Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A couple of years ago, I partnered with six family medicine residency programs for my CHARM Well-Being Leaders Longitudinal Certificate Course project. Prioritizing your well-being makes you more efficient, effective, and present. This benefits not just you but also your family, friends, colleagues, staff, and patients.

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StorytellERdoc

MARCH 16, 2015

Although I pride myself on catching the obscure snapshots of typical life moments that occur daily while dealing with patients and their families in the emergency department, occasionally there are times when I am so focused on the task at hand that I completely fail to see a glaring moment of obvious humor, sadness, or tenderness.

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Mere Mortal MD

JUNE 15, 2025

I never got a DUI, showed up work drunk or hungover, or screamed at my husband or family, and yet, it was an unhealthy habit I was slowly losing control over. “Sobriety is about freeing yourself from any behavior that enslaves you and keeps you from being present in life.” But it was also because I had a drinking problem.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. Engaging researchers and leveraging evidence are essential for addressing the challenges faced by FM and family physicians.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention ECHO Pain started in June 2014 and offered weekly 90-minute sessions that include a didactic lecture followed by a de-identified patient case presentation. In this study, we present a narrative summary of our program achievements and research in the past ten years.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Individuals with diabetes often present with co-occurring chronic conditions (CC), or multimorbidity. of respondents with diabetes presented with CC, FL, and GS, whereas only 1.8% presented with at least 6 conditions, including 18.4% When examining C-MM, 61.6% had none of these conditions, 10.5%

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Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

The present study evaluated the acceptability and the feasibility of hearing screening for patients consulting in private family practice medicine. CONCLUSIONS This study supports integration of app-based hearing screenings into family medical care, as it is compatible with routine consultations.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Owing to the protean clinical presentations, heterogeneous diagnoses discussed in each patient case presented, and varied management approaches, capturing impact regarding clinical outcomes has proven challenging.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physicians in Canada have one of the broadest scopes of practice and shortest postgraduate residency training periods among high income nations. In 2018, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) reviewed Canadian family medicine training and determined it must evolve to meet contemporary societal needs.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Cohort in Primary Care (COPRI) is ongoing in 29 Family Medicine Groups (FMG) across Québec. Study design and analysis: Time between each step of the submission process were measured in days and descriptive results will be presented with tables and figures.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instruments: The Teams video conferencing platform and the Mentimeter interactive presentation software were used for data collection and recording. Setting: Quebec, Canada Population studied: Occupational therapists providing chronic self-management support interventions.

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Doctor Rachel

JULY 21, 2019

I don't know about you, but I have had a VERY busy spring—at work and at home—with multiple family members in need of support and medical care. When this happens, I pretty much write my own prescription, with the help and assistance of my friends and family (and especially my wonderful husband). It was just what I needed.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Smith, a general internist and professor of medicine and psychiatry at Michigan State University, explains why our medical system consistently prioritizes physical over emotional health and presents some ambitious proposals for how to rectify this harmful disparity. In Has Medicine Lost Its Mind?

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

For the past few years, MAFP has provided financial support for this opportunity hoping to encourage young adults in communities under-represented in medicine to become physicians (and hopefully family physicians!). Dr. Marco Cornelio presented a brief overview of opportunities with the MAFP and AAFP.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Objective: To understand COVID-19's impact on physicians-in-training and their preparedness and well-being amidst clinical and lifestyle changes.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients will complete all visits by August 2024 and completed patient data, including satisfaction data, will be presented. Context: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is now considered a standard treatment option in diabetes care. Two practices were FQHCs.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, trust continues to be limited to a binary view (present/absent), which is problematic given its dynamic and temporal nature. Trust is often discussed as a vital component of the CBPR model, supporting the development of key partnership outcomes, such as partnership synergy. ’ Study Design: A qualitative study design.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Efforts to reduce frequent and multi-dimensional acute care presentations using current care models appear ineffective. The complex dynamics of human systems driving Super-utilization lack prominence. Health services must contain costs and meet the felt needs of under-resourced personal journeys and underserved communities.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The context: Immigrants, particularly those moving from lower to higher-income countries, often exhibit a heightened susceptibility to non-communicable diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes (T2D), which may manifest at an earlier age and present with different complications compared to the native population.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Research shows that most children presenting to the emergency department with an acute allergic reaction requiring epinephrine can probably be safely discharged after 2 hours. Risk thresholds differed by presentation, the researchers noted. Some families might feel risk-averse and want to stay a little longer.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For instance, the UN Women organization presented a 30% increase of domestic violence (DV) in France during the establishment of lockdown measures. In addition to this gender inequality, the COVID-19 pandemic amplified the risk of IPV perpetration. The difficulty to obtain data without compromising the victims persists in 2024.

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AMMD

JUNE 12, 2025

Your hypothalamus, which is responsible for managing hunger, thirst, sleep, hormones, and body temperature, among other important functions, monitors the level of thyroid hormone present in your bloodstream.(1) You might have heard the terms hypothyroidism vs. hyperthyroidism. What exactly does it mean to be hypo or hyper?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Trainees rated their experience highly; their research included women/children’s health, obesity, substance use, mental health, traumatic brain injury, musculoskeletal pain, and integrative health modalities; they published 50 peer-reviewed papers; presented 44 abstracts; and received four grants, including one NIH Loan Repayment Award.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 6, 2024

I will use the categories my friend and colleague Dr. Tyra Fainstad used when we co-led a presentation on this topic. Look inside and around every nook and cranny of your cerebral gyri. Take 2-3 minutes to do this. Write each of the barriers down. Underline the self-imposed ones. Highlight those that are skill gaps. Strategy - flip it. "I

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Adults presenting to US primary or urgent care sites with a chief complaint of cough and at least one other systemic or respiratory symptom consistent with LRTI. Baseline data included demographics, signs, symptoms and PCR for 46 viruses and bacteria. Setting: US primary or urgent care setting.

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Doctor Rachel

MARCH 14, 2017

I am a family practice doc who sees teens and 20-somethings daily in my practice. The lack of religious and social community, the loss of family farms, and the increasing isolation of our nuclear families create environments which are less friendly to the happiness and relaxation of teens and adults alike. And I am not alone.

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Family medicine research is essential to improving population health. METHODS Questions included targeted demographic variables, institutional incentives, and family medicine department scholarly output. It has the unique ability to answer questions about health care outcomes and use those insights to impact communities.

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Doctor Rachel

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Many of my patients struggle with the holidays—whether alone and feeling at a distance from the holiday intensity, or flooded by sometimes challenging family and friends. Or wrapping presents in fancy gift paper, if you love it. Here’s a simple guide to finding peace, calm and real joy in this season. H O L I D A Y Home. Yah, yodeling.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

The FamilyPso questionnaire revealed caregiver burden among partners and family members of patients with psoriasis, which could bolster shared decision making. To include partners/family/close friends is an overlooked opportunity to increase empowerment of those affected and to secure adherence. “To

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StorytellERdoc

JULY 10, 2014

Several patients with chest pain (one requiring immediate catheterization), two patients with respiratory distress (one from skipping dialysis and one from a COPD exacerbation), and three patients from a motor vehicle collision presented almost simultaneously to our ER. I originally wrote this piece in December, 2010. To pain control issues.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset Participants were employed in 5 urban Colorado hospital-owned family medicine clinics. Most MAs had experience with HE activities, most commonly attending presentations on health disparities and SDOH, and screening patients for social needs. Interviews were coded for relevant content to identify common themes.

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Intuitive Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Consider this: How you were raised, your family dynamics and your past experiences serve as the building blocks of your leadership style today. Remember, anything unresolved from your past has a knack for resurfacing in your present, often in the most unexpected ways. It’s a situation that many of us can relate to.

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Myriad Genetics

OCTOBER 8, 2024

“Dense breasts present unique challenges in breast cancer screening, but awareness and proactive management can help mitigate these challenges,” said Dr. Ifeyinwa Stitt, an OB-GYN physician and Myriad speaker practicing in Maryland.

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CDOCS

MARCH 19, 2021

It can be very difficult to diagnose what you can&rsquo;t see, and it is impossible to treat what you don&rsquo;t diagnose. CBCT imaging shines a light on otherwise difficult diagnoses and asymptomatic pathology.</span></p> Implants and root canals can fail for a variety of reasons.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population studied: Actively practicing North Carolina internal medicine and family medicine physicians. Most saw race as being presented as biological in the ASCVD risk calculator, which concerned them. However, using race to guide clinical decisions is now controversial, potentially impacting clinician use of this tool.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

APRIL 23, 2019

Tracy Marr has been a patient of Family Physicians of Saint Joseph for more than a decade. Eggebrecht said that because this is such a unique healthcare model, the staff is going to be presenting the details of their office’s transition at a medical conference to other family physicians from around the country this summer.

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