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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, the factors influencing the dynamics of adherence among young Chinese patients with hypertension remain unclear. Objective The present study investigates the factors influencing the dynamics of medication and non-medication adherence in young Chinese adults with hypertension.

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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

Background: Multiple chronic conditions (MCC) the most common condition seen in practice are present in 33% of adults and 80% of individuals age > 65. The apps also collect patient reported data on goals, social needs, and functional status. Results of testing and evaluation will be presented.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

Doc4aDay provides an introduction about the pathway to becoming a physician, a hands-on suturing segment in the skills lab, participation in high-fidelity simulated patient scenarios and a question-and-answer session with current medical students. Dr. Marco Cornelio presented a brief overview of opportunities with the MAFP and AAFP.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In the post-discharge period from hospital acute inpatient care, the older patient is at risk from a lack of joined-up care. Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Though patients/carers are often copied in, they seldom get a plain English version or space to discuss its contents.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, multiple organizations operate under a ‘boutique’ medicine model where patients pay a block or annual fee to access primary care services. Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. Study Design and Analysis.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Population: We interviewed family physician educators based at three teaching units in Montreal. Supporting quotes will be presented for each theme.

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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). 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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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. They have remained independent and committed to caring for patients as a small practice, all the while introducing new ideas and setting new standards in Michigan’s Great Southwest.

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Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

The present study evaluated the acceptability and the feasibility of hearing screening for patients consulting in private family practice medicine. RESULTS Of the 516 eligible patients, 219 (42%) were able to perform both tests. To address this issue, automatic self-hearing tests have been developed.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Data from patients and clinicians on the self-reported prevalence of well water use in the American Midwest and their knowledge regarding testing for arsenic and the risks of long-term exposure. Dataset: Questionnaires for clinicians and patients via emailed surveys.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In our institution, screenings are completed for patients ≥15 years during well visits; those not presenting for well visits and under 15 may represent missed opportunities. Objectives: To implement SUD screening in patients aged 12-17 seen for all visit types (well and sick visits) and to quantify the rate of substance misuse.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 23, 2021

[link] Simone and Lindsey present a case to Dr. Kirsten Austad, followed by a discussion about women in leadership and “the double bind” Want to test your learning? She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To explore and measure the outcomes of HTA organizations’ guidelines in family medicine. Population Studied: Family physicians, general practitioners, and patients. learning), the use of guideline-based information in clinical practice, and subsequent patient health outcomes.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset Participants were employed in 5 urban Colorado hospital-owned family medicine clinics. Most MAs had experience with HE activities, most commonly attending presentations on health disparities and SDOH, and screening patients for social needs. Population Studied Medical assistants working in primary care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Integrated behavioral health (IBH) within primary care can help patients receive quality whole person care, however little is documented about the distribution and nature of time spent in key activities by integrated psychologists (i.e., Setting: Seven family medicine practices in one Colorado USA health system.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population studied: Actively practicing North Carolina internal medicine and family medicine physicians. Most saw race as being presented as biological in the ASCVD risk calculator, which concerned them. Conclusions: Greater transparency with patients regarding the role of race in ASCVD risk estimation may be needed.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

Decode Your Family History Since high cholesterol often runs in families, knowing your levels can clarify if you’ve inherited a predisposition. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic condition causing severely elevated total and LDL cholesterol. Don’t take chances with your heart health.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Recent Family Physician graduates practicing as locum tenens has been sometimes presented as a double-edged sword in addressing the Family Medicine workforce crisis. Objective: To explore the factors influencing early career family physicians’ (FPs) decision to do locums. parental leave).

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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. We’re here to support you every step of the way.

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Noreta Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

A Goal Fulfilled I made several goals during my family medicine residency training program, one of which was to publish a research paper. Fast forward to the present day in which I am a practicing Direct Primary Care (DPC) family physician. If I find some partners, perhaps I will be one of them! Have a good week!

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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.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. The conversation touched on the need to more consistently reference “older adult(s)” instead of “elderly” and the relatively low percentage of geriatric content in internal medicine assessments.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

My take home from this is that while the most preferred explanation for deprescribing statins and sedative-hypnotics is one focused on the risk of side effects, we also need to individualize it to the patient and the medication that they are taking. But how to talk to patients about the risk and benefits when starting. Eric: Yeah.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Both conditions can present with similar symptoms.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In Asian culture, it has been assumed that elderly patients do not prefer explicit discussion and leave their decisions to the family. The city of Hamamatsu has developed a handbook to promote ACP among patients, families, and clinicians for such occasions when the disease is incurable and death is imminent within a year.

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The Health Policy Exchange

MARCH 14, 2013

However, when one of those guidelines suggested that spinal fusion surgery was unnecessary for most patients with acute low back pain, AHCPR found its budget under attack. From 2010 AHRQ Annual Conference presentation by Dr. Francis Chesley, Jr. When AHRQ was reauthorized in 1999, the word "policy" was removed from its name.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Primary care practices are often the first location a patient seeks treatment for substance use disorder (SUD). Addiction medicine consult services have emerged to help address the shortage in access to SUD treatment. Among the 22 participating practices, the mean number of patients prescribed buprenorphine increased from 1.5

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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.

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BMJ

JUNE 1, 2021

By Malte Kohns Vasconcelos, MD MSc on behalf of the authors Reference: Kohns Vasconcelos M , Weil K , Vesterling-Hörner D , et al, Paediatric primary care in Germany during the early COVID-19 pandemic: the calm before the storm, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000919. Why should you read on?

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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. Canady is now enjoying retirement in Pensacola, FL. “I

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GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. Daneila Lamas wrote about this issue in the New York Times this week -after we recorded – in her story, a family requested an herbal infusion for their dying mother via feeding tube.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. Is that your grandchildren? LaVera: Yes.

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