Working on the electronic health record (EHR) after usual clinic hours (pajama time) is associated with burnout and decreased professional satisfaction in attending physicians. This study examines the association between resident pajama time and burnout, professional satisfaction, and medical knowledge among family medicine (FM) residents.
Given the recent expansion of US family medicine residency programs, we updated data on the link between training location and practice location and explored its relationship with primary care capacity. We found that most family physicians practice near their residency training programs, and many high-retention states have low primary care physician capacity.
Some graduate medical education programs focus on the preparation of physicians for rural primary care practice. More exploration is needed to understand what is taught and how medical educators prepare resident and fellow physicians for rural practice. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify the primary dimensions of the concept of graduate
Related to recent federal directives to strengthen physician nutrition education, this paper examines family medicine's leadership in nutrition counseling while identifying modifiable barriers limiting primary care's prevention potential. Family physicians, comprising over 109,000 certified clinicians, provide 20% of U.S. healthcare visits and deliver substantial nutrition counseling, particularly in underserved communities.
Understanding primary care panel sizes is crucial as US policy makers and workforce planners wrestle with both primary care shortage and rising clinician burnout. We aimed to investigate physician and practice factors associated with variation in panel size. Panel sizes among FPs vary significantly based on practice type and size, team composition, and scope of
Women physicians often take on mentorship roles rather than “institutionally recognized leadership positions,” but there are solutions that may help level the playing field, according to experts. Although the presence of women in U.S. medical schools has grown over the last 25 years, equitable representation in medical leadership “remains elusive,” Annie Koempel, PhD, MA, RDN,
Medicine's increasing corporatization has fundamentally altered how physicians practice, yet discussions of medical professionalism often remain anchored in frameworks from decades past. The surge in health care consolidation and sixfold growth in private equity ownership of practices has transformed physicians' daily operations and decision-making. Any meaningful discussion of professionalism must now address these material
In the setting of the growing need to train more family physicians and the growth of available residency slots, there is also increasing concern about the decreasing percentage of family medicine (FM) residency positions being filled in the primary Match process and the increased reliance on the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) to
It’s no secret that trust in healthcare is a major concern for Black patients. According to data compiled over the past four years through MHQP’s annual statewide Patient Experience Survey, there is a significant disparity in trust between Black and White patients in primary care in Massachusetts. Although trust is the foundation of high-quality healthcare,
Dr. Andrew W. Bazemore likens trust to a new drug or device. “It’s one of the most powerful tools of medicine, frankly, and if you don’t have it, no number of drugs, devices, or other interventions are going to achieve much,” says Bazemore, a primary care doctor in Virginia who is senior vice president of
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