1. Diabetes Centre, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, The Netherlands 2. Langerhans Medical Research Group, The Netherlands 3. General Practice Sleeuwijk, the Netherlands 4. Department of General Practice, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 5. University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 6. Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen,...

BACKGROUND The use of increasingly complex payment schemes in primary care may represent a barrier to recruiting general practitioners (GP). The existing Norwegian remuneration system is fully activity based - 2/3 fee-for-service and 1/3 capitation. Given that the system has been designed and revised in close collaborations with the medical association, it is likely to correspond - at least to ...

INTRODUCTION Many refugees arrive in Australia with complex health needs. In South Australia (SA), providing initial health care to refugees is the responsibility of General Practitioners (GPs) in private practice. Their capacity to perform this work effectively for current newly arrived refugees is uncertain. The aim of this study was to document the challenges faced by GPs in private practice...

OBJECTIVE To compare international medical graduates (IMGs) with Canadian medical school graduates in a family practice residency program. DESIGN Analysis of the results of the in-training evaluation reports (ITERs) and the Certification in Family Medicine (CCFP) examination results for 2 cohorts of IMGs and Canadian-trained graduates between the years 2006 and 2008. SETTING St Paul's Hospi...

BACKGROUND Chlamydia infection is a significant public health issue for young people; however, testing rates in Australian general practice are low. Practice nurses (PNs) could have an important role in contributing to increasing chlamydia testing rates. The Australian Chlamydia Control Effectiveness Pilot (ACCEPt), a large cluster randomised control trial of annual testing for 16 to 29 year ol...

This course addresses methods in performing randomised controlled trials in general practice with a special emphasize on cluster randomised trials. Students will develop an understanding of how to plan, implement, analyze, report and evaluate RCTs. Original research will be presented by principal investigators, followed by discussions of papers with focus on design options and analytic strategi...

II. The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom solely for GPs. Founded in 1952, it has over 46,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. We are an independent professional body with enormous expertise in patient-centred generalist clinica...

Recently, there has been considerable interest in the “electroweak phase transition” (the temperature induced symmetry-changing phase transition[1] of the standard electroweak model), especially in connection with the possibility of dynamical generation of the baryon asymmetry. An appropriate tool for the investigation of this type of phenomena is the finite temperature effective action[2] ΓT (...

D eciding whether to move to an electronic health record (EHR) system and which system to choose can be paralyzingly difficult questions. We hope this article can help. In the February 2005 issue of Family Practice Management, we published a survey instrument designed to elicit advice from family physicians already using EHR systems, and over the past several months we have collected more than ...

BACKGROUND Gambling problems are rarely brought to the attention of family practice physicians, but pathological gambling can be associated with poor emotional and physical health. Recent availability and easy accessibility of Internet gambling may be associated with pathological gambling status, and Internet gambling may confer health risks. OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the prevalence of I...