Journal of general internal medicine
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Personal characteristics may be associated with believing misinformation and not believing in best practices to protect oneself from COVID-19. ⋯ Lower educational attainment and health literacy, greater medical mistrust, and certain sources of health information are associated with misinformed COVID-19 beliefs. Programs addressing misinformation should focus on groups affected by these social determinants of health by encouraging reliance on scientific sources.
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Observational Study
Effects of a Gender-Balancing Strategy on Resident Panels in a Primary Care Setting.
Patients often prefer gender concordance when choosing a primary care practitioner. In a trainee setting, this may lead to unequal training opportunities for male and female resident physicians. Residency leadership may be interested in ways to promote balance in patient empanelment. ⋯ A steady drift towards gender concordance was observed over 2 years following a rebalancing intervention. Program leadership overseeing primary care empanelment for resident physicians may consider periodic rebalancing of panels in addition to other interventions to ensure equal training opportunities and best prepare residents for future practice.
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Understanding health equity is critical for the development of patient-centered physicians, but few avenues exist for medical students to participate in experiential learning related to social determinants of health (SDOH). ⋯ This program gives students the opportunity to impact their communities and learn about addressing SDOH with innovative solutions. We are continuing to build the program at our institution and expand its impact to other medical schools.
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Despite efforts to mitigate a projected primary care physician (PCP) shortage required to meet an aging, growing, and increasingly insured population, shortages remain, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, growing inequity, and persistent underinvestment. ⋯ Workforce shortages in primary care continue to expand due to population aging, growth, and heightened rates of clinician burnout & egress.