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

Annals of Family Medicine

COVID-19's impact surpasses previous pandemics, disrupting medical education by delaying clinical rotations and necessitating a rapid transition to telemedicine due to isolation and PPE shortages. 32% (n=11) reported patient satisfaction with telemedicine transitions.

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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

What information should you bring? Here’s what to expect: A review of your personal and family medical history Discussion of current medications, allergies, and supplements Review of lifestyle habits such as diet, exercise, alcohol, and tobacco use A basic physical exam: blood pressure, heart rate, weight, etc. How long will it take?

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5 Questions to Ask Your Family Doctor

Hitchcock Family Medicine

Whether you're looking for a new primary care family doctor or getting special services, you should have some questions ready. Here are a few questions to ask your family doctor. This information will also give you an idea of the type of treatments they're familiar with and if they have updated their skills.

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A qualitative evaluation of the implementation of a pre-consultation tool for older adults in primary care [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Pre-consultation telemedicine tools have been proposed as an effective solution to optimize the care of the growing number of older patients with chronic conditions. However, little information exists on how to successfully implement these tools in the primary care setting.

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Finding the right fit: Considerations for a confident clinical career choice

Sound Physicians

Are you looking for a vibrant city life or a quieter, family-friendly community? With the right information and clear priorities, your next career move could be the best one yet. Do you feel ready to make that move? Do you dread a long winter, or has the cold never bothered you anyway?

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Eric 37:42 We did a massive switch to telemedicine. But watch out! So it matters.

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Patients Recognizing the Heart of Primary Care: Patient Indications of Relationship and Healing from Primary Care Clinicians [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Patients indicated full-scope primary care even with telemedicine and social isolation. As societal issues revealed complexities with racism, vaccine hesitancy, wariness of COVID-19 information, and general mistrust, patients expressed gratitude for critical support and healthcare access for people across all communities.