Family medicine
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Fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) are evidence-based means of tracking observable biomarkers of a woman's fertility for the purpose of reproductive health monitoring and family planning. However, medical education regarding FABMs is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a 4-week, two-part online elective on students' knowledge of FABMs, confidence in explaining and offering them to patients, and anticipated behaviors in future practice. ⋯ This online elective addresses the knowledge gap in FABMs and was effective in improving students' knowledge of FABMs and their confidence and willingness to offer these methods to patients for family planning and management of common women's health conditions.
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An increasing number of medical students applying to residency programs request accommodations for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Early implementation of accommodations for individuals with ADHD during family medicine (FM) residency could help learners and programs, but the number of programs prepared to invite learners to disclose ADHD and to implement accommodations is unclear. ⋯ While a small subset of programs has developed processes to identify and accommodate ADHD proactively, results suggested that the majority of programs approach accommodation processes on an ad hoc basis. In turn, ad hoc identification precludes a proactive approach, given use of poor performance to identify the need for supports.
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Learning to provide long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) during family medicine residency is an important step in building capacity for the primary care workforce to meet the reproductive health care needs of communities. We aimed to measure the impact of adding a contraceptive visit type (CVT) allowing for rapid access to contraception (RAC) on family medicine resident LARC procedure numbers. ⋯ The addition of the CVT and RAC clinic contributed to an increase in LARC removals in both comparisons, and IUD insertions between 2022 and 2023. This clinic model offers an opportunity for other family medicine residency programs to improve access to contraceptive services and increase resident training in LARC management.
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Social determinants of health (SDoH) education has gained popularity in undergraduate medical education; however, emphasis varies, and the curricula or assessment methods are not uniform. This study sought to examine the current SDoH teaching and assessment methods within family medicine clerkships and to identify characteristics associated with SDoH curriculum with multicomponent (two or more) teaching strategies and higher Kirkpatrick levels of assessment (Level 3-behavior change and Level 4-results). ⋯ Greater degrees of SDoH emphasis and having a faculty champion were associated, or trended toward association, with multicomponent teaching strategies and higher Kirkpatrick levels of assessment, which prepare students to provide SDoH responsive care that could lead to reduction in health inequities.