Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien
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Clinical supervision activities are an important part of the education of future family physicians. In this article, the author describes clinical skills, teaching skills, and personal qualities that family physician-supervisors should acquire during their professional training.
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Comparative Study
Performance of the "house doctor". Effect of physician-to-patient ratio on follow up in long-term care facilities.
Do physicians with many patients in a long-term care facility provide more timely follow up of their drug orders than those with only a few? We reviewed 60 charts at random in three intermediate care facilities. Physician practices fell into two distinct groups. Those with more than 17 patients followed up sooner than those with fewer than six. We recommend a "house doctor" model of care for patients whose follow up is poor.
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In a qualitative study using focus group interviews, family physicians in London, Ont, were asked to describe how they perceived their role in follow-up cancer patient care. Barriers to fulfilling this role existed both in the tertiary cancer care setting and among the family physicians themselves. Suggestions for overcoming these barriers were generated.