{"title":"Task sharing, community health workers, and Canada's primary care crisis.","authors":"Aaron M Orkin, Ivy F Oandasan","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7106e98","DOIUrl":"10.46747/cfp.7106e98","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 6","pages":"e98-e100"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Will blended family physician payment models revive primary care in Canada?","authors":"Rita K McCracken, M Ruth Lavergne, Lindsay Hedden","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7106377","DOIUrl":"10.46747/cfp.7106377","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 6","pages":"377-379"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264518/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Judith Belle Brown, Cathy Thorpe, Sharon Bal, Catherine George, Saadia Hameed Jan, Maria Mathews, Kamila Premji, Bridget L Ryan, Amanda L Terry
{"title":"Burden of administrative responsibilities in primary care: Qualitative study.","authors":"Judith Belle Brown, Cathy Thorpe, Sharon Bal, Catherine George, Saadia Hameed Jan, Maria Mathews, Kamila Premji, Bridget L Ryan, Amanda L Terry","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7106e148","DOIUrl":"10.46747/cfp.7106e148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe family physicians' experiences of administrative burden in practice.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Qualitative study using constructivist grounded theory.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Ontario.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Family physicians.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In-depth virtual interviews with family physicians practising in Ontario who completed postgraduate training between 2017 and 2022.</p><p><strong>Main findings: </strong>A total of 36 family physicians were interviewed. Without external prompting, all participants raised the issue of administrative burden, offering specific contextual factors contributing to their administrative burden. These included volume of paperwork, inbox management, and lack of compensation for the hours of administrative tasks performed. In addition to these contextual factors, 2 main themes were identified: the first revealed the impact of administrative burden on both the time available for patient care and physicians' well-being. This latter issue was exacerbated by deteriorating relationships with specialist colleagues, contributing to family physicians' administrative burden and burnout. A lack of exposure to the volume of administrative duties during training added to this issue. The second theme described participants' personal strategies (eg, creating flex time, setting boundaries) and system solutions (eg, need for compensation for administrative time, funding to increase clinic staff, and interventions by regulatory bodies) to address administrative burden.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Administrative burden negatively impacts physician well-being and reduces time for direct patient care. These findings highlight 2 new sources contributing to administrative burden: deteriorating relationships between family physicians and specialist colleagues and a lack of exposure to managing administrative responsibilities during medical training. Study findings provide personal strategies and system solutions to guide practitioners, policy-makers, and educators.</p>","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 6","pages":"e148-e153"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264511/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alan Katz, Nicholas Pimlott, Vivian R Ramsden, Steve Slade
{"title":"Solving the family medicine crisis: Research, evidence, community engagement.","authors":"Alan Katz, Nicholas Pimlott, Vivian R Ramsden, Steve Slade","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7106368","DOIUrl":"10.46747/cfp.7106368","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 6","pages":"368-369"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264519/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward an identity and team-based practice rooted in transdisciplinarity: Addressing the family medicine crisis.","authors":"Anish K Arora, Ruth E Vander Stelt","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7106e108","DOIUrl":"10.46747/cfp.7106e108","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 6","pages":"e108-e113"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264528/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patrick Kim, Devyani Premkumar, Jane Philpott, Sophy Chan-Nguyen, Colleen Grady
{"title":"Do compensation models affect family physician job satisfaction? Scoping review.","authors":"Patrick Kim, Devyani Premkumar, Jane Philpott, Sophy Chan-Nguyen, Colleen Grady","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7106e140","DOIUrl":"10.46747/cfp.7106e140","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore how factors associated with various compensation models affect job satisfaction of family physicians.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>Three databases were searched (Web of Science, Embase, and MEDLINE) with 3 keywords (MeSH headings) used: <i>family physician, payment model</i>, and <i>job satisfaction</i>.</p><p><strong>Study selection: </strong>To be included articles had to be peer reviewed, at least 50% of study participants had to be family physicians practising longitudinal or comprehensive care, and articles had to address career satisfaction in relation to compensation models. Twenty-seven studies were included.</p><p><strong>Synthesis: </strong>An extraction form was used to synthesize key details from each study, followed by thematic analysis. Four predominant job satisfaction factors were identified: workload or administrative burden, autonomy, income security, and justice or fairness of compensation. Five distinct models, representing both direct and indirect compensation, were identified in the literature most frequently: salaried, fee-for-service, capitation, loan repayment programs or incentives, and pay-for-performance. Each payment model had merits and drawbacks in relation to job satisfaction. Salaried physicians tended to experience less stress associated with administrative and management responsibilities; capitation models appeared to be associated with less workload stress; and fee-for-service models tended to be associated with a greater sense of autonomy. Income security, as provided by capitation and salaried models, was generally positively associated with job satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Use of blended models has the potential to address job satisfaction issues uncovered in this review and to maximize satisfaction among family physicians. Current changes and enhancements being made to compensation models in Canada present opportunities to further study their effects on family physician career satisfaction and attractiveness of the profession.</p>","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 6","pages":"e140-e147"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264512/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solving wicked problems in Canadian family medicine.","authors":"Lee Green","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7106373","DOIUrl":"10.46747/cfp.7106373","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55288,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Family Physician","volume":"71 6","pages":"373"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264520/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pride and learning in reverse.","authors":"Nicholas Pimlott","doi":"10.46747/cfp.7105294","DOIUrl":"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":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12087547/pdf/","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":"OA","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":"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":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12087543/pdf/","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":"OA","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":"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":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12087544/pdf/","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":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}