scholarly journals Keeping the Family in Family Medicine

2020 ◽  
pp. 104990912093327
Author(s):  
Amelita Woodruff
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Personal Reflection ◽  
Family Medicine Resident ◽  
Medicine Resident ◽  
Academic Center ◽  
The Family ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

In this personal reflection, as a Family Medicine resident at an Academic Center in Northeast Florida, as well as being a chronic illness patient myself, I explore the notion of dying alone and away from family. Although COVID-19 has changed the practice of medicine in many ways, prior to that, and before the instillation of hospital no-visitor policies and stay at home orders, I experienced a case of a patient dying alone in the hospital. These chronicles that case and the impact it had on me afterward in regard to my own family and how I hope the future of medicine can address this.

scholarly journals The impact of forms of unemployment on the social conditions in the Palestinian society from the point of view of the Palestinian youth in the current period between 2015 – 2019: تأثير أشكال البطالة على الأوضاع الاجتماعية في المجتمع الفلسطيني من وجهة نظر الشباب الفلسطيني في الفترة الزمنية الحالية ما بين 2015 – 2019م

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelmajid Nayif Alawneh
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Palestinian Society ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

    The research aims to study the impact of unemployment on the social conditions in the Palestinian society from the point of view of the unemployed youth, especially in the current time period (2019), the researcher used the descriptive analytical method, and the research community consists of young people in the governorate of Ramallah. The researcher used the questionnaire tool, and the data were analyzed by the analysis program (SPSS). It was found that the majority of youth are unemployed, they are middle age, single and large families, urban residents, people with specialties and low income. As for the results of the research, there was an increase in the impact of the forms of unemployment on the social conditions of the individual, family and society and their outlook towards the future, came the highest degree on the social conditions of the individual (6. 90%) and then the social conditions of the family (3. 83%), Followed by the societal conditions to reach the value (78%), came the lowest values ​​for the outlook for the future, which amounted to (67%). Some of the features of the impact of unemployment, including the tension, anxiety and frustration of the young group. As for the nature of the relationship between the variables of the study, there was a statistically significant relationship between the combined unemployment and the low income, between the apparent, persuasive and compulsory unemployment, and the individual, family and societal situations and the outlook for them. At the end of the research a number of recommendations were made, most notably the need to balance the types of education and activate the social and cultural role of the family.  

scholarly journals FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENT AWARD FOR SCHOLARSHIP

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-92
Author(s):  
P. J. Carek ◽  
S. Abercrombie ◽  
S. Carr ◽  
G. Dickson ◽  
J. Gravel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Family Medicine Resident ◽  
Medicine Resident

A snap shot of patients’ recall, attitudes, and perceptions of their pain contracts from a family medicine resident outpatient clinic

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robinder Bahniwal, MD ◽  
Jarrett Sell, MD ◽  
Abdul Waheed, MD, FAAFP
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
The United States ◽  
Recall Rate ◽  
Patient Attitudes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Family Medicine Resident ◽  
Medicine Resident ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
Penn State

Objective: Determine patient recall, attitudes, and perceptions of their pain contract in a family medicine resident outpatient clinic.Design: A cross-sectional study design using a telephone survey to all eligible subjects who signed a hardcopy pain contract from August 29, 2014 to May 19, 2016 at a resident outpatient clinic.Setting: Penn State Hershey Family and Community Medicine Residency clinic.Participants: All patients who signed a hardcopy pain contract at the practice site who met specific inclusion criteria.Main outcome measures: What proportions of items are remembered from the standardized Penn State Hershey pain contract and does recall vary with time of contract signing.Secondary outcome measures: Patient attitudes and perceptions of their pain contract.Results: Ninety-five percent of patients recalled agreeing to random urine drug screens (UDS) and 60 percent recalled they were not to receive prescriptions from another provider unless approved by their practice site. The recall rate for the remaining 33 items in the contract ranged from 0 percent to 20 percent. The highest recall rate was for contracts signed between 0-3 months. Patient feedback regarding the pain contract was recorded and while five were positive or neutral, 15 patients recorded negative attitudes toward the process, the physician, and/or the UDS.Conclusions: This study highlights limited recall and negative patient attitudes toward the pain contract. Considering the public health concerns with regard to the current opioid epidemic in the United States, additional training of providers, redesign of pain contracts and new models for informing patients about safe chronic pain management may be warranted.

scholarly journals Is There a Need for Men's Health Training for Family Physicians in Canada?

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Andries Muller ◽  
Vivian R. Ramsden ◽  
Gill White
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Resident Training ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Health Curriculum ◽  
Family Medicine Resident ◽  
Medicine Resident

Objective. The goal of this study was to explore which topics were rendered important to incorporate into a men's health curriculum for family medicine resident training. Design. A mixed-methodology was used. A case study method with a sequential transformative strategy was utilized. A quantitative survey was sent to the 17 program directors of Canadian family medicine training programs. This was followed by a qualitative phase with interviews of selected program directors and two focus groups with practicing family physicians from a rural and an urban clinic. Main Findings. Certain issues were identified for incorporation into a men's health curriculum for family medicine resident training. These issues were grouped in three groups: male sexual and reproductive health, general topics, and procedures specific to men's health. Conclusion. It appears that there is no formal curriculum to address any of these issues in any of the current family medicine training programs in Canada. Based on the information gathered from participants in this study, there is a great need for such a curriculum to exist.

Does Pediatric Home Care Make a Difference for Children with Chronic Illness? Findings from the Pediatric Ambulatory Care Treatment Study

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 845-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth E. K. Stein ◽  
Dorothy Jones Jessop
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Ambulatory Care ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Care Treatment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

The ongoing care needed by children with chronic physical illness is a topic of national concern. The Pediatric Ambulatory Care Treatment Study (PACTS) is a classic pretest-posttest randomized experiment designed to evaluate a Pediatric Home Care (PHC) program in which an interdisciplinary team provides comprehensive primary health care, support, coordination, patient advocacy, and education to chronically ill children and their families. Home interviews were conducted by an independent research team with the 219 families at enrollment, 6 months, and 1 year; 80% completed all three interviews. Analyses indicate that pediatric home care is effective in improving the satisfaction of the family with care, in improving the child's psychological adjustment, and in lessening the psychiatric symptoms of the mother. The functional status of the children was equally well maintained in both groups, and there was no significant difference in the impact of the illness on the family between the two groups. There are indications that there may be a dose-related effect with respect to the child's psychological adjustment with those in the program for the longest period of time showing the greatest benefit. Such a home care program can be an effective intervention for minimizing the social and psychological consequences of chronic illness.

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