China’s national continuing medical education program for general practitioners: a cross-sectional survey (2016–2023) by Conglei You, Lingling Wang, Jian Zhang, Mi Yao

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) of Radiographic Protection by Dental Undergraduate and Endodontic Postgraduate Students, General Practitioners, and Endodontists by Amal A. Almohaimede, Mohammad W. Bendahmash, Feras M. Dhafr, Abdullah F. Awwad, Ebtissam M. Al-Madi

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and perception of radiation hazard and preventive measures among dental undergraduate students, general practitioners, endodontic postgraduate students, and endodontists in Saudi Arabia. …”
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Experiences of general practitioners explaining central sensitisation to patients with persistent physical symptoms: a focus group study by Henriëtte E van der Horst, Johannes C van der Wouden, Berend Terluin, Annette H Blankenstein, Carine den Boer

“…Central sensitisation (CS) is an explanatory model for PPS and chronic pain that has been broadly applied in the context of pain medicine, but, until recently, not by general practitioners (GPs). We explored how GPs used the CS model in their consultations with patients with PPS.Design and setting A qualitative focus group study among GPs in the Netherlands.Methods We instructed 33 GPs on how to explain CS to patients with PPS. …”
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The Impact on Emergency Department Utilization and Patient Flows after Integrating with a General Practitioner Cooperative: An Observational Study by W. A. M. H. Thijssen, M. Wijnen-van Houts, J. Koetsenruijter, P. Giesen, M. Wensing

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Attitudes of German General Practitioners Toward eHealth Apps for Dementia Risk Reduction: Qualitative Interview Study by Adrian Schultz, Melanie Luppa, Markus Bleckwenn, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Andrea Zuelke

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the perspective of general practitioners (GPs) on the potentials and barriers of eHealth interventions for brain health. …”
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Survey on the Status and Training Demands of Capabilities for Diagnosing and Treating Common Diseases of Primary Care General Practitioners in Hunan Province by LI Lingqi, GAO Yinyan, ZHANG Yuqin, SUN Dingkui, WU Xinyin, ZHANG Weiru

Subjects: “…general practice|primary health service|general practitioners|capabilities of diagnosis and treatment|training demands…”
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Improving general practitioners’ approaches to functional somatic syndromes: a pilot training program with a focus on compassion and communication by Gonthier Ariane, Linder Audrey, Sommer Johanna, Despland Jean-Nicolas, Ambresin Gilles

“…Abstract Background Functional somatic syndromes are common in primary care and represent a challenge for general practitioners (GPs), with a risk of deterioration in the doctor-patient relationship, and of compassion fatigue on the part of the physician. …”
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General practitioner use of D-dimer in suspected venous thromboembolism: historical cohort study in one geographical region in the Netherlands by Angel M R Schols, Eline Meijs, Geert-Jan Dinant, Henri E J H Stoffers, Mariëlle M E Krekels, Jochen W L Cals

“…Objectives To investigate how many general practitioner (GP)-referred venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) are diagnosed during 1 year in one geographical region and to investigate the (urgent) referral pathway of VTE diagnoses, including the role of laboratory D-dimer testing.Design Historical cohort study.Setting GP patients of 47 general practices in a demarcated geographical region of 161 503 inhabitants in the Netherlands.Participants We analysed all 895 primary care patients in whom either the GP determined a D-dimer value or who had a diagnostic work-up for suspected VTE in a non-academic hospital during 2015.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcomes of this study were the total number of VTEs per year and the diagnostic pathways—including the role of GP determined D-dimer testing—of patients urgently referred to secondary care for suspected VTE. …”
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Exploring the general practitioners’ perception of the inter-professional care of rheumatoid arthritis patients (GEPRA—II): a qualitative interview study by Anne-Laure Yailian, Audrey Janoly-Dumenil, Emmanuelle Vignot, Aurélie Fontana, Charline Estublier, Cyrille Confavreux, Roland Chapurlat, Claude Dussart, Humbert de Freminville

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Understanding “Alert Fatigue” in Primary Care: Qualitative Systematic Review of General Practitioners Attitudes and Experiences of Clinical Alerts, Prompts, and Reminders by Illin Gani, Ian Litchfield, David Shukla, Gayathri Delanerolle, Neil Cockburn, Anna Pathmanathan

“…However, not all CRs are acted upon, and many are disregarded by general practitioners (GPs), a chronic issue commonly referred to as “alert fatigue.” …”
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Social issues in general practice – a survey assessing the interprofessional perspective of general practitioners and social workers regarding frequency, challenges, and needs by Tonia Gerber, Laura Diaz Hernandez, René Rüegg, Dunja Vetter, Andreas Zeller

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Determinants of inappropriate antibiotic prescription in primary care in developed countries with general practitioners as gatekeepers: a systematic review and construction of a framework by Mattijs E Numans, Frederike L Büchner, Martijn Sijbom, Nicholas H Saadah, Mark G J de Boer

“…Objectives This study aimed to identify determinants of inappropriate antibiotic prescription in primary care in developed countries and to construct a framework with the determinants to help understand which actions can best be targeted to counteract development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).Design A systematic review of peer-reviewed studies reporting determinants of inappropriate antibiotic prescription published through 9 September 2021 in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library was performed.Setting All studies focusing on primary care in developed countries where general practitioners (GPs) act as gatekeepers for referral to medical specialists and hospital care were included.Results Seventeen studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were used for the analysis which identified 45 determinants of inappropriate antibiotic prescription. …”
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Vers un dispositif innovant de formation à la communication des médecins généralistes avec leurs patients : une démarche didactique professionnelle pour identifier des ajustements... by Andry Rabiaza, Eric Saillot

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General practitioners’ clinical decision-making in patients that could have cancer: a vignette study comparing the Baltic states with four Nordic countries by Alexander Rosendahl, Anet Vanaveski, Liina Pilv-Toom, Jānis Blumfelds, Vija Siliņa, Mette Brekke, Tuomas Koskela, Aurimas Rapalavičius, Hans Thulesius, Peter Vedsted, Michael Harris

“…This study investigated the likelihood of General Practitioners (GPs) investigating or referring patients with a low but significant risk of cancer in these two regions, and how this was affected by GP demographics.Design A survey of GPs using clinical vignettes.Setting General Practice in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.Subjects General Practitioners.Outcome measures A regional comparison of GPs’ stated immediate diagnostic actions (whether or not they would perform a key diagnostic test and/or refer to a specialist) for patients with a low but significant risk of cancer (between 1.2 and 3.6%).Results Of the 427 GPs that completed the questionnaire, those in the Baltic states, and GPs that were more experienced, were more likely to arrange a key diagnostic test and/or refer their patient to a specialist than those in Nordic Countries or who were less experienced (p < 0.001 for both measures). …”
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Impacted lower third molar classification and difficulty index assessment: comparisons among dental students, general practitioners and deep learning model assistance by Paniti Achararit, Chawan Manaspon, Chavin Jongwannasiri, Promphakkon Kulthanaamondhita, Chumpot Itthichaisri, Soranun Chantarangsu, Thanaphum Osathanon, Ekarat Phattarataratip, Kraisorn Sappayatosok

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How do doctors manage physical activity advocacy for patients and their own self-care? A qualitative interview study of general practitioners in Ireland by Andrew O'Regan, Vikram Niranjan, Amanda Clifford, Joe MacDonagh, Ibak Baky, Alison Bourke, Conor Byrne

“…Objectives This study explored general practitioners’ (GPs) understanding of physical activity advocacy to patients and their own self-care, how GPs perceive their own physical activity behaviours, how their personal experience of physical activity affects how they promote it in practice and how they define the limitations of their role in this.Design A qualitative design, involving online semi-structured interviews, was employed. …”
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Effect of integrated case-based and problem-based learning on clinical thinking skills of assistant general practitioner trainees: a randomized controlled trial by Dingyuan Jiang, Danpei Huang, Hua Wan, Wuliang Fu, Weidong Shi, Jin Li, Huan Zou, Niannan Hou, Qing Li, Nani Li

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Comments on “Reflections on the current context and evaluation of undergraduate medical education” by VANIA FONTANELLA, MARIA CELESTE MORITA

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Integrating general practitioners’ and patients’ perspectives in the development of a digital tool supporting primary care for older patients with multimorbidity: a focus group study by Ingmar Schäfer, Vivienne Jahns, Valentina Paucke, Dagmar Lühmann, Martin Scherer, Julia Nothacker

“…IntroductionThe web application gp-multitool.de is based on the German clinical practice guideline “multimorbidity” and supports mutual prioritisation of treatments by GPs (general practitioners) and patients. The application facilitates sending hyperlinks to standardized assessments by email, which can be completed by patients on any suitable digital device. …”
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‘I can’t understand why others don’t screen more’: a qualitative study exploring why Australian general practitioners screen for primary aldosteronism by Sanne Peters, Jun Yang, Grant Russell, Abhir Krishan Nainani

“…Objective We sought to understand the factors that influence a general practitioner’s (GP’s) experience of screening for primary aldosteronism (PA) in hypertensive patients.Design A qualitative study, framed by phenomenology, using semistructured interviews that were audiorecorded, transcribed verbatim, entered into NVivo V.12.0 for coding and analysed for emerging themes.Setting Melbourne, Australia.Participants Eligible GPs had received education on PA as part of a previous study. …”
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