Family medicine
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Observational Study
Coding Family Medicine Residency Clinic Visits, 99213 or 99214? A Residency Research Network of Texas Study.
The purpose of this study was to characterize Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding patterns for professional services in family physician (FP) residency clinics. ⋯ FPs coding patient encounters in residency clinics undercode for their work, which leads to decreased clinic revenue. This may be because the primary care exception is felt to be too onerous to bill for higher-paid codes, or a lack of knowledge of CMS coding rules among residents and faculty, or other reasons.
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Little is known about how the academic coaching needs of medical students differ between those who are racially, ethnically, and socially underrepresented minority (RES-URM) and those who represent the majority. This single-site exploratory study investigated student perceptions and coaching needs associated with a mandatory academic coaching program, and coaches' understanding of and preparedness to address these potentially differing needs. ⋯ RES-URM students cite different coaching needs than majority students that most coaches do not recognize. Faculty and program development regarding these unique needs is warranted.
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Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) is a novel assessment framework in competency-based medical education. While there are published pilot reports about utilization and validation of EPAs within undergraduate medical education (UME), there is a paucity of research within graduate medical education (GME). This study aimed to explore the landscape of EPAs within family medicine GME, particularly related to the understanding of EPAs, extent of utilization, and benefits and challenges of EPAs implementation as an assessment framework within family medicine residency programs (FMRPs) in the United States. ⋯ While EPAs are well recognized and understood by FMRP directors, there is significant lack of utilization of this assessment framework within FMRP in the United States.
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In Ethiopia, family medicine began in 2013. The objective of this study was to compare family medicine residents' attitudes about training in Ethiopia with those at a program in the United States. ⋯ Across two very different cultures, resident attitudes about independence as family physicians, the impact of residency on personal life and women's issues, were largely similar, while cross-national differences in attitudes were found relative to residency education, patient care, and finances.