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Family Practice: A more balanced, not just negative narrative based on data and evidence [Secondary data analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Concerns about family practice are well-founded, but also negatively biased. This can fuel poor impressions among medical students and dispirit practicing family physicians. The CFPC Family Medicine Longitudinal Survey (FMLS) includes all second-year family medicine residents (53% response rate in 2022).

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Association between family medicine residents practice intentions and their initial professional activities [Secondary data analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Amidst the ongoing crisis in family medicine (FM) in Canada, there is an increased need to gauge the future practice patterns of family physicians (FPs). Examining the intentions of FM learners provides insight into the future practice behaviors of FPs.

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Hearing Screening in Private Family Practice Medicine Using Tablet Applications [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

The present study evaluated the acceptability and the feasibility of hearing screening for patients consulting in private family practice medicine. These tools are based on pure-tone detection and speech-in-noise evaluation. METHODS Data were collected in 3 French medical care centers from May through November 2022.

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Staff perspectives of a novel integrated community care hub in an urban underserved population (UK) [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

o Intervention/Instrument The SCZ began in March 2022 and includes paediatricians from Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, local social care providers, and GPs from seven family practices delivering care in shared locations.

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Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Comparatively, physicians in general practice were more likely to see patients for mental health, chronic disease, and preventive care. There was a higher rate of referrals to dermatology, surgery, and family practice from boutique clinics. Results from the 2023 data update will be available for the presentation.

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Using EMR data to describe administrative workload of primary care providers in Nova Scotia, Canada [Secondary data analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention/Instrument: We analyzed EMR data to report means and associated standard deviations and described trends over time.

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Disparities in Post-COVID Conditions among Persons with Disabilities: Findings from Primary Care Patients, 2019-2022 [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: American Family Cohort, a data asset including electronic health records of 8 million patients from family practices across 50 US states. Time to post-COVID conditions (PCCs) and unadjusted and adjusted time ratios were estimated using multivariable parametric Accelerated Failure Time (AFT) models.