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Improving Scholarship in a Community Hospital Residency Program with a Curriculum featuring a Structured Roadmap, Indi [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

A significant increase in the average number of scholarly activities including all manuscripts and presentations was noted after implementation of the 13 step road map. Similarly, the number of All-presentations and All-Manuscripts were also statistically significant post intervention (p <0.001 and 0.0038 respectively).

Education 130
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Perceived acceptability and feasibility of integrating breast and cervical cancer screening for women and providers in Kenya [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting The study was conducted at 10 government hospitals in Siaya and Busia Counties in Kenya. Population Studied A total of 1,305 women presenting for CC screening and 50 CC providers at the study hospitals were surveyed.

Screening 130
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Super-utilization interventions - failing or evolving in complex systems? A scoping literature review [Complexity science]

Annals of Family Medicine

Introduction: Super-utilization (frequent acute hospital care use or frequent emergency department (ED) utilization and readmissions) describes high rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions by some individuals. Conclusion: Super-utilization is an expanding concern within academic literature.

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Hidden bacteria present a substantial risk of antimicrobial resistance in hospital patients

Medical Xpress

Carriers of a specific hidden bacteria have a 14% chance of developing an antibiotic resistant infection with 30 days of hospitalization, according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC.

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Electronic Health Record Use and Patient-Centredness [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: An academic primary care clinic based in a hospital. Scatter plot visualization of the data revealed a trend of lower patient-centredness and SOO scores with increased proportion of time actively using the EHR and navigating within the EHR while the simulated patient was present.

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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

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. Study Population: Thirty-six residents from UTSW, Parkland, Children's Hospital, and Texas Health Resources were surveyed.

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Outcomes of a virtual CGM initiation service (virCIS) for primary care patients with diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Most practices were clinician owned solo or group practice (n=13), followed by hospital or health system owned (n=6). Patients will complete all visits by August 2024 and completed patient data, including satisfaction data, will be presented. Two practices were FQHCs. Two practices were FQHCs.