COVID-19 Impact on Family Medicine Residents Exam Performance
CONCLUSIONS: This study found nonsubstantive COVID-19 impact on FMCE scores, but a considerable knowledge acquisition decline during residency, especially during the PGY-2 to PGY-3 period. While COVID-19 impacted learning, our findings indicated that residencies were largely able to remediate knowledge deficits before residents took the FMCE.PMID:38467034 | DOI:10.22454/FamMed.2024.719362 (Source: Famly Medicine)
Source: Famly Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ting Wang Thomas R O'Neill Lars E Peterson Warren P Newton Source Type: research

Skills Training for Family Medicine Residents to Attenuate the Impact of Childhood Trauma: A Pilot Study
CONCLUSIONS: After being instructed in best practices in trauma-informed pediatric interactions, residents demonstrated an increased number of behaviors that cultivate pediatric relational health care. Residents demonstrated knowledge and skills gains that denoted their ability to interact with patients and coach parents in evidence-based ways that can mitigate the impact of childhood trauma exposure.PMID:38467035 | DOI:10.22454/FamMed.2024.245065 (Source: Famly Medicine)
Source: Famly Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Becky Bell Scott Lance Kelley Samantha Schilling Source Type: research

Implementation of Formal Curriculum on Health Care Disparities in Military Family Medicine Residency
CONCLUSIONS: A formal curriculum in a military family medicine residency setting was effective for improving self-reported HCD knowledge and confidence.PMID:38467036 | DOI:10.22454/FamMed.2024.683797 (Source: Famly Medicine)
Source: Famly Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Kathryn E Oppenlander Meghan F Raleigh Source Type: research

The Vexing Problem of Access to Health Care in America: Is Employer-Based Health Insurance the Real Culprit?
Fam Med. 2024 Mar;56(3):145-147. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2024.894966.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38467004 | DOI:10.22454/FamMed.2024.894966 (Source: Famly Medicine)
Source: Famly Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Arch G Mainous Source Type: research

Minority Tax on Medical Students: A Review of the Literature and Mitigation Recommendations
CONCLUSIONS: The minority tax among medical students constitutes an unequitable and unjust barrier to career advancement, and it likely represents an early cause of attrition in the pipeline of underrepresented in medicine academic faculty. Medical educators can enact specific recommendations to eliminate or mitigate the minority tax experience for medical students.PMID:38467005 | DOI:10.22454/FamMed.2024.268466 (Source: Famly Medicine)
Source: Famly Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ren ée M Betancourt Donna Baluchi Kristina Dortche Kendall M Campbell Jos é E Rodríguez Source Type: research