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The rural road map for action: an examination of undergraduate medical education in Canada

Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2023
Background: There is currently a maldistribution of physicians across Canada, with rural areas facing a greater physician shortage. The taskforce between the College of Family Physicians and the Society of Rural Physicians created a report, “The Rural ...
Brenton Button, Megan Gao, John Dabous, Ivy Oandasan, Carmela Bosco, Erin Cameron   +5 more
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Health centres and social determinants of health: an analysis of enabling services provision and clinical quality

Family Medicine and Community Health, 2023
Objective It is well known that social determinants of health (SDOH), including poverty, education, transportation and housing, are important predictors of health outcomes. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded health centres serve a
Michael Topmiller, Jessica McCann, Jennifer Rankin, Hank Hoang, Alek Sripipatana, Jene Grandmont, Molly Pelzer   +6 more
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Health promotion, disease prevention and periodic health checks: perceptions and practice among family physicians in eastern Mediterranean region [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify the current practices and perceptions of family physicians regarding health promotion, disease prevention including periodic screening and health checks in Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Al Shafaee, MA, Al-Ali, A, Al-Duwaisan, H, Alkaisi, S, Alnasir, F, Bashir, M, Farahat, TA, Halasa, W, Khoja, TAM, Nanji, K, Qidwai, W, Rawaf, S, Saad, NES   +12 more
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Physician Communication Skills: Results of a Survey of General/Family Practitioners in Newfoundland [PDF]

, 2001
Purpose: To describe the attitudes related to communication skills, confidence in using commnication skills, and use of communication skills during the physician-patient encounter among a population-based sample of family physicians. Procedures: A mailed
Ashbury PhD, Fredrick D., Iverson PhD, Donald C., Kralj PhD, Boris   +2 more
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Informing the American Academy of family Physician’s Health Equity strategy – an environmental scan using the Delphi technique

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background Many organizations have prioritized health equity and the social determinants of health (SDoH). These organizations need information to inform their planning, but, relatively few quantifiable measures exist.
Kevin A. Kovach, Cory B. Lutgen, Elisabeth F. Callen, Christina M. Hester   +3 more
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Missed opportunities for improving practice performance in adult immunizations: a meta-narrative review of the literature

BMC Family Practice, 2017
Background We sought to characterize how the term “missed opportunities” is reported in the literature in the context of immunization rates and to assess how missed opportunities can be operationalized.
Natalia Loskutova, Craig Smail, Brian Webster, Kemi Ajayi, Julie Wood, Jennifer Carroll   +5 more
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Effects of multicomponent primary care-based intervention on immunization rates and missed opportunities to vaccinate adults

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background Adult immunization rates are below Healthy People 2020 targets. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention to improve adult immunization rates.
Natalia Y. Loskutova, Craig Smail, Elisabeth Callen, Elizabeth W. Staton, Niaman Nazir, Brian Webster, Wilson D. Pace   +6 more
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Interprofessional collaboration in diabetes care: perceptions of family physicians practicing in or not in a primary health care team

BMC Family Practice, 2019
BackgroundIn Canada, most patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are cared for in the primary care setting in the practices of family physicians.
O. Szafran, S. Kennett, N. Bell, J. Torti   +3 more
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Efficacy and Efficiency in Natural Family Planning Services [PDF]

, 2009
Relatively few Catholic couples in the United States use modern methods of natural family planning (NFP). So too, few Catholic physicians and health professionals prescribe the use of NFP methods for their patients.
Fehring, Richard
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Current pharmacologic treatment of dementia: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2017
DESCRIPTION The American College of Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians developed this guideline to present the available evidence on current pharmacologic treatment of dementia. METHODS The targeted literature search included evidence
A. Qaseem, V. Snow, J. Cross, M. Forciea, R. Hopkins, P. Shekelle, A. Adelman, D. Mehr, K. Schellhase, D. Campos-Outcalt, P. Santaguida, D. Owens   +11 more
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