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2025 POP! Keynote Revealed

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

Keynote, Emily Silverman, MD is an internal medicine doctor in San Francisco and Founder of The Nocturnists , an award winning podcast. She has a new 13-part documentary series called the Uncertainty in Medicine. Emily is an internal medicine doctor in San Francisco and Founder of The Nocturnists. Our 2025 POP!

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A Change of Mind on MOUD: Impact of Messages to Motivate Expanded Access to Buprenorphine in Primary Care Settings [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Expansion of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) within primary care practices is often met with resistance. Intervention: A rural-setting family physician scripted informal videos describing her extensive experience with treating patients with OUD using buprenorphine.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care Internal medicine plays a central role in adult health, especially when it comes to prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care. What Is Internal Medicine? Many wonder: What does an internal medicine doctor do?

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

Today we have the honor of interviewing Susan Block, MD, one of the pioneering leaders in the fields of palliative care, particularly psychosocial aspects of palliative care. And at that point, I was interested in the interface between medicine and psychiatry. There was no conversation with the patient or the family about this.

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Pathways to primary care for underserved communities

Common Sense Family Doctor

Several past colleagues in the family medicine department at Georgetown recently published an informative scoping review of specialty disrespect in the medical learning environment. The authors term "primary care yield" as the percentage of physicians who start training in primary care and complete it in primary care.