Family Medicine Initiative

MAY 7, 2025

While I strive to write evidence-based but easy-to-understand articles, I believe the NNT is a research concept every GP should know. Similar Concepts: Number Needed to Harm ( NNH ) and Number Needed to Screen ( NNS ) are the equivalents for adverse effects and screenings. What is the NNT? How to calculate it?

GP 130

GP Family Medicine DO Screening 130

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. As in, your cancer gets sacked. Out on its ear.

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 120

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 120

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. It was me, my liver, up on that screen, with a blob of stuff in it that shouldn't be there. Nothing has been written in it since then. That was a good week. It was of course true.

GP 100

GP Families Family IT 100

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. Another option would be to start your own practice.

GP 52

GP Medical Student Insurance General Practitioner 52

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. How is it different from general practice?

Internal Medicine 130

Internal Medicine GP Family Doctor Primary Care 130

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. 66% of GPs had been unable to take time off due to difficulty finding locums. I abandoned the Weetabix-encrusted bowls and sat in front of the screen, head in hands. What the actual fork.

GP 100

GP Screening Mental Health IT 100