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shared decision-making with users with complex care needs: a scoping review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context A number of patients have complex care needs that arise from interactions among multiple factors, such as multimorbidity, mental health issues, and social vulnerability. Shared decision-making (SDM), a collaborative process between patients and professionals, is known to improve the quality of the decision-making process.

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Discussing Weight Management in Real-world GP-Patient Consultations: Video Analysis of Australian Primary Care [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

This study aimed to explore discussion strategies used in real-world GP-patient consultations when discussing obesity. Method: Secondary data analysis of Australia’s first, and only, Digital Library of real-world video recorded consultations was used.

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Assessing patient experience through the attitudes and emotions expressed during medical encounters [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

In previous studies using MEDICODE, attitudes or emotions (A/E) were coded as present/absent. However, present/absent coding limited interpretations of this important component of patient experience. 4) Reported psychological distress level was measured post consultation with the patient distress thermometer.

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The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

A Country Doctor Writes

This was in part because we shared patients and patient experiences between our departments and had a bidirectional way of making warm handoffs. If a primary care patient was going through a difficult time with their social life or mental health, we would walk them down the hall to meet a therapist right then and there.

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Episode 281: The Consult Question #8 – Pancytopenia and Rash

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Dr. Vipul Kumar presents a fascinating case of pancytopenia and rash to guest discussant, Dr. Anand Patel. Dr. Vipul Kumar MD PhD is a hematology-oncology fellow at UCSF. Anand Patel is an assistant professor of medicine at University of Chicago where he treats patients with leukemia and myeloid malignancies.

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Developing an intervention to assist older patients communication with their GP practice after discharge from hospital [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context In the post-discharge period from hospital acute inpatient care, the older patient is at risk from a lack of joined-up care. Though patients/carers are often copied in, they seldom get a plain English version or space to discuss its contents. A subset of ~24 patients/their carers will be interviewed.

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Episode 207: The Consult Question #4 – Fevers and Arthralgias

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Dr. Michael Thomashow presents an unknown case to Dr. Anisha Dua , Dan Minter, Doug Pet and Lindsey Shipley. Dr. Dua currently leads a multidisciplinary team in the clinical management of vasculitis patients. Schema 1 Schema 2 Anisha B. Dua MD, MPH Anisha B.