{"title":"Pride and learning in reverse.","authors":"Nicholas Pimlott","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105294","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"294"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La voix de la médecine de famille: Les efforts du CMFC pour défendre la cause au Canada.","authors":"Michael Allan","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105359","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"359"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testosterone supplementation for men.","authors":"Samantha S Moe, Jen Potter","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105321","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"321"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CALM amid chaos: the art of being a team leader: A toolkit to cultivate strong emergency management skills.","authors":"Stephanie Smith","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105317","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"317-320"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creative solutions to improve access to care.","authors":"Carrie Bernard","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105357","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"357"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samantha S Moe, Betsy S Thomas, Danielle Perry, Émélie Braschi, Nicolas Dugré, Jamie Falk, Adrienne J Lindblad, Alli Paige, G Michael Allan
{"title":"Top studies of 2024 relevant to primary care: From the PEER team.","authors":"Samantha S Moe, Betsy S Thomas, Danielle Perry, Émélie Braschi, Nicolas Dugré, Jamie Falk, Adrienne J Lindblad, Alli Paige, G Michael Allan","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105309","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify and summarize the most impactful medical articles published in 2024 relevant to primary care.</p><p><strong>Selecting the evidence: </strong>Randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses relevant to primary care were identified by the PEER (Patients, Experience, Evidence, Research) team, a Canadian evidence-based medicine research group with a focus on primary care. The table of contents of major medical journals were reviewed as well as medical email alert services. The articles were ranked by the PEER team and selected studies were summarized.</p><p><strong>Main message: </strong>Articles addressed various clinical areas in primary care. Topics included a behavioural strategy to reduce chronic benzodiazepine use for insomnia; the roles of β-blockers and colchicine after myocardial infarction; the effect of intensive blood pressure lowering on major cardiovascular outcomes; the effect of vitamin D on fracture prevention; walking for preventing recurrent back pain; testosterone for sexual dysfunction; methotrexate for osteoarthritis; dual antiplatelet use in patients with stable coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation; and expanding indications for glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists. Four studies that evaluated the impact of screening and guideline-adherence strategies on patient outcomes were honourable mentions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Several clinical trials and meta-analyses published in 2024 were relevant to primary care, particularly in the areas of insomnia, cardiology, and musculoskeletal disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"309-313"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cynthia Chan, Grace Zhu, Clare Liddy, Daniel T Myran, Erin Keely, Arun Radhakrishnan
{"title":"Electronic consultation questions asked to addiction medicine specialists by primary care providers: Retrospective content analysis.","authors":"Cynthia Chan, Grace Zhu, Clare Liddy, Daniel T Myran, Erin Keely, Arun Radhakrishnan","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105e82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105e82","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the major themes among clinical questions asked to addiction medicine specialists sent by primary care providers (PCPs) via the Champlain Building Access to Specialists through the eConsultation (BASE™) electronic consultation (eConsult) service and the PCP-perceived benefits of this service.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A descriptive, retrospective study of the eConsult cases submitted to addiction medicine specialists between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Champlain region of eastern Ontario.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Primary care providers who sent an eConsult to addiction medicine.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>The BASE™ eConsult service was used to facilitate communication between PCPs and addiction medicine specialists.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>The classification of question types and clinical topics asked in eConsult cases sent to addiction medicine specialists by PCPs, and the answers in the close-out surveys completed by PCPs after eConsult was completed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Primary care providers sought advice regarding opioids (38.0%) and alcohol (34.9%). The most common question types involved pharmacologic (77.5%) and nonpharmacologic (65.1%) management of patients with substance use. Electronic consultations were most frequently related to the clinical topic of chronic pain (28.7%). Over 95% of eConsults were answered by a specialist within 7 calendar days. Providers reported finding the eConsult responses helpful, with nearly one-third of PCPs reporting a potential referral was avoided following an eConsult from specialists.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study demonstrates that PCPs sought advice on management regarding opioids and alcohol, reflecting the challenges in controlled substance prescribing during an opioid crisis, with alcohol use disorder being the most prevalent substance use disorder in Canada. The eConsult service provided an accessible, timely, and beneficial process for PCPs to obtain addiction medicine specialist advice. Given the overlap with the COVID-19 pandemic and the study timeframe, further studies to examine postpandemic eConsults will allow for better generalizability of the findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"e82-e89"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving care transitions for older adults.","authors":"Alannah Delaine Mulholland, Jennifer Watt","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105337","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"337-338"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quel risque de décès est acceptable?","authors":"Danny Liang","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105303","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"303-304"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tales from the 2SLGBTQ+ family medicine community and supporters.","authors":"Ted Jablonski, Sara Sotirakos, Robyn Moxley","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7105341","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 5","pages":"341"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}