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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To implement and evaluate a novel multidisciplinary trajectory aimed at improving the treatment of obesity thus preventing multiple health-related complications. They complete a commitment form and questionnaire before meeting with a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse, nutritionist, and doctor.

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Addressing the Diabetes Care Burnout Crisis

Physician's Weekly

The daily grind of monitoring blood glucose levels, adjusting medications, and managing complications can be exhausting. For individuals with diabetes, every day requires vigilance. Healthcare professionals face a daunting workload when it comes to diabetes.

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What Are the Most Common Preventive Services? A Complete Guide

Mesa Family Physician

For residents of Mesa and the surrounding East Valley communities, staying current with recommended preventive care can lead to better health outcomes and reduced healthcare costs. Our board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners develop individualized prevention plans that address your specific health needs and concerns.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

– Improving diabetes management in hospice – Continuous Glucose Monitoring complicating end of life care Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. And I can only imagine that’s even more complicated in the cancer patient population, where we’re asking them to do so many other things as well.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

It used to be a much more complicated model. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. And then, you chose for the intervention to include a nurse and a social worker. As a nurse, how challenging would it be to do eight hours of training and jump into this complicated world?

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

Yeah, that’s a more complicated story. But yeah, it’s complicated. For residents and nurse practitioners, primary outcome was the quality of communication. You’d have to tailor it to each individual emergency department because you couldn’t. And it was like 29eds. Is that right? Yeah, yeah.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. So it started off for individuals with a terminal illness. And making most I can do, I can use my mouth even though I only have six fingers here. And like 99.8%

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