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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. What is the NNT? It’s the number of patients you need to treat to prevent one bad outcome. How to calculate it?

GP 130
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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. Nothing has been written in it since then. That was a good week.

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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. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it? If so, how do we screen and who do we screen?

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

While many patients are familiar with terms like “family doctor” or “primary care,” the field of internal medicine often raises questions: What exactly does an internist do? Internist vs Family Doctor: What’s the Difference? A common comparison is between an internist and a family doctor (or general practitioner).

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

What is the meaning of Family Medicine? As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings. What is primary care?

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Over The Top

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

Will a night nurse or a GP go into her house to help her to die well, wearing a full hazmat suit? But I am not sure that the family of a 57 year old victim who happened to use an inhaler or took some tablets for diabetes are able to accept that he was simply a sitting duck. Or not wearing any protective gear at all?