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Improving Scholarship in a Community Hospital Residency Program with a Curriculum featuring a Structured Roadmap, Indi [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

This study aims to evaluate the impact of implementing a structured roadmap to enhance resident scholarly activity within a specific family medicine residency program. Results Between July 2016 and 2021, thirty-one Family-Medicine residents graduated from the program.

Education 130
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Influencing Factors of Adherence Dynamics in Young Adults with Hypertension: A Mixed-Methods Study [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective The present study investigates the factors influencing the dynamics of medication and non-medication adherence in young Chinese adults with hypertension. Setting or Dataset general outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Chengdu. Study design and analysis explanatory sequential mixed methods.

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Electronic Health Record Use and Patient-Centredness [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: Mixed-methods study which adapted simulated patient standardized clinical scenarios from family physician certification oral examinations to include use of the EHR. Setting: An academic primary care clinic based in a hospital. Population: Ten resident physicians and six staff physicians.

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Perceived acceptability and feasibility of integrating breast and cervical cancer screening for women and providers in Kenya [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting The study was conducted at 10 government hospitals in Siaya and Busia Counties in Kenya. Population Studied A total of 1,305 women presenting for CC screening and 50 CC providers at the study hospitals were surveyed.

Screening 130
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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

Context In the post-discharge period from hospital acute inpatient care, the older patient is at risk from a lack of joined-up care. Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Family medicine is uniquely placed to help, but lacks structures, tools and funding to do so.

GP 130
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Super-utilization interventions - failing or evolving in complex systems? A scoping literature review [Complexity science]

Annals of Family Medicine

Introduction: Super-utilization (frequent acute hospital care use or frequent emergency department (ED) utilization and readmissions) describes high rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions by some individuals. Conclusion: Super-utilization is an expanding concern within academic literature.

Utilities 130
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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study design and analysis: Descriptive statistics were used in SPSS to present demographics and responses and Chi-squared tests evaluated relationships between demographics and attitudes. Study Population: Thirty-six residents from UTSW, Parkland, Children's Hospital, and Texas Health Resources were surveyed.