Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien
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To provide family physicians with a practical evidence-based approach to management of otitis externa. ⋯ History taking and physical examination can help differentiate among acute, chronic, and necrotizing otitis externa. At-risk populations, typically those who are immunosuppressed, are more likely to develop necrotizing otitis externa and should be carefully monitored.
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To explore definitions of provider-patient attachment in primary care (PC) and help inform a universal definition of provider-patient attachment. ⋯ A universal definition of provider-patient attachment is provided: the confirmed and documented affiliation between a patient and a regular PCP (a clinician, ie, a family physician or nurse practitioner, etc), or a combination of clinician and care team or practice in which the PCP is responsible for providing longitudinal and continuous care to the patient via any delivery channel (ie, in person, remotely, or both), enabled by provider access to patient health information.
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To describe family physicians who primarily practise in a walk-in clinic setting and compare them with family physicians who provide longitudinal care. ⋯ Physicians who primarily work in walk-in clinics saw many patients from historically underserved groups and many patients who were attached to another family physician.