Nov 25 2014

Primary Care

Multi-morbidity and the Emperor’s New Clothes: a challenge for primary care researchers

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Martin Roland is Professor of Health Services Research at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He was previously a Professor of General Practice and a practising GP.   Are...

Nov 24 2014

Student Humanities Blog

Dr. Anonymous

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The author of this piece has chosen to publish anonymously. Over ten years ago, I saw the movie Patch Adams for the very first time and was certain that I...

Nov 24 2014

Patients' blog, Peggy Cumming

The blur that was surgery, and a start on the road to recovery

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Peggy Cumming, is a wife, mother, grandmother of 6, sister, niece, cousin and friend, as well as a teacher – retired after 34 years in the classroom – and an...

Nov 23 2014

Primary Care

Primary care research in Portugal: we need to generate more enthusiasm

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Raquel Braga is a family doctor at Lagoa Family Health Unit, Matosinhos Local Health Unit, Portugal   The development of Primary Care in Portugal has been a success story. This...

Nov 23 2014

Primary Care

Research needs on primary health care in Colombia in the post-conflict era

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Giovanni Apráez Ippolito is Professor of Public Health at School of Medicine, National University of Colombia and Adviser in Primary Care in Cauca Region, Colombia. Carlos Sarmiento Limas MD MPH is...

Nov 21 2014

Primary Care

What we need to learn from each other in primary care

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Rick Glazier is Senior Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Family Physician and Scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital, and Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University...

Nov 21 2014

Reflections

Kardashian Index, Anti-Vax and Ebola: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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Alireza Jalali, MD, is Interim Head of Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Social Media Adviser to the Royal College of Physicians and...

Nov 21 2014

Primary Care

Minimally Disruptive Medicine: the need for careful and kind care

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Victor Montori is a physician specializing in diabetes care at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He conducts research in the Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit at Mayo Clinic, and...

Nov 20 2014

Primary Care

Our kitchens should define our cooking

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France Légaré is Full Professor with the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, and a clinical investigator, Public Health and Practice-Changing Research Group, CHUQ...

Nov 20 2014

Primary Care

Finding enough players for the teams: individual research capacity in Canada and Australia

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Grant Russell is a primary care clinician and health services researcher, as well as Head of School of Primary Health Care, Director of the Southern Academic Primary Care Research Unit...

Nov 19 2014

Primary Care

Primary Care Research in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Patricia McWalter (pictured) MD, MRCPI, FRCGP, Abdullah AlKhenizan MD, CCFP, FCFP, ABHPM, MSc, DCEpid and Aneela Hussain MD, DABFM, FAAFM are physicians in the Department of Family Medicine and Polyclinics,...

Nov 19 2014

Editors' Blog

#FactsOverFear at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association

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Erin Russell is Assistant Editor at CMAJ, currently attending the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) in New Orleans   Along with CMAJ’s editorial fellow, Moneeza Walji,...

Nov 19 2014

Primary Care

The evolution of primary care research in Ukraine

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Victoria Tkachenko, MD, PhD is Associate Professor in the Family Medicine Department at P.L. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kiev, Ukraine   The history of General Practice/Family Medicine in...

Nov 17 2014

Primary Care

La recherche en médecine générale en France : le bon moment pour transformer l’essai?

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Dr. Aline Ramond-Roquin Département de Médecine Générale et Laboratoire d’Ergonomie et d’Epidémiologie en Santé au Travail; Faculté de Médecine d’Angers, France Actuellement détachée au Québec, Canada « Alors comme ça tu...