Family Practice - Education
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

International medical graduate-patient communication: a qualitative analysis of perceived barriers.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: International medical graduates (IMGs) represent a substantial portion of all medical residents in the United States. Yet, IMGs may be disadvantaged in their communications with U.S. patients for a variety of reasons. The authors conducted ... Read more...

A review of significant events analysed in general practice: implications for the quality and safety of patient care.

30 Aug 2009 : BACKGROUND: Significant event analysis (SEA) is promoted as a team-based approach to enhancing patient safety through reflective learning. Evidence of SEA participation is required for appraisal and contractual purposes in UK general practice. A ... Read more...

Attitudes, norms and controls influencing lifestyle risk factor management in general practice.

24 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: With increasing rates of chronic disease associated with lifestyle behavioural risk factors, there is urgent need for intervention strategies in primary health care. Currently there is a gap in the knowledge of factors that influence the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Family Practice - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• International medical graduate-patient communication: a qualitative analysis of perceived barriers. 30 Oct 2009
• Primary care--lifelines and shortages. 29 Sep 2009
• Is the family physician in or out of hospital medicine? A discussion of pertinent perspectives to consider as we address inpatient curricular review. 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of expanding use of health information technologies on medical student education in family medicine. 30 Aug 2009
• Family medicine in Japan. 30 Aug 2009
• A review of significant events analysed in general practice: implications for the quality and safety of patient care. 30 Aug 2009
• Attitudes, norms and controls influencing lifestyle risk factor management in general practice. 24 Aug 2009
• The chasm between is and ought. 19 Aug 2009
• [What do you read during the quieter summer season? Family medicine can be very fascinating] 18 Aug 2009
• [Who was the district general practitioner Johnsen?] 11 Aug 2009
• What does it mean to be a family physician?: Exploratory study with family medicine residents from 3 countries. 30 Jul 2009
• [Practical approach to lung health strategy in Algeria.] 30 Jul 2009
• Medical home or medical "broken" home. 30 Jul 2009
• Methodology and outcomes of a family medicine research fellowship. 30 Jul 2009
• Recognition of depression in people of different cultures: a qualitative study. 25 Jul 2009
• Improving general practice consultations for older people with asthma: a cluster randomised control trial. 18 Jul 2009
• Teaching capacity in general practice: results from a survey of practices and supervisors in South Australia. 18 Jul 2009
• Australia's primary health care workforce--research informing policy. 18 Jul 2009
• American board of family medicine in-training examination. 29 Jun 2009
• Academy launches comprehensive patient-centered medical home resources. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Family Practice'

Definition: A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.

Descriptor UI: D005194

Alternative terms: Family Practice; Family Practices; Practice, Family; Practices, Family; General Practice; General Practices; Practice, General; Practices, General;

Related Mesh Headings: Comprehensive Health Care; Physicians, Family;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.230;

Online Note: use FAMILY PRACTICE to search GENERAL PRACTICE 1966-77

History Note: 78; was see under GENERAL PRACTICE 1975-77, was see GENERAL PRACTICE 1969-74; GENERAL PRACTICE was heading 1963-77

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; articles with titles reading, e.g., "cortisone in general practice" are indexed under FAMILY PRACTICE as NIM if indexed there at all: use circumspectly