scholarly journals Why is Palliative Care Training During the Portuguese Family Medicine Residency Program Not Mandatory?

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel F. Castro ◽  
Ana Catarina Esteves ◽  
Maria Gouveia ◽  
Paulo Pina-Pina
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Family Medicine Residency ◽  
Care Training

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scholarly journals Letter to the Editor Concerning “Why is Palliative Care Training During the Portuguese Family Medicine Residency Program Not Mandatory?”

2022 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Bernardo Pimentel ◽  
Mariana Barosa ◽  
Pedro Caiado Ferreira ◽  
Tiago Neto Gonçalves ◽  
Filipa Ramalho Rocha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Family Medicine Residency ◽  
Letter To The Editor ◽  
Care Training

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Integrating a palliative care longitudinal track into a family medicine residency program.

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (26_suppl) ◽  
pp. 156-156
Author(s):  
Nelson E. Dalla Tor
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Palliative Care Service ◽  
Multiple Chronic Conditions ◽  
Coordinated Care ◽  
Family Medicine Residency ◽  
Health Hospital

156 Background: Palliative care and Palliative care skills are being instituted in many hospitals and clinics as they have been shown to improve health care outcomes and decrease costs. While health care organizations are adopting these coordinated care programs, finding competent physicians to work effectively in these programs is difficult. Methods: PIH Health Hospital Whittier Family Medicine Residency Program developed a longitdudinal Palliative Care and Chronic Disease track to generate a transformed workforce of future family physicians that can deliver innovative, empathetic and effective care for seriously ill patients who are at risk due to health disparities, advanced multiple chronic conditions, or frailty. We applied for and obtained a Unihealth grant to fund the track development as well as funding through our sponsoring hospital. The Palliative Care track has its own NRMP residency Match number, differentiating it from the categorical residency program. Each year we accept two residents to enter our track. Using a multidisciplinary approach and faculty, the track meets every two weeks in seminar sessions to train residents in the broad scope of Palliative Care. As part of the track, residents then rotate two months in their senior years in our hospital's palliative care service. Results: An exhaustive medical literature review has shown that our program is unique in its scope and breadth. We have accepted our fifth class of residents that will be entering the track this July, 2016. Conclusions: PIH Health Hospital Whittier Family Medicine Residency Program has created an unique and academically sound program to train Family Medicine residents in Palliative Care.

scholarly journals Maternity Care Tracks at US Family Medicine Residency Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 857-863
Author(s):  
Steven E. Roskos ◽  
Tyler W. Barreto ◽  
Julie P. Phillips ◽  
Valerie J. King ◽  
W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Maternity Care ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Family Medicine Residency ◽  
Survey Response Rate ◽  
Care Training ◽  
Practice Methods ◽  
Residency Program Directors ◽  
The Relationship

Background and Objectives: The number of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline, jeopardizing access to needed care for underserved populations. Accreditation changes in 2014 provided an opportunity to create family medicine residency maternity care tracks, providing comprehensive maternity care training only for interested residents. We examined the relationship between maternity care tracks and residents’ educational experiences and postgraduate practice. Methods: We included questions on maternity care tracks in an omnibus survey of family medicine residency program directors (PDs). We divided respondent programs into three categories: “Track,” “No Track Needed,” and “No Track.” We compared these program types by their characteristics, number of resident deliveries, and number of graduates practicing maternity care. Results: The survey response rate was 40%. Of the responding PDs, 79 (32%) represented Track programs, 55 (22%) No Track Needed programs, and 94 (38%) No Track programs. Residents in a track attended more deliveries than those not in a track (at Track programs) and those at No Track Needed and No Track programs. No Track Needed programs reported the highest proportion of graduates accepting positions providing inpatient maternity care in 2019 (21%), followed by Track programs (17%) and No Track programs (5%; P<.001). Conclusions: Where universal robust maternity care education is not feasible, maternity care tracks are an excellent alternative to provide maternity care training and produce graduates who will practice maternity care. Programs that cannot offer adequate experience to achieve competence in inpatient maternity care may consider instituting a maternity care track.

scholarly journals Residency Setting Association With Resident Substance Use Disorder Training: A CERA Secondary Data Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-201
Author(s):  
Joshua St. Louis ◽  
Emma Worringer ◽  
Wendy B. Barr
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Resident Training ◽  
Addiction Medicine ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Family Medicine Residency

Background and Objectives: As the opioid crisis worsens across the United States, the factors that impact physician training in management of substance use disorders become more relevant. A thorough understanding of these factors is necessary for family medicine residency programs to inform their own residency curricula. The objective of our study was to identify factors that correlate with increased residency training in addiction medicine across a broad sample of family medicine residencies. Methods: We performed secondary analysis of a national family medicine residency program director survey conducted in 2015-2016 (CERA Survey PD-8). We obtained data from the Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) Data Clearinghouse. We analyzed residency clinic site designation as a patient-centered medical home (PCMH), federally-qualified health center (FQHC), or both, for their correlation with faculty member possession of DEA-X buprenorphine waiver license, as well as required residency curriculum in addiction medicine. Results: Residency programs situated in an FQHC were more likely to have faculty members who possessed DEA-X buprenorphine waiver licenses (P=.025). Residency clinics that were both a PCMH as well as an FQHC also correlated strongly (P=.001). Furthermore, residencies with faculty who possessed a DEA-X license were significantly more likely to have a required curriculum in addiction medicine (P=.002). Conclusions: Our quantitative secondary analysis of CERA survey data of family medicine residency program directors revealed that resident training in addiction medicine is strongly correlated with both residency clinic setting (FQHC or FQHC/PCMH) as well as residency faculty possession of DEA-X licenses.

scholarly journals Impact of Proposed Institute of Medicine Duty Hours: Family Medicine Residency Directors' Perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Carek ◽  
Joseph W. Gravel ◽  
Stanley Kozakowski ◽  
Perry A. Pugno ◽  
Gerald Fetter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
Resident Education ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Family Medicine Residency ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Residency Program Directors

Abstract Purpose To examine the opinions of family medicine residency program directors concerning the potential impact of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) resident duty hour recommendations on patient care and resident education. Methods A survey was mailed to 455 family medicine residency program directors. Data were summarized and analyzed using Epi Info statistical software. Significance was set at the P < .01 level. Results A total of 265 surveys were completed (60.9% response rate). A majority of family medicine residency program directors disagreed or strongly disagreed that the recent IOM duty hour recommendations will, in general, result in improved patient safety and resident education. Further, a majority of respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed that the proposed IOM rules would result in residents becoming more compassionate, more effective family physicians. Conclusion A majority of family medicine residency program directors believe that the proposed IOM duty hour recommendations would have a primarily detrimental effect on both patient care and resident education.

Effects of Pharmacy Student Interventions on a Family Medicine Residency Program

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc A. Sweeney ◽  
Daniel J. Marazon ◽  
William J. Burke ◽  
Donald R. Fuci ◽  
Sharon Goldhardt Huffman
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Pharmacy Student ◽  
Family Medicine Residency
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