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Development of a framework for transferring tests evaluated in secondary care to primary care settings: a Delphi study [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: General practitioners (GP’s), test developers, specialists in SC, and methodologists from in- and outside the Netherlands. The first part asks future users to describe the diagnostic situation, e.g. the target patient population, differential diagnoses and potential for improvement in the diagnostic pathway.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it?

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

Family doctor (GP) : Trained to care for patients of all ages—children, adults, and elderly—often including some women’s health and minor procedures. So, internist vs GP , or internist vs family doctor , boils down to scope: internists typically do not see children, whereas family doctors do. How is it different from general practice?

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One I prepared earlier

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

When I was diagnosed with advanced cancer it was easier. My wonderful GP has died, but I am building a relationship with my new one. I make myself do the right thing when it comes to going to my GP for bloods and prescriptions (a massive 40% of doctors who completed the IMO survey said they had no GP).

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Is a General Physician (GP) the same as a Family Physician (FP)? A general physician (GP) is not the same as a family physician (FP). A physician also may consider themselves a GP if they began practicing before Family Medicine became a specialty (in 1969). Can’t I just go to urgent care when I’m sick?

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Clarification

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

Search This Blog Home About Me Sarah Fitzgibbon 47 year old GP, mother of three gorgeous children, wife of superhero husband, wrestler of metastatic bowel cancer. Search This Blog Home About Me Sarah Fitzgibbon 47 year old GP, mother of three gorgeous children, wife of superhero husband, wrestler of metastatic bowel cancer.

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