a mean age of 83.2 Functional decline occurred 26.4% at 30 days and 33.7%

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Winning the Battle Against Obesity – Digital Health Visions

The Medical Futurist

Following protocol, Dr. Barlow, her general practitioner takes action. The app also offers a community feature, where Kate can join groups with similar goals. The GP also shows Kate a list of online communities and forums where she can connect with other patients on similar weight loss journeys.

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Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: Community-based primary health care. Population Studied: Family physicians, general practitioners, and patients. Phase-1: We conducted a hybrid deductive-inductive thematic analysis, identified the types of outcomes, and displayed the relationships between these types on a concept map.

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Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

By Jill Benson, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, jill.benson@adelaide.edu.au Some will be at the forefront, others will be doing telehealth, or may find themselves back in a hospital situation rather than in the community.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They didn’t feel connected to the people in their broader community.

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