Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JANUARY 27, 2025

It messes a bit with my thoughts about returning to active duty as a GP. Nearly every other Stage 4 bowel cancer patient I know has needed some kind of ongoing therapy to keep them ticking over. I was special but now I am definitely not. It's fine, like. I will have to ponder that.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Frequent GP visits improve health outcomes for children with asthma; however, they are often irregular and inconsistent leading to an increase in hospital readmissions, new research has found.

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the approaches general practitioners (GPs) use to respond to the treatment burden faced by people with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 29 videos of GP-patient consultations in an academic general practice clinic in China.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To compare demographic, clinical and psychosocial characteristics of children with FAP and IBS who are recruited by their GP versus via media. Setting: GPs from local GP practices. Population studied: Children aged 7-17 years with FAP or IBS according to their GP. years, interquartile range 1.5-4.6

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Canadian Family Physician

APRIL 14, 2025

Results Overall, 6162 children under 15 years of age and registered with GP practices were included in the cohort. Among them, 2767 (44.9%) had at least 1 contact with their GP for at least 1 symptom diagnosis, and 161 (2.6%) had at least 1 persistent symptom diagnosis.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 10, 2025

The GP also shows Kate a list of online communities and forums where she can connect with other patients on similar weight loss journeys. Kate and her GP schedule monthly check-ins to discuss her progress, address any challenges, and adjust the treatment plan as needed.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Follow-up assessments were completed by an independent assessor via telephone in 30 and 180 days.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

Antidepressants were frequently prescribed to older nursing home residents with dementia, a neurological disorder, despite limited clinical benefit and substantial risk of side effects. Researchers conducted a retrospective study to examine the impact of a multifaceted intervention targeting nursing home general practitioners (GP) and their collaboration (..)

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 5, 2025

You may have received an email from your GP clinic or a text message from your pharmacy telling you they're in stock. It's that time of year when flu vaccines are becoming available in Australia.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

You wake with stomach pain that worsens during the day and decide to see your doctor. You describe your symptoms and your doctor examines you. Then the doctor says, "From what I hear, I think you could just have a stomach bug. Rest and come back in three days."

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Medical Xpress

MAY 10, 2023

A study conducted by UMC Utrecht during the pandemic showed that patients can easily perform oxygen measurements themselves at home, they felt safe doing so and the number of GP or hospital visits did not increase.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Trans and non-binary adults are more likely than the general population to experience long-term health conditions, including mental health problems, dementia and learning disabilities, and to be autistic, according to new research.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: General practitioners (GP’s), test developers, specialists in SC, and methodologists from in- and outside the Netherlands. Criteria were categorized as inclusion, exclusion, or reassessment for the subsequent round based on feedback and agreement levels. Setting or Dataset: Primary care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Clinician types included family medicine (FM), internal medicine (IM), pediatric medicine (PED), general practice (GP), obstetrics/gynecology (OB), nurse practitioner (NP), and physician assistant (PA). Patients were attributed to the PCPs with whom they had the most visits in 2018.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population studied: Children in the PC study were 7-17 years old, had FAP or IBS according to their GP, and were not being treated by a pediatrician. Setting: One RCT was performed in PC and the other RCT was performed in a hospital setting including secondary and tertiary care patients.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 4, 2023

Researchers calculating the cost/savings to Medicare from General Practitioner (GP) billing practices, according to the length of the consultation itself, have found that GPs frequently undercharge Medicare for patient consultations.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

People who do not speak English well often ask friends and family to translate for them when accessing their GP practice, finds a new study from the University of Surrey.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 21, 2023

GP fees are hitting more Australians than they did a few years ago. There's a lot of talk about a crisis in bulk billing, with many people reporting they're unable to see a doctor without paying an out-of-pocket fee.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

A new study by Western Sydney University researchers has found that a short 15–20 minute discussion between a local endocrinologist and general practitioner (GP) in Sydney's south west is improving the care of people with complex type 2 diabetes.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

It would probably be harder to find the support if on your own, but after you obtain your license, you could theoretically start your own practice as a General Practitioner (GP). Thirty or so years ago, this was not abnormal, but it has since heavily fallen out of favor.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JULY 4, 2024

I had been showered with gifts and cakes from work colleagues, as I prepared to do a little job-crafting and switch back to more GP-ing and less laptopping. Life was good and I was in control. Funny how the scanxiety that plagued me for years had miraculously disappeared, and I had almost forgotten the CT that I had had two weeks before.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

Family doctor (GP) : Trained to care for patients of all ages—children, adults, and elderly—often including some women’s health and minor procedures. So, internist vs GP , or internist vs family doctor , boils down to scope: internists typically do not see children, whereas family doctors do.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

But something like the GP Cog or 88 are options as well. And either of those could be given to the patient or an informant. And we give a variety of validated tools. Mostly people use like a quick ADL IDL checklist and for function and a mini cog. So I think there’s something called an faq for the functional screen.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JUNE 5, 2021

My wonderful GP has died, but I am building a relationship with my new one. I make myself do the right thing when it comes to going to my GP for bloods and prescriptions (a massive 40% of doctors who completed the IMO survey said they had no GP). The Red Door has been painted blue by its new owners.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Using ordered logistic regression analysis, we assessed associations between the five practice models and two GP-reported indicators of well-being at work: job satisfaction and occupational stress. 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey Population studied.

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Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Is a General Physician (GP) the same as a Family Physician (FP)? A general physician (GP) is not the same as a family physician (FP). A physician also may consider themselves a GP if they began practicing before Family Medicine became a specialty (in 1969). Don’t worry; HIPAA laws protect your privacy and medical information.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

That includes returning her partner's shirts she'd ordered online for him last week, and booking a GP appointment for their youngest child. His partner, a woman, prepares dinner, while mentally ticking off her to-do list.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

MARCH 24, 2020

Will a night nurse or a GP go into her house to help her to die well, wearing a full hazmat suit? Surely there's no need to go wasting precious resources for that? Or how about the elderly lady who knows she is dying, and has chosen to stay at home? Or not wearing any protective gear at all?

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

More GPs = Higher Life Expectancy Did you know that people in areas with more GPs live longer ? Studies from the USA showed that adding one GP per 10,000 inhabitants was associated with 2-5 fewer deaths 5 , 6 and 4 fewer hospitalizations 5 annually. 11 , 13 Over time, GPs come to know their patients well.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Search This Blog Home About Me Sarah Fitzgibbon 47 year old GP, mother of three gorgeous children, wife of superhero husband, wrestler of metastatic bowel cancer. How To Be Good How To Be Good It's a long time since I read Nick Hornby's book and I don't remember much of the detail, but it is not surprising that I was d.

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

Local anaesthetics decreased 50-80% following the beginning of the pandemic, while the intramuscular vitamin B12 injection decreased dramatically during this period, and was supplemented by a corresponding increase in the oral form of the medication.

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