Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien
-
To describe heat-related illness and provide approaches for treatment in family practice. ⋯ Family physicians can help prevent heat-related illness by identifying and counselling patients who are at increased risk and by advocating for interventions that reduce the chance of heat-related illness.
-
To identify FPs with additional training and focused practice activities relevant to the needs of older patients within health administrative data and to describe their medical practices and service provision in community-based primary care settings. ⋯ The FP workforce with additional training or focused practices in caring for older patients represents a small but specialized group of providers who contribute a portion of the total primary care activities for older adults. Health human resource planning should consider the contributions of all FPs who care for older adults, and enhancing geriatric competence across the family medicine workforce should be emphasized.
-
To examine trends in chronic pain (CP) practice patterns among community-based family physicians (FPs). ⋯ Findings show that the work of providing care to patients with CP increased while CP patient volumes per FP decreased. Workforce planning for community-based FPs should consider these increased demands and ensure FPs are adequately supported to provide CP care.