MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'general practitioners'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:54:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4464454&cid=t_205898_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F11%2Fmental-health-in-family-medicine-vol-5-no-4%2F This article investigates the view that general practitioners ought to detect early signs of suicidal tendencies in their patients (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Depression, General Practice, Primary Care, Suicide Tagged: Depression, General Practitioners, Patients, Primary Care, Risk Assessment, Suicide (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4464454 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:37:35 +0100 4464454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3895850&cid=t_205898_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fyour-doctor-is-broke-why-the-u-s-is-running-out-of-general-practitioners%2F If the thought of a doctor’s salary being too low sounds like total bullshit to you, you’re not alone. But according to a recent article in TIME Magazine, primary-care physicians are a dying breed, mostly because they don’t earn enough money. The article says the average general practitioner makes about $191,000 per year – seems like a lot to us, but considering the amount of debt most docs rack up between undergrad and med school, plus the actual cost of running a clinic, the salary is actually pretty low. Especially when you consider that many specialties pay over double that salary (and offer better hours and, for some, more interesting work). With baby boomers aging, the demand for primary-care physicians is only growing, but the number of doctors available to serve... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3895850 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:32:39 +0100 3895850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3437658&cid=t_205898_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F05%2Feducation-for-primary-care-2010-vol-21-no-2%2F This article explores the early implementation of CBL pilots in one part of the UK and assesses the impact of CBL on local training programmes across 14 general practice speciality training schemes. Contact the Library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals, Primary Care Tagged: Cluster Teaching, Cluster-based Learning, General Practitioners, Learners, Trainees, Vocational Training (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3437658 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:57:39 +0100 3437658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2954455&cid=t_205898_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F03%2Fbritish-journal-of-general-practice-2009-vol-59-no-568-2%2F This article aims to investigate GPs’ experiences of significant illness and how this affects their own subsequent practice. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Currently Watching, Journals Tagged: General Practitioners, Occupational Health and Safety, Qualitative Research, Stress (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2954455 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:20:45 +0100 2954455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2882980&cid=t_205898_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F12%2Fjournal-of-medical-ethics-2009-vol-35-no-10%2F content page Fade Fave: Is it ethical for a general practitioner to claim a conscientious objection when asked to refer for abortion? Fade Skinny: Abortion is one of the most divisive topics in healthcare. Proponents and opponents hold strong views. Some health workers who oppose abortion assert a right of conscientious objection to it, a position itself that others find unethical. Even if allowance for objection should be made, it is not clear how far it should extend. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Posted in Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Abortion, Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Ethics, General Practitioners (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2882980 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:46:42 +0100 2882980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2838881&cid=t_205898_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F28%2Fjournal-of-the-american-medical-association-2009-vol-302-no-12%2F Contents Fade fave: Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy and attitudes among primary care physicians. Fade skinny: Primary care physicians report high levels of distress, which is linked to burnout, attrition, and poorer quality of care. Programs to reduce burnout before it results in impairment are rare; data on these programs are scarce. The article aims to determine whether an intensive educational program in mindfulness, communication, and self-awareness is associated with improvement in primary care physicians’ well-being, psychological distress, burnout, and capacity for relating to patients. Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Burnout, Distress, Educational Programme, General Practitioners, GPs, Psychological Stress, ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2838881 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:31:37 +0100 2838881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737684&cid=t_205898_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F26%2Fmental-health-in-family-medicine-2008-vol-5-no-4%2F Title: What should prompt an urgent referral to a community mental health team? Skinny: Article outlines a set of 12 criteria developed using the Delphi technique to guide what should constitute an ‘urgent’ mental health referral. The criteria was developed after 100 referral letters to a community mental health team were analysed to determine the proportion that were considered urgent by the referrer compared to a consensus panel of psychiatrists. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Community Services, Guidance, Journals, Mental Health, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Social Care, Urgent Care, Vulnerable People Tagged: Community Mental Health Team, Delphi Technique, General Practitioners, Mental Health, Referral, Urgent Care (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737684 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:03:30 +0100 2737684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670890&cid=t_205898_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F04%2Fantidepressant-use-up-psychotherapy-use-down%2F A new study we reported on yesterday shows that over a nearly ten year period from 1996 to 2005, antidepressant use went up 75 percent (if going by the researcher’s percentages, not “doubled” as many mainstream news organizations are reporting), while psychotherapy use decreased. How much did psychotherapy use decrease? Over 35% in the same time period, amongst those who were being treated with an antidepressant. While that’s an astonishing statistic in itself, it comes with a few disclaimers. Antidepressants are, by far, the most prescribed psychiatric medication in society today. And the vast majority of those prescriptions (more than 80 percent) are made by general practitioners — not psychiatrists. That’s important to note, because while a psychiatr... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2670890 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:45:55 +0100 2670890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1862653&cid=t_205898_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F09%2Fnhs-pay-modernisation-new-contracts-for-general-practice-services-in-england-2%2F from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has been published. Findings and Recommendations The new contract cost some £1.8 billion more than planned. Incomplete data on the cost of services provided by GPs led the Department to underestimate expenditure in the first three years of the contract.  Where possible in future major changes should be piloted. Since March 2003, 4,098 more GPs are working in primary care, an increase of 15.3%. ncreases in numbers of GPs are being seen in some deprived areas. General practice productivity has decreased annually by an average of 2.5%.  An agreed method for measuring productivity in primary care should be developed, which has the support of the NHS, the Department, the Treasury and the Office of National Statistics. A clear strategy and... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1862653 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:45:11 +0100 1862653