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Fostering Progressive Scholarship: Transforming Family Medicine Through Collaborative Learning Networks [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In the landscape of family medicine, scholarly pursuits play a vital role in building research capacity and fostering mentorship, as the ACGME underscores. Setting or Dataset: The study encompassed three family medicine residencies in different regions of the US from both University and community-based settings.

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Evaluating the Impact of Data Visualization with China-PAR on Hypertension Management in Primary Care: A Pilot Study [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied Each center recruiting 100 patients continuously through general practitioners in the outpatient department who met specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, and patient follow-ups lasting for six months.

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Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

AUGUST 28, 2024

The 2024 Fall Forum is designed to bring together family physicians, general practitioners, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants from across the state. The event focuses on the latest clinical practices, innovations in healthcare, and topics trending in the field of family medicine.

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Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

HTA organizations are generally funded by governments, they guide health care professionals and decision/policy-makers, and they publish knowledge translation products such as guidelines. Objectives: To explore and measure the outcomes of HTA organizations’ guidelines in family medicine.

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Primary Care Physicians Responses to Treatment Burden in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Video Analysis in China [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the approaches general practitioners (GPs) use to respond to the treatment burden faced by people with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 29 videos of GP-patient consultations in an academic general practice clinic in China.

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

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

CONCLUSIONS This study supports integration of app-based hearing screenings into family medical care, as it is compatible with routine consultations. The use of tablet-based applications may assist general practitioners by enhancing the diagnosis of hearing disorders.

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

BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

By Jill Benson, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, jill.benson@adelaide.edu.au By Jill Benson, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, jill.benson@adelaide.edu.au

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Development of a framework for transferring tests evaluated in secondary care to primary care settings: a Delphi study [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: General practitioners (GP’s), test developers, specialists in SC, and methodologists from in- and outside the Netherlands. Criteria were categorized as inclusion, exclusion, or reassessment for the subsequent round based on feedback and agreement levels. Setting or Dataset: Primary care.

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Using media to enhance pediatric patient recruitment in primary care [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Recruitment of study participants by general practitioners (GPs) is a general concern in primary care. Poor recruitment leads to extension or discontinuation of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving patients.

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Diagnostic accuracy of electrocardiography and NT-proBNP for mild cardiac dysfunction among long-term breast cancer survivors [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Therefore, electrocardiography (ECG) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are often used as diagnostic tests by general practitioners (GPs), however their diagnostic accuracy in breast cancer survivors remains unclear.

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Pacific communities co-designing and leading interventions to prevent gout and rheumatic fever in New Zealand [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: After a Samoan patient from New Zealand (NZ) attended a PACE workshop at NAPCRG in 2016 with her general practitioner, she was inspired to set up a Pacific community group to work towards better health outcomes for Pacific people living in South Auckland, NZ.

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A comparison of children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary care and secondary care [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Insight in patient characteristics in both settings might invite to reflect upon referral strategies of general practitioners (GPs) and interpretation of study results from hospital care. It is not clear which children are referred and what the differences are between PC and hospital care populations.

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Well-being at work among general practitioners working in multidisciplinary primary care teams [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To investigate associations between occupational stress, job satisfaction among general practitioners (GPs) and the professional composition of PC teams. This evolution can represent a challenge in terms of occupational well-being. Objectives. Study design and analysis.

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7 Tips for Choosing a Primary Doctor

Hitchcock Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

According to Primarycareprogress.org, adults in the country who have a general practitioner had a 19% lower risk of dying prematurely than those who just see specialists for their healthcare. Call Hitchcock Family Medicine today. Looking for a primary doctor who has your best interests?

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Urban or rural residence and symptom clustering: a population-based cluster analysis [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Additionally, they reported a higher unemployment, poorer self-rated health, and greater difficulty accessing care from their general practitioner’s (GPs). Urban participants grouped into this heterogeneous cluster were more deprived with lower educational attainment and income than individuals in all other clusters.

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How a Family Care Physician Can Save Your Life

Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 11, 2023

Comprehensive Care General practitioners provide a wide range of services. You may see your general practitioner for a referral to someone else, such as a psychologist, for a mental illness. However, most doctors can also prescribe medicine to help address common conditions, such as depression.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Should GPs actually be treated as the stars of medicine? As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue.

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By John Scott Frazer, Glenn Ross Frazer Reference : Frazer JS , Frazer GR, Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e001143.

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Fostering Progressive Scholarship: Transforming Family Medicine Through Collaborative Learning Networks [Education and training]

Evaluating the Impact of Data Visualization with China-PAR on Hypertension Management in Primary Care: A Pilot Study [Hypertension]

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Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Primary Care Physicians Responses to Treatment Burden in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Video Analysis in China [Original Research]

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

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

Development of a framework for transferring tests evaluated in secondary care to primary care settings: a Delphi study [Research methodology and instrument development]

Using media to enhance pediatric patient recruitment in primary care [Child and adolescent health]

Diagnostic accuracy of electrocardiography and NT-proBNP for mild cardiac dysfunction among long-term breast cancer survivors [Cardiovascular disease]

Pacific communities co-designing and leading interventions to prevent gout and rheumatic fever in New Zealand [Community based participatory research]

A comparison of children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary care and secondary care [Child and adolescent health]

Well-being at work among general practitioners working in multidisciplinary primary care teams [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

7 Tips for Choosing a Primary Doctor

Urban or rural residence and symptom clustering: a population-based cluster analysis [Population health and epidemiology]

How a Family Care Physician Can Save Your Life

8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

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