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Developing an intervention to assist older patients communication with their GP practice after discharge from hospital [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Family medicine is uniquely placed to help, but lacks structures, tools and funding to do so. Objective The GP-MATE study has built a new intervention for family medicine and patients/carers through co-design.

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What Does “NNT” Mean and Why Should You Care?

Family Medicine Initiative

While I strive to write evidence-based but easy-to-understand articles, I believe the NNT is a research concept every GP should know. erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. As you might have noticed, I often use the Number Needed to Treat (NNT) to communicate research results. What is the NNT? How to calculate it?

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Prevalence and management of symptom diagnoses in children in general practice

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To explore the prevalence of symptom diagnoses in children in general practice and the management strategies performed by GPs. Participants Participant data registered in a Dutch practice-based primary care research network (Family Medicine Network [FaMe-Net]). Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting The Netherlands.

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Towards a Fundamental Unit of Continuity of Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Clinician types included family medicine (FM), internal medicine (IM), pediatric medicine (PED), general practice (GP), obstetrics/gynecology (OB), nurse practitioner (NP), and physician assistant (PA). Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective cohort study of patients in 2018-19 Virginia All Payer Claims Database (APCD).

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Improving uptake of interpreting services in primary care settings

Medical Xpress

People who do not speak English well often ask friends and family to translate for them when accessing their GP practice, finds a new study from the University of Surrey.

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Here We Go Again

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

I had been showered with gifts and cakes from work colleagues, as I prepared to do a little job-crafting and switch back to more GP-ing and less laptopping. Must have had a rough clinic, I supposed; a family of 4 had gone in before me, and that is never good. Life was good and I was in control. But onwards and upwards.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. Well, because they’re hard on people with dementia and they can be very hard on families, and they’re a form of crisis. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.

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