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def of a primary care physician?
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a generalist that provides definitive care to the undifferentiated patient at the point of first contact and takes continuing responsibility for providing the patient’s care, a pediatrician could be a pcip but no sub specialist is involved
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Family medicine*
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a discipline of osteopathic medicine dealing with all aspects of care of the entire family from birth death (WVSOM). It is a process, NOT an entity
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What percentage of a GENERALIST physician's diagnosis should be taught in training?:
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90%!!! ---met best by family practice, IM, and peds (not so much by ER and gyn)
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Family practice
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a medical SPECILTY based on the discipline of Family medicine**
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Are peds and internal med specilaites?
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yes, of their respective disciplines
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Family physicians
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physican who specialze in family practice
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*Speciality
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a particular occupation or branch of learning
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*specialist
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one who devotes themselves to a special occupation or branch of learning**
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What is a pediatrician?
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Physician who specializes in Pediatrics
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What is an Internists?
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Physician who sepcializes in Internal medicine
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Family
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a household, a group of people under one roof, a group of people with common ancestry (Webster); a significant group of intimates with a history and a future (Vandervoort & Rosom(
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4 Carmicheal definitions of family:
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1. affinity-join by interpersonal bonds
2. intimacy-vulnerabilty 3.reciprocity-sharing b/n members 4. continuity-expectation that relationship will continue |
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The three diferent levels of care that apply to the scope of responsibilty and explain the first one
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1. informational level-just have the info on the patient
2. longitudinal 3. interpersonal |
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What is the longitudinal level of care?
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Where each patient has a group of providers--like RBC clinic seeing a dif person each time
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What is the interpersonal level of care?
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when you see the same person all the time, reduces redudency but overall is harder to do
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What three things vary to the scope of practice?
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community needs, patients needs, and physicain's trainig which is very to learn for redsecey
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**What volume of patients are necessary to see to make a living?
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1500-3000 pats/physicain
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*So, the number one issue when looking for a new job should be volume..what two categories does that involve?
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The types of visits (such as office, hospital, nursing home) and number of weekly visits** (reveiw numbers befoehand so you make mool-lah)
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out of 1000 in need of attention, how many will see a PCP and how many will be hospitalized?
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100-see a pcp; 8 will be hospitalized
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Who has the most visits in number of thousands?
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Famliy physician, but a pediatrician will see more than any other specilaty ** (check slides 28-34 in ppwt)
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What is the trend in pracitice ownership?
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trend is more twoard group practices and less toward solo practices...
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What percentage of DO to MD are in primary care in WV?
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70% are in PC, and 30% of MD in PC
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overall the status of physician supply?
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about even, 2010 same amt of doctors as 2000, the demand for physicians parallels economic and population growth
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As income goes up, what happens to family practice?
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it goes down, and specialists go up.
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Osteopathic family physician
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a physician whose training and experience qualify him/her to practice in fields of medicine and surgery and to accept the continuing responsibility of the patient and /or the family as a whole.
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