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Validating 8 Area-Based Measures of Social Risk for Predicting Health and Mortality

Area-based measures of social risk are increasingly being used in policy applications in the US. While several have been demonstrated […]

Spaced Repetition Enhances Self-Rated Learning Confidence: A Large Randomized Trial Among Practicing Family Physicians

Introduction: Metacognitive accuracy—the extent to which individuals’ perceptions of their knowledge align with actual performance—is critical in clinical decision making. […]

Methods for measuring comprehensiveness in primary care: a narrative review

Comprehensiveness in primary care is defined as managing most medical needs in a population while integrating the context of patient’s […]

Natural Language Processing Improves Reliable Identification of COVID-19 Compared to Diagnostic Codes Alone

Observational COVID-19 studies often rely on diagnostic codes, but their accuracy and potential for differential misclassification across patient subgroups are […]

Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine

Background and Objectives: Associations between training length and scope of practice in family medicine are unknown. We compared scope of […]

Knowledge Self-Assessment Engagement and Family Medicine Board Examination Outcomes

Background and Objectives: Evidence on the relationship between formative assessment engagement and summative assessment outcomes in practicing physicians is sparse. […]

Changes in Family Medicine Certification Examination Performance in Longitudinal Assessment

Introduction: The Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment (FMCLA) is an open book spaced alternative to the traditional 1-day Family Medicine […]

The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project

Background and Objectives: The proportion of family physicians caring for children is decreasing. At the same time, US family medicine […]

The Impact of Length of Training on Clinical Preparedness Among New Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine

Background and Objectives: Associations between training length and clinical preparedness are unknown. We compared assessments of clinical preparedness for family […]

Shifting Patterns of Vaccine Delivery Before and After COVID-19: The Declining Role of Primary Care

INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES: Vaccination rates in the United States have seen a concerning decline in recent years. Primary care, as the front […]