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Moral Distress among Family Medicine Resident Physicians [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives: Determine what factors contribute to moral distress among family medicine residents and if there are differences in the intensity of distress between R1s/R2s, training sites, and CMGs/IMGs. Setting: University of Saskatchewan Population: Family medicine residents at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Evaluating the Impact of Structured Sleep Medicine Lecture Series in Family Medicine Residents [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Sleep medicine education within ACGME-accredited specialties is often limited. Family medicine residencies typically provide minimal didactic exposure to sleep medicine. hours of sleep-related didactics per year, with fewer than 10% of graduates pursuing sleep medicine fellowships.

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Claire Lupini-Gohl Medical Student [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context When it comes to advanced directives, research has shown that providers should initiate the conversation for their patients, however completion rates for these conversations are very low. It is important to decrease these barriers for providers, so that patients are able to benefit from these conversations.

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Forecasting and adapting to the family medicine workforce shortage

The Health Policy Exchange

In the mid-1990s, the American Medical Association confidently predicted that the penetration of managed care would lead to a large "physician surplus" and convinced Congress to cap the number of graduate medical education (GME) positions subsidized by the Medicare program. Two decades later, there is a widespread consensus that the U.S.

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Training a diverse physician workforce: a survey of alumni of a medical education program focused on underserved populations [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

The University of California recognized this imperative and has supported the Programs in Medical Education (PRIME). Family Medicine was the most common specialty among alumni respondents (29.9%). selected primary care specialties including family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine.

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Building the capacity of interprofessional providers to work in primary care teams: Insights from six professions [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

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.

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Resident Voices: Key Findings from Journal Club Surveys [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Journal Club serves as an essential platform in medical education for enhancing critical thinking skills, promoting evidence-based practice, and fostering scholarly discussions among residents. Last year, our Family Medicine Residency Program restructured the Journal Club to incorporate a more resident-driven approach.

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