Occupational history-taking in a family practice academic setting

Heritability for Stroke: Essential for Taking Family History

 There are many well-established factors that influence the risk of stroke including blood pressure, diabetes, low socioeconomic status and smoking, however, the shared genetic resource in members of a family effect on stroke predisposition. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have demonstrated evidence of a shared genetic source in stroke risk. This review considered the influence of family...

Occupational medicine in taking over work injuries from family practice--a one-year follow-up.

Occupational medicine has taken over from Family practice the treatment of work injuries and occupational diseases in the Republic of Croatia since January 1, 2008. The reason was too many long-lasting sick leaves which general practitioners were unable to curb adequately. The research objective was to show the results of the one-year follow-up of the carried out reform, i.e. the efficiency of ...

Depression Screening in an Academic Family Practice.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Screening for depression in primary care can be effective, but ensuring that appropriate care is available and engaging patients in treatment are major challenges. Even when follow-up care is available, patient engagement often relies on the primary care provider initiating care. In this study we wanted to assess the effectiveness of a depression screening program in a...

LEEP in the family practice setting.

BACKGROUND We wanted to review our 7-year experience using the loop electrical excision procedure (LEEP) for the treatment of cervical dysplasia in a family practice residency setting in the rural South. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study with data gathered from chart review of a mostly Medicaid and uninsured patient population of rural Southern women referred from outlying health dep...

Developing academic careers in family medicine within the Mediterranean setting.