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Assessment of Project ECHO(R) Opioid Use Disorder Sessions for Primary Care Teams [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

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. 4 expert faculty members developed session curriculum: screening and diagnosis, using behavioral health/counseling, addressing harm reduction, among others.

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Barriers and Facilitators in Implementing Training in Shared Decision-Making Based on Reflexivity Strategies [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

We aimed to identify barriers and facilitators in implementing SDM training that used reflexivity strategies in the context of trisomies’ screening. Based on a non-probabilistic recruitment approach, we aimed to recruit 20 prenatal service managers across the province of Quebec for 40- to 60-minute semi-structured interviews.

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Evaluating effectiveness of educational intervention on syphilis screening and interpretation in a Family Medicine Residency [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

A lecture was given to residents and faculty with a pre and post-intervention survey including a brief quiz about interpretation and management of syphilis results as well as assessment of confidence in performing same as well as teaching this content. respectively).

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What Are the Most Common Preventive Services? A Complete Guide

Mesa Family Physician

In Arizona’s climate, skin cancer screenings are particularly important given our high sun exposure. For Women Women require specific preventive services throughout their lives, including breast cancer screenings, cervical cancer screenings, osteoporosis testing, and prenatal care during pregnancy.

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Mapping Colorectal Cancer Screening Workflows in Primary Care Practices [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Primary care physicians and practice teams face well-documented challenges increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates among their patients. are needed to reach US CRC screening goals. Population Studied: Twenty-seven staff, including physicians, nurses, office managers, medical assistants, receptionists, and others.

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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

Ed Oliver, HB 45 would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover any noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test assigned a grade A or B under the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. What Happened: The Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education did not meet to discuss the bill.

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“Practice at the Top of your License?”

A Country Doctor Writes

It is hugely inefficient to do mass education and mass screenings with large populations on a one-on-one basis. Another problem with primary care today is that managers and EMR programmers have basically no idea of what we do, the cognitive aspect of doctoring.