Posted by: admin on: August 30, 2011
NSAIDs is so often used in family practice. Other than its effects on GI, and kidney role of NSAID in causing erectile dysfunction has been shown. Read on to know how? Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: August 30, 2011
Imhotep, an Egyptian doctor, also an astrologer, Egyptian pyramid architect, and king’s advisor was worshipped as God. His contribution to the medical practice is valuable. Till 1900, majority of doctors were GPs or family physicians as they are now called. Around Second World War, with advancing technology, trend towards specialization started. And now family medicine […]
Posted by: admin on: August 29, 2011
AAFP’s (American Academy of Family Physicians’) recent statement, “sound investments in the nation’s primary care infrastructure, is the only sure way to improve health care quality while reducing health care costs”, and “that patients get high-quality care at less cost when their health care system is based on primary medical care.”highlighted the importance of primary […]
Posted by: admin on: August 24, 2011
New internists are avoiding primary care assiduously. Internal medicine residency provides abundant options for its graduates. We can understand the forces driving subspecialty choice through simple observation over the years. Family medicine training provides a broad overview of medicine, pediatrics, ob-gyn, sports medicine, psychiatry, etc. Internal medicine training provides depth in adult medicine. While family medicine and internal medicine […]
Posted by: admin on: August 22, 2011
The introduction of a clinical skills examination (CSE) to Step 2 of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) has focused attention on the design and delivery of large-scale standardized tests of clinical skills and raised the question of the appropriateness of evaluation of these competencies across the span of a physician’s career. This initiative coincides […]