Blueprinting the Future: Automatic Item Categorisation using Hierarchical Zero-Shot and Few-Shot Classifiers

Precise item categorisation is essential in aligning exam questions with content domains outlined in assessment blueprints. Traditional methods, such as […]

Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019

Objective To estimate the effect of Community Health Center (CHC) site losses on county-level mortality rates. Study Setting and Design […]

Heterogeneity of diagnosis and documentation of post-COVID conditions in primary care: A machine learning analysis

Background Post-COVID conditions (PCC) have proven difficult to diagnose. In this retrospective observational study, we aimed to characterize the level […]

Leveraging Large Language Models to Advance Certification, Physician Learning, and Diagnostic Excellence

Diagnostic errors are a significant challenge in health care, often resulting from gaps in physicians’ knowledge and misalignment between confidence […]

Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians

Introduction: Geographic variation in physician scope of practice (SOP) has been documented but the causes remain unknown. We examined whether […]

Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study

PURPOSE Chlamydia and gonorrhea are the 2 most common bacterial sexually transmitted infections in the United States. Nonadherence to the […]

Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale

Purpose: The American Board of Family Medicine approved the use of a new blueprint for the Family Medicine Certification Examination, […]

Lifetime Impact of the Gender Wage Gap in Family Medicine

The gender wage gap in early-career family medicine results in female physicians earning nearly $32,000 less annually than their male […]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the number of elective in-person visits to primary care practices. This study examined how […]

Factors Associated with Documenting Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Records

Introduction: Social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly impact health outcomes, yet their integration into clinical decision making is inconsistent. We […]