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A comparison of children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary care and secondary care [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

It is not clear which children are referred and what the differences are between PC and hospital care populations. Insight in patient characteristics in both settings might invite to reflect upon referral strategies of general practitioners (GPs) and interpretation of study results from hospital care.

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Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Aspiring Minority Doctor

There is also the option of electronic health record (EHR) training and support work where you would travel to various hospitals/clinics around the country and train individuals on how to use EMR systems. It would also be possible to go into concierge medicine and focus on VIP patients.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Should GPs actually be treated as the stars of medicine? As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. More GPs = Higher Life Expectancy Did you know that people in areas with more GPs live longer ?