Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context With buprenorphine prescribing restrictions lifted, primary care physicians (PCP) are frequently the first contact for patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and require treatment with buprenorphine. The survey was anonymous both before and after the rotation. Post-rotation, 64% of residents felt more comfortable diagnosing OUD.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, current health professions education is not adequately preparing professionals to lead such transformative changes. Existing research primarily focuses on health professionals, with minimal engagement of patient partners. Instrument: Framework on health system transformation in the education of health professionals.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Gender affirming medical care is associated with long term benefits for transgender and non-binary patients but access to such care does not meet the current need. Many practicing providers receive no training in gender affirming hormone care, working competently with gender diverse patients, or ensuring an affirming care environment.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Large-scale electronic health record (EHR) programs have reported a number of issues to their implementation in primary care including physician patient-centredness and clinical performance. Intervention: Participants each completed two simulated patient scenarios with instructions to document their encounters in the EHR.

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Electronics Education Patients Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Few medical schools include this topic in their curriculum, and it is not standardized in undergraduate medical education. Objective Assess how a lecture on HT during a 4-week family medicine (FM) clerkship impacts medical student knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding HT. Of these students, 97.5%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Western values of heroism and individualistic empowerment exert significant influence over how we make meaning out of patient stories. 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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A critical shortage of clinicians who specialize in treating patients with OUD exacerbates this issue. 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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Primary Care Education Individual Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Research shows that effective patient-clinician communication leads to high quality of care, overall satisfaction, and better patient outcomes. born Latino (6,458), and Foreign-born Latino (12,057) adults with and without diabetes Analysis: Explanatory variables: communication, patient education, and shared decision-making.

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Patients Education Diabetes Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Interprofessional primary care teams are crucial for providing comprehensive care to patients with complex health needs. Objective: Enhance the capacity of interprofessional primary care providers to work collaboratively through online education modules. Few training resources are available to support primary care teams.

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Primary Care Education Provider Comprehensive Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-society approach to health and well-being, providing holistic care to patients across their lifespan. Objective: To engage the PHC community and identify how patient partners can best support primary health care design, delivery, research, and education.

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Patients Holistic Care Government Education 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, its adoption has been slower in primary care settings compared to endocrinology practices, resulting in unequal access for patients with diabetes. Implementation of a virtual CGM initiation service can be valuable for enhancing CGM access to primary care patients with diabetes. Setting: Primary care practices in Colorado.

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Primary Care Diabetes Patients Education 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physicians in Canada have one of the broadest scopes of practice and shortest postgraduate residency training periods among high income nations. In 2018, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) reviewed Canadian family medicine training and determined it must evolve to meet contemporary societal needs.

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Family Medicine DO Education Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Sexual- and gender-minority (SGM) patients face high rates of discrimination, bias, and gender dysphoria when seeking care, including when seeking contraception. Study Design and Analysis: Targeted needs assessment using a cross-sectional study design.

Community 130

Community Patients Education Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The ability to reach and engage in the care process varies considerably depending on patients’ socio-demographic characteristics which we need to understand to address inequitable access issues. Setting/Dataset: 121,570 registered patients over 18 years of age with an email address available in their electronic medical record.

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Healthcare Clinic Chronic Condition Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Improved interpretation and management of syphilis screening results after intervention Results: Survey questions assessing knowledge had variable performance with net poor discrimination after the educational intervention. Confidence in all measures improved post-intervention but were not statistically significant.

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Family Medicine DO Screening Education 130

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 24, 2024

This year’s event was a testament to the vibrant community of family physicians, medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing family medicine in Alabama. Her career before this includes significant positions across Alabama, showcasing her commitment to family medicine and rural health.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Medical legal partnerships (MLP) are an effective intervention for social determinants of health, like housing, education, and employment status. Participating clinic sites offered convenience sample frame, patients with legal needs were identified through universal and secondary screening approach.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Both providers and mothers reported limitations in patient understanding and knowledge. Mothers reported a wide range of provider education efficacy during the prenatal period, including none, poor, and good.

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Provider Patients Healthcare Professional Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Primary care must address the complex needs of patients with multiple chronic conditions, given 40% of patients seen in primary care have behavioral health needs. Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is associated with improved access and engagement in mental health services and mental and physical health patient outcomes.

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Chronic Condition Primary Care Patients Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design This study was a systematic review of randomized controlled trials to identify RCTs demonstrating successful interventions that used communication interventions to impact patient outcomes. Additionally, studies with more than one intervention tended to use a mix of counseling and education.

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Provider Patients Utilities Healthcare 130

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. Administrative overload fuels burnout and pushes us away from our patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patient-oriented evidence supporting PrT is growing. POPULATION/SETTING The survey was mailed in three waves to program directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) resident and fellowship programs in 11 specialties (including Family Medicine and Sports Medicine) that treat chronic pain.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Ten percent of patients using prescription drugs experience adverse drug events (ADE). One proposed reason is the lack of knowledge about PGx among clinicians slowing down the potential for clinical implementation, showing the main barrier to implementation is lack of healthcare professionals’ education.

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Primary Care Education Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: A single family medicine residency using the 188 requests generated during 32 feedback collection sessions. Population Studied: Physicians precepting family medicine residents in an outpatient setting. Outcome Measures: Statements of best practice based on the feedback given to preceptors by residents.

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Family Medicine DO Families Family 130

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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

ECHO Concussion has a positive impact on clinician self-efficacy, knowledge, and concussion practice management, thereby helping to increase patient access to better care in the acute and chronic stages of concussion. Conclusion Concussion management is complex and ECHO Concussion can be beneficial for frontline clinicians.

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Management Education Illness Chronic Condition 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

CONTEXT Primary care (PC) is well-positioned to address rapidly evolving public health priorities and research meaningful to patients and other stakeholders. Research training is rate-limiting. Funding opportunities for pre-/post-doctoral training exist in the US, including T32 programs.

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Primary Care Education Mental Health Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction: Reflexivity-based training for healthcare professionals on shared decision-making (SDM) fosters critical thinking, encouraging reflection on one’s personal values while supporting patient needs. Methods: We performed a qualitative descriptive study.

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Healthcare Professional Education Healthcare Management 130

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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Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Family physicians' pivotal role in prevention and crisis management exposes them to mental stressors due to the highly demanding circumstances. This can potentially compromise their ability to provide optimal patient care.

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Family Physician Mental Health Families Family 130

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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Management Telehealth Education Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To link primary care electronic medical record (EMR) data with community and hospital data and to test the utility of the merged dataset through a targeted quality improvement (QI) intervention among high-risk patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Risk factors (i.e.,

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Primary Care Electronics Hospital Medical 130

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. This benefits not just you but also your family, friends, colleagues, staff, and patients. Leading by example for patients and peers. You lead by example.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

reduction in the prescription of opioids (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.38–0.95) without compromising patient outcomes. Context: The SHaPED trial implemented a model of care for low back pain in emergency departments and resulted in a 12.3% non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-NSAIDs).

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Management Referral Education Patients 130

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). Prior studies focus on the perceived needs of learners rather than needs of the patients or communities in which these residents practice. Full results to be reviewed at presentation.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patients with diabetes who receive structured and integrated care have better control and outcomes; however, care may shift between multiple settings making coordination challenging. Outcome Measures: Number of patients engaged, resulting referrals, Navigator time per patient, and hemoglobin A1c measures across 2-years.

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Primary Care Diabetes Referral Integrated Care 130

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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