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Fostering Progressive Scholarship: Transforming Family Medicine Through Collaborative Learning Networks [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In the landscape of family medicine, scholarly pursuits play a vital role in building research capacity and fostering mentorship, as the ACGME underscores. Setting or Dataset: The study encompassed three family medicine residencies in different regions of the US from both University and community-based settings.

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Evaluating the Impact of Data Visualization with China-PAR on Hypertension Management in Primary Care: A Pilot Study [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Although data visualization is gaining traction in the hypertension, its use in health education and information dissemination is still underutilized. Context Data visualization is useful to contemporary methods designed for clarity and communication of information.

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Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

By Jill Benson, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, jill.benson@adelaide.edu.au By Jill Benson, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, jill.benson@adelaide.edu.au

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7 Tips for Choosing a Primary Doctor

Hitchcock Family Medicine

Look at their background, education, qualifications, and any other relevant information that might be available. According to Primarycareprogress.org, adults in the country who have a general practitioner had a 19% lower risk of dying prematurely than those who just see specialists for their healthcare.

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Urban or rural residence and symptom clustering: a population-based cluster analysis [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Symptom clustering was significantly associated (p<0.001) with age, sex, marital status, level of education, employment status, income, number of comorbidities, general health, and deprivation. Conclusion: Poorer health outcomes for some conditions may not be associated with greater symptoms burden in rural settings.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Should GPs actually be treated as the stars of medicine? As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue.