Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Currently, the field of narrative-based medicine (NBM) lacks research that examines the potential harms of using dominant Western narrative forms to represent patients’ lived experiences. Conclusions: Our study shows that peer-led initiatives can be impactful in NBM education.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In the US, opioid use disorder (OUD) presents significant and urgent public health concerns. While primary care (PC) settings have the potential to bridge this gap in care, many care teams lack the education and training required to effectively manage patients with OUD.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. Engaging researchers and leveraging evidence are essential for addressing the challenges faced by FM and family physicians.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

Doc4aDay : On Friday May 17 th , Vicki Hayes MD ( MAFP member and Faculty, MMC Dept of Medical Education, and Tufts FMIG Medical Advisor ) and Shelly Chipman RN conducted another Doc4aDay program for high school students at the Hannaford Center for Safety, Innovation and Simulation.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Scatter plot visualization of the data revealed a trend of lower patient-centredness and SOO scores with increased proportion of time actively using the EHR and navigating within the EHR while the simulated patient was present. Overall, this was not a statistically significant correlation.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, we know little about the views on implementing SDM in practice from the perspective of those who supervise and educate residents. Objective: To explore the views of family physician educators about the implementation of SDM in clinical practice, with a focus on the delivery of preventive health care.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A couple of years ago, I partnered with six family medicine residency programs for my CHARM Well-Being Leaders Longitudinal Certificate Course project. Prioritizing your well-being makes you more efficient, effective, and present. This benefits not just you but also your family, friends, colleagues, staff, and patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: New ACGME guidelines in Family Medicine Residency training newly encourage training in point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS). In accordance with ACGME recommendations, we performed a community needs assessment to inform POCUS curriculum development within a Family Medicine residency.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a health professions education model that uses telehealth technology to bridge specialists to community clinicians to disseminate best practices and foster interprofessional collaboration.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

That small win reminded me that artificial intelligence is already shaping the way our patients (and our families) search for health advice. I believe that as clinicians, educators and supervisors, we are called to guide this shift. Annals of Family Medicine , 23(1), 5–6. Below, I share three reasons why.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Discussion: Quebec's current organizational context presents obstacles to integrating reflexivity-based training into prenatal services, but existing resources and strategies could be marshalled to overcome these challenges.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Trainees rated their experience highly; their research included women/children’s health, obesity, substance use, mental health, traumatic brain injury, musculoskeletal pain, and integrative health modalities; they published 50 peer-reviewed papers; presented 44 abstracts; and received four grants, including one NIH Loan Repayment Award.

Primary Care 130

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

COVID-19's impact surpasses previous pandemics, disrupting medical education by delaying clinical rotations and necessitating a rapid transition to telemedicine due to isolation and PPE shortages. We aim to highlight educational gaps for future pandemic preparedness.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Emergency department clinicians (physicians, nurses and physiotherapists) (n=269) and patients aged 18 years and older who presented to an emergency department with non-specific or radicular low back pain (n=4,625) were included.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients attended a virtual CGM initiation visit and three 1-on-1 interpretation visits with a diabetes care and education specialist and pharmacist, completed on Zoom. Patients were provided a CGM, received education on medication, diet and exercise, and completed surveys at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months. Two practices were FQHCs.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Individuals with diabetes often present with co-occurring chronic conditions (CC), or multimorbidity. Compared to respondents without diabetes, those with diabetes were older, non-White, had lower educational attainment and lower income, were obese, did not engage in vigorous exercise, and had worse self-reported health status.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a virtually-delivered health professions education model, designed to improve patient care by enhancing primary care capacity in specialty topics. Conclusion The burden of rheumatic disease is rising.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: CERA (Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance) is a collaboration of the academic family medicine organizations (STFM, AFMRD, NAPCRG, and the ADFM) with the goal of facilitating and improving educational research in family medicine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instruments: The Teams video conferencing platform and the Mentimeter interactive presentation software were used for data collection and recording. Setting: Quebec, Canada Population studied: Occupational therapists providing chronic self-management support interventions.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Conclusion Higher rates of HPV testing and co-testing among Black women may reflect differences in demographics like insurance type, education level, and geographic location. These factors will be discussed in the presentation. Also, more Black women reported being informed about the type of CCS they received.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: We hypothesized that an educational intervention led by population health managers would improve COPD exacerbation outcomes including ED visits and inpatient hospital admissions. Study Design and Analysis: A quality improvement focused educational intervention delivered over 6 months to primary care practices.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) at an urban academic medical center in the Midwest. Results: Social and economic factors, such as housing instability and limited income, presented significant barriers to management of T2D and intervention engagement. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 26, 2025

At Vida Family Medicine, I’ve helped hundreds of patients improve their blood sugar without extreme dieting or cutting out the foods they love. Schedule a visit with Vida Family Medicine to get personalized, compassionate care that puts you at the center of the plan. If you’re looking for guidance, you’re not alone.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

AUGUST 30, 2024

Fellows of the AAFP are recognized as champions of family medicine. They are the physicians who make family medicine the premier specialty in service to their community and profession.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 6, 2024

I will use the categories my friend and colleague Dr. Tyra Fainstad used when we co-led a presentation on this topic. Assess our current metrics and financials Educate ourselves more about Value-Based Care* (categorize as a skill gap strategy and use steps above). Look inside and around every nook and cranny of your cerebral gyri.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Smith, a general internist and professor of medicine and psychiatry at Michigan State University, explains why our medical system consistently prioritizes physical over emotional health and presents some ambitious proposals for how to rectify this harmful disparity. This relatively slim volume is divided into three parts.

Mental Health 52

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

AUGUST 29, 2024

Read Summer Edition Part 2 - HERE Some of the faces of MAFP 32nd Annual Family Medicine Update - April 2024 - "Campfire Conference" Congratulations to our newest *AAFP Fellows and members of the MAFP Board of Directors! Fellows of the AAFP are recognized as champions of family medicine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dermatology, easily documentable through patient-contributed images, presents an ideal case for innovative dataset creation. Objective: To develop a scalable, representative dermatology dataset using crowdsourcing via internet search ads, enhancing medical education and AI application development.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Physicians receive little QI training in their formal education and require professional development opportunities to learn necessary QI training and skills.

Primary Care 130

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Categorical factors are presented as frequency counts and percentages, and compared between groups using Chi-square or Fisher’s Exact test. Continuous factors are presented as median and interquartile range, and compared between groups using Mann Whitney Wilcoxon tests. Study Design and Analysis: Cross-sectional study.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

At this meeting, the Geriatric Medicine Board received statistics on the current state of certification in geriatric medicine, assessment enrollment, demographics and pass rates, and data from post-assessment surveys. Get in Touch ABIM and the Geriatric Medicine Board value your feedback.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Liz Bayliss is Senior Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research, and Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado. Alex: And we have Ariel Green, who’s a geriatrician and Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Welcome, Liz, to the GeriPal Podcast.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Both conditions can present with similar symptoms. Adolescents with GERD often present similarly to adults with heartburn and regurgitation as the primary complaints. And the presentation for GERD varies by age. Now there are some risk factors for GERD.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Addiction medicine consult services have emerged to help address the shortage in access to SUD treatment. This intervention used a primary care addiction consultation service model including education, an addiction medicine consultant, and practice facilitation to increase capacity for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Bystanders are often present at the scene before first responders. Context Trauma resulting in severe blood loss can be deadly within minutes.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Dr. Okah is a family medicine clinician and NRSA research fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and she studies the association between the use of race in medical decision-making and beliefs regarding the etiology of disparities in health outcomes. His team found that 1.5% Orlando, FL. Orlando, FL.

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Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

From The Children’s Foundation : In celebration of Black History Month, we are reflecting and honoring the contributions Black leaders have made toward the advancement of equality and improvement of children’s health and wellness, both historically and in the present day.

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