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Exploring Medical Trainees Perspectives on Narrative Medicine Education and Narrative Humility [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To determine medical trainees’ perspectives on current NBM practices and on narrative humility, and to assess their views on the effectiveness of NBM education via peer-led interactive workshop. Population Studied: Participants were mainly medical students, as well as residents and clinicians.

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Reflecting on the Success of the AAFP 2024 Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

This year’s event was a testament to the vibrant community of family physicians, medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing family medicine in Alabama. A highlight of the event was the swearing-in of Brittney T. Anderson, MD, FAAFP as the President of the Alabama Chapter.

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania. Outcome Measures Appointment outcome status was categorized into 1 of 3 event types: completed appointment (CA), noshow (NS), or same day cancellation (SDC), with NS and SDC representing a MA. The RF models had an AUROC of 0.87 for CA, 0.85

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Weekly LYN-005 Provides Sustained Risperidone Release in Schizophrenia

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For patients with schizophrenia, weekly LYN-005 provides sustained release of risperidone at therapeutic concentrations, according to a study published online June 11 in The Lancet Psychiatry. Leslie Citrome, M.D., All rights reserved.

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Revisiting the Advantages of aSOAP Notes: The Best of the Paper Chart and Old School Photography

A Country Doctor Writes

My system lets me choose whether to import everything or essentially nothing from the patient’s past medical history. And the past medical history reminds me of a bag person, dragging around everything they own in a stolen supermarket shopping cart. The rest of my note serves little purpose under normal circumstances.

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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. - Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Much has changed in the past six years since our last Health Policy Journal Club at Georgetown. I stepped down as director of the Robert L.

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Contraceptive counseling for gender-diverse patients: A community needs assessment [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

These barriers combined with inadequate medical education on care for SGM patients contribute to poor reproductive outcomes, including high rates of teen and unplanned pregnancy. Most respondents preferred to receive the resource in discussion with their healthcare provider and for distribution through a QR code.

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