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3 Tips for Finding a Great Family Doctor

Hitchcock Family Medicine

Finding a great family doctor can be a daunting task given the critical role they play in our health and well-being. A family doctor is often your main healthcare provider tasked with everything from routine check-ups to chronic disease management. You'll also want to check the doctor's hours and availability.

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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Phillips, Jr.

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Medical Manpower Indicators: Are policymakers using poor surrogate indicators of access to Family Doctor services ? [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Medical Manpower Indicators: Are policymakers using poor surrogate indicators of access to Family Doctor services ? In 2012, the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) reported that the population of Montreal consumed the services of 1,663 family doctors (FTE consumed).

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5 Questions to Ask Your Family Doctor

Hitchcock Family Medicine

When it's time to go to the doctor, it is important to feel comfortable and confident that they can help you. Whether you're looking for a new primary care family doctor or getting special services, you should have some questions ready. Here are a few questions to ask your family doctor. What Are Your Office Hours?

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

BMJ

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

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What Is the Difference Between Family and Internal Medicine?

Hitchcock Family Medicine

This is why you must do a little research before you make a decisive stance on which doctor you choose. Which Is Better: Internal Medicine or Family Medicine? Family medicine practitioners and internal medicine practitioners—referred to as internists—both practice as physicians.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

What is the meaning of Family Medicine? As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.