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Primary Care Physicians Responses to Treatment Burden in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Video Analysis in China [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 29 videos of GP-patient consultations in an academic general practice clinic in China. Thematic analysis and a framework matrix approach were used to identify patterns in GPs’ responses to the identified issues. in which the patient initiated the discussion but the GP did not respond.

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Study: GPs more likely to undercharge than overcharge Australian Medicare

Medical Xpress

Researchers calculating the cost/savings to Medicare from General Practitioner (GP) billing practices, according to the length of the consultation itself, have found that GPs frequently undercharge Medicare for patient consultations.

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Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Every year, thousands of medical school graduates go unmatched. If you’re a 4th year medical student who is unmatched at this point, my advice is the following: Focus on securing a one year preliminary or transitional year position! What if I fail to match into any position?

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

Increased health anxiety has been a feature of the pandemic, with fears around leaving the home, social distancing, hand hygiene, and shortages of goods and medications due to panic buying commonplace. Despite the spike in prescribing of insulins, oral antidiabetic medications were not similarly affected.