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Evaluating the Impact of a Longitudinal Clerkship Lecture on Medical Students Knowledge and Response to Human Trafficking [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Healthcare sites provide an opportunity to identify and respond to human trafficking (HT). People who experience HT interact with the healthcare system before, during, and after the period of victimization, yet there remains limited knowledge and intervention among healthcare professionals.

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Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Access to primary healthcare services is a core lever for reducing health inequalities. Objective: To identify different profiles of access to care and continuity experiences of patients registered at team-based primary healthcare clinics. Setting: 104 PHC clinics across Quebec, Canada.

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Implementation of a novel linkage of primary care electronic medical record data with hospital data in South Eastern Ontario [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Combining these datasets in a consolidated data repository could result in an improved understanding of the care journey, support the healthcare needs of Ontario Health Team priority populations, promote continuity of care improvements across sectors, and decrease burden on emergency departments (EDs) and primary care providers.

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Transitional Care Management care team impact on no-show rates to hospital discharge appointments [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

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. It also decreased readmission rates and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in healthcare expenses.

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Good Clinician Communication Improves Continuity of Care for U.S.-Born Latino Patients but Not for Immigrant Latino Patients [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

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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Exploring the link between sociodemographic factors and barriers to adherence: survey data collected from people with HIV [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention/instrument The survey examined 5 sociodemographic variables (gender, age, sexual orientation, immigration status, and education level) and ART adherence barriers within six domains, identified from prior literature. about HIV, ART); activities; social and material context; medication; health experience; and healthcare services.

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Advancing Whole Person Care: An Innovative Approach to Integrating Spirituality and Religion into Medical Education [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite the recognized significance of the integration of spiritual care into healthcare, spiritual training is often an elective rather than a core component of medical education and often lacks robust measures of skill and aptitude.

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