Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective This study aimed to increase educational experiences for residents to increase comfort with diagnosing OUD and prescribing buprenorphine. of residents expressed interest in continued addiction medicine education, Nearly half the residents (92.9%) expressed interest in prescribing buprenorphine in their future practice.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To determine whether an association exists between socioeconomic factors and the intended specialties of medical students at the start of their medical education, specifically focusing on the associated average salaries of these specialties. Dataset The dataset includes survey responses from 284 medical students, with a 29.5%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, current health professions education is not adequately preparing professionals to lead such transformative changes. Objective This study describes patient engagement in primary health care (PHC) research related to health system transformation in the education of health professionals, facilitated by the PERC-TUTOR PE Fellowship.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Enhance the capacity of interprofessional primary care providers to work collaboratively through online education modules. Outcome Measures: The collaborative process led to the development of educational modules addressing core aspects of primary care and enhancing interprofessional collaboration.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While primary care (PC) settings have the potential to bridge this gap in care, many care teams lack the education and training required to effectively manage patients with OUD. Including behavioral health education in sessions may help to ensure OUD patient care continuity.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Sleep medicine education within ACGME-accredited specialties is often limited. Outcome Measures Primary outcomes included self-reported adequacy of sleep education, confidence in managing disorders, and performance on knowledge questions. Results Pre-intervention, 50% of residents felt inadequately educated in sleep medicine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Few medical schools include this topic in their curriculum, and it is not standardized in undergraduate medical education. On-going education on HT and TIC is important to maintain knowledge and ensure clinicians are equipped to respond appropriately and avoid re-traumatization in this vulnerable population.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education has mandated incorporation of wellness curricula into all residencies, although there is limited data related to intervention effectiveness. Context: Physician burnout continues to rise. Evidence suggests that it begins during medical training, persisting into practice.

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KevinMD

JUNE 16, 2025

Every medical professional is now educated on the risks of opioids. We are more than a decade into what has been called the deadliest drug epidemic in American history. Nearly every hospital has issued guidelines about careful prescribing. And yet — at the bedside, some things haven’t changed.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 24, 2025

These findings are useful for other institutions, such as higher education and health care organizations, which can adopt this approach in their own settings to expand professional development opportunities to BH supervisors in primary care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In response to the primary care crisis in Canada, the Team Primary Care (TPC) initiative aimed to transform primary care training and education to equip Canada’s workforce for effective team-based care. As part of the strategy to reach this goal, the Interprofessional Collaborative Table (IPCT) was launched.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction The requirement of resident scholarship in all residency programs is mandated by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Fulfilling this obligation remains a challenge for residency programs and is often highlighted by the Residency Review Committee (RRC).

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KevinMD

JUNE 12, 2025

A comprehensive 2025 framework on medical education reform has laid bare a critical challenge: The traditional path to becoming a doctor is failing to meet the demands of modern health care.

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NPR Health

JUNE 15, 2025

On Father's Day, Esther Ngumbi thinks of the sacrifices her Kenyan dad made to ensure that not only his son but his four daughters got an education. He'd say, "I choose to educate you, my girls." Image credit: Family photo)

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Moral distress was first described as knowing the right thing to do, but facing organizational barriers in making it possible. Moral distress has been linked to burnout and intentions to leave the healthcare profession.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Large-scale electronic health record (EHR) programs have reported a number of issues to their implementation in primary care including physician patient-centredness and clinical performance.

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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. However, residents and faculty frequently encounter obstacles from inadequate training, support, protected time, and proper planning of scholarly activities.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Transitional Care Management (TCM) clinic visit is a uniquely billed visit type to review a recently discharged patient’s hospital course, reconcile medications, and continue ongoing workup. The pre-intervention no-show rate of TCM appointments at Wellstar MCG Health was 44% per month.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Multiple studies have identified that working on the electronic health record (EHR) after clinic hours ("pajama time") is a source of burnout and decreasing professional satisfaction. No study has looked at its association with resident outcomes during training.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

CONTEXT Primary care (PC) is well-positioned to address rapidly evolving public health priorities and research meaningful to patients and other stakeholders. Research training is rate-limiting. Funding opportunities for pre-/post-doctoral training exist in the US, including T32 programs.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries, are diagnosed in 150,000 Ontarians annually, resulting in disruptions to work, school, and sport. Concussion management is complex: variable onset of symptoms, urban/rural disparities, and the many professionals involved in case management.

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KevinMD

JUNE 10, 2025

As someone with a strong interest in endocrinology and women’s’ metabolic health, I’ve found myself increasingly drawn to the work of educators like Read more… A spoonful of vinegar: Why simple glucose hacks deserve more medical attention originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction: Reflexivity-based training for healthcare professionals on shared decision-making (SDM) fosters critical thinking, encouraging reflection on one’s personal values while supporting patient needs.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Patients with hidradenitis suppurative seek advice online, highlighting unmet needs in clinician-patient education regarding daily self-management strategies. The post Gaps Identified in Hidradenitis Suppurativa Patient Education first appeared on Physician's Weekly.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We know little about how the impact of in-person CPD compares to that of online CPD. Objective: We compared the impact of in-person versus online CPD courses on doctors’ behavior change. Methods: A first group attended in-person courses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a second group attended an online version of these courses.

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KevinMD

JUNE 12, 2025

I’ve counseled families through heartbreaking prognoses, navigated complex care plans, and educated patients about conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. I’ve spent my career as a neurologist diagnosing and managing neurodegenerative diseases.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Examine the association between patient-clinician interactions (communication, patient education, and shared decision-making) and continuity of care, patient satisfaction and diabetes treatment used among Non-Hispanic White (NHW) and Latino adults (including by nativity). 4.1), patient education (2.5,

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In the US, medical students enter residency through The Match. Those who don’t initially match in the "Main Match" can still match via the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) or can sign directly with residencies after the Match is completed.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Catastrophes (e.g., pandemic, etc.) exert significant pressure on physicians as they are the frontlines of response. Family physicians' pivotal role in prevention and crisis management exposes them to mental stressors due to the highly demanding circumstances. This can potentially compromise their ability to provide optimal patient care.

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NPR Health

JUNE 22, 2025

Cuts to Medicaid moving through Congress would shake up health care in the scenic San Luis Valley — with negative downstream effects on local jobs, businesses and education. Image credit: Hart Van Denburg)

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: University of Utah’s Department of Family and Preventive medicine's (DFPM) strategic plan was revised in 2021 to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) across missions.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, we know little about the views on implementing SDM in practice from the perspective of those who supervise and educate residents. 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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

One proposed reason is the lack of knowledge about PGx among clinicians slowing down the potential for clinical implementation, showing the main barrier to implementation is lack of healthcare professionals’ education. family medicine) and the need for education in this area. Recurrent themes were identified.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Brief dermoscopy training has been shown to improve diagnostic accuracy on image recognition tests, but few, if any, studies have examined its effect on clinician behavior and clinical outcome measures.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a health professions education model that uses telehealth technology to bridge specialists to community clinicians to disseminate best practices and foster interprofessional collaboration.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

COVID-19's impact surpasses previous pandemics, disrupting medical education by delaying clinical rotations and necessitating a rapid transition to telemedicine due to isolation and PPE shortages. We aim to highlight educational gaps for future pandemic preparedness.

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