Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

At 30 days, mortality was 1.0%, Emergency Department (ED) visits were 6.9%, hospitalization was 6.6%, and NH admission was 4.0%. Follow-up assessments were completed by an independent assessor via telephone in 30 and 180 days. Most individuals retained functional independence for up to 6 months following a community-based CGA.

General Practitioner 84

General Practitioner GP Primary Care Community 84

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JANUARY 27, 2025

It messes a bit with my thoughts about returning to active duty as a GP. For the moment, I am delighted to keep working with the wonderful people in the National Screening Service, while the wonderful people in the Mercy University Hospital are still working to keep me alive and well. It's fine, like. I will have to ponder that.

GP 130

GP Specialization Screening IT 130

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

Screening 119

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

Also, when you do re-apply for a residency position, you will be considered a graduating medical student senior which is useful for those residency programs that automatically screen out graduates. This would require relocating and I am not aware of how much it pays. I mailed everything in immediately after and had my license 3 weeks later.

GP 52

GP Medical Student Insurance General Practitioner 52

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JUNE 5, 2021

I glanced at the screen occasionally to watch the wonderful new President Dr Ina Kelly and her colleagues deliver their speeches. I abandoned the Weetabix-encrusted bowls and sat in front of the screen, head in hands. My wonderful GP has died, but I am building a relationship with my new one. What the actual fork.

GP 100

GP Screening Mental Health IT 100

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Some family doctors work in a residency training program where they may see patients in the hospital, out of the hospital, and deliver babies. 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).

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Physician 52