Scandinavian journal of primary health care
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2024
To be or not to be supervisors for medical students in general practice clinical placements: a questionnaire study from Norway.
Many countries experience challenges in recruiting and retaining general practitioners (GPs) as supervisors for medical students in clinical placements. We aimed to investigate the opportunities, capacities and limitations of Norwegian GPs to become supervisors. ⋯ There seems to be capacity among both active and potential supervisors if increased salaries and financial support for office facilities are made available.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2024
District nurses experiences in providing terminal care in rural and more urban districts. A qualitative study from the Faroe Islands.
To explore district nurses' experiences in providing terminal care to patients and their families until death in a private home setting. ⋯ Our findings underline the complexity of terminal care. The nurses felt exhausted yet rewarded from being able to fulfil a patient's wish to die at home. Experience and intuition guided their practice. They emphasised that good collaboration with the GPs, the palliative care team and the families was important. Establishing an outgoing function for the palliative care team to support the nurses and the families would increase the scope for home deaths. Working conditions differed between rural and urban districts.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2024
Exploring general practice research in Germany: a systematic review of dissertation topics from 1965-2023.
Since its academic inception in the 1960s, Germany's general practice has seen numerous dissertations, many of which are housed in the 'Archive of German language General Practice' (ADAM). ⋯ The diversity of 167 research topics underscores the vastness and complexity of general practice in Germany. This structured overview is pivotal for facilitating focused and interconnected research endeavors in the field.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2024
Review Historical ArticleThe transition of general practice into an academic discipline: tracing the origins through the first four professors in general practice/family medicine.
Being the 'mother' of most clinical specialties, general practice is as old as medicine itself. However, as a recognized academic discipline within medical schools, general practice has a relatively short life span. A decisive step forward was taken in 1956 when the University of Edinburgh established its Department of General Practice, and appointed the world's inaugural professor in the field in 1963. ⋯ In most western countries of today, general practice has become a recognized medical discipline and an important part of the medical education. But many places, this development is lagging behind. The global shaping of general practice into an academic discipline is therefore definitively not completed.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2024
Multicenter StudyImplementation of lung ultrasonography by general practitioners for lower respiratory tract infections: a feasibility study.
To evaluate the feasibility of lung ultrasonography (LUS) performed by novice users' general practitioners (GPs) in diagnosing lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in primary health care settings. ⋯ LUS by GPs using handheld devices is a feasible diagnostic tool in primary health care for LRTI symptoms, demonstrating both effectiveness and positive patient reception.