1.Practice profile of Filipino family physicians nationwide: A web-based survey
Shiela Marie S. Lavina ; Josefina Isidro-Lapena ; Louella Patricia D. Carpio ; AM Karoline Gabuyo
The Filipino Family Physician 2020;58(2):80-85
Background:
The practice of Family Medicine is important in the provision of primary health care. Family physicians (FPs) provide health services both in the public and private settings
Objective:
To describe the practice profiles and geographic aggregation of Filipino family physicians
Methods:
This study was a web-based cross-sectional design involving family physicians who are registered in the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians membership database. The questionnaire was semi-structured with 3 consecutive sections: consent form, basic demographics, practice profile of family physicians.
Results:
Overall, 95% (N=1357) of family physicians reported seeing patients in a health facility at least once a week. Thirty percent of physicians are from Luzon (N=426), 28% from the National Capital Region (N=395), 20% from the Visayas region (N=288) and 18% from Mindanao (N=261). There were more FPs who reported mixed-type clinical practice (51%) than those who were exclusively engaged in practice (49%). Involvement in the private sector was common among physicians who are in the clinics (59%), while employment in the public sector was commonly reported among those in mixed-type of practice (42%). Family physicians provide a wide range of clinical services including counselling, vaccinations, simple surgical excision, and palliative services. The average reported outpatient consultation fees of FPs was Php 321 (SD+120) per patient.
Conclusion
The practice profile of family physicians includes active clinical practice, employment in either the public or private sector, with a small fraction in solo clinic practice. The range of primary care services offered include management of chronic conditions, counselling, home visits, preventive care such as prenatal care, vaccinations and screening tests like pap smear
Physicians, Family
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Family Practice
2.Acupuncture and Family Physician.
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2002;23(9):1080-1089
No abstract available.
Acupuncture*
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Humans
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Physicians, Family*
3.Comparison of diagnostic methods of resident family physicians and internists by standardized patient.
Whan Sik WHANG ; Myeong Chun LEE ; Yk Joon AHN ; Tae Woo YOO ; Bong Youl HUH ; Chang Yup KIM
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1992;13(4):335-343
No abstract available.
Humans
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Physicians, Family*
4.Analysis of medical care content in a family physician clinic.
Jong Seung JUNG ; Kyung Mi PARK ; Han Na CHOI ; Seung Uk YUN
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1991;12(12):63-69
No abstract available.
Humans
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Physicians, Family*
5."Expecting" A family case discussion
Journal of the Philippine Medical Association 2017;95(2):60-65
The practice of family medicine extends from womb to tomb and provides opportunities to care for not just one but all members of the family.
Regardless of the complaint that brings a patient to the clinic, a family physician's role is to provide comprehensive care for the patient, the family, to go beyond the biomedical approach, not just to treat the disease but also to address the impact of the illness, and to have a continuing plan for promoting the family's wellness.
Families are greatly affected by the pres-
ence of chronic illnesses in any of its members. How then does a family physician address the potential problems of a chronic disease in the family especially if the sick member is one of the parents, with an unborn child? This paper aims to discuss the circumstances and situational relationships of a family with pregnant mother with a newly diagnosed kidney disease that would require hemodialysis
Family Practice, Physicians, Family, Chronic Disease
6.Management of Diabetic complications for Family Physicians.
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1997;18(6):564-576
No abstract available.
Diabetes Complications*
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Humans
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Physicians, Family*
7.Esophagastroduodenoscopic Training in the Family Physician Residency Program.
Korean Journal of Family Medicine 2010;31(8):585-586
No abstract available.
Humans
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Internship and Residency
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Physicians, Family
9.Periodic Health Examination and Prevention Guidelines for Koreans.
Minseon PARK ; Soo Young KIM ; Young Sik KIM ; Sung SUNWOO ; Jung Jin CHO
Korean Journal of Family Medicine 2009;30(10):761-768
Periodic Health Examination and Prevention Guidelines for Koreans were first proposed since 1988. Based on that guideline, clinical preventive services has been applied to clinic population in a few University Hospitals since 1991. In 1995, LHMP development committee in Korean Academy of Family Physician Society first published evidence based clinical practice guidelines and updated the guidelines in 2003. Lifetime Health Maintenance Program (LHMP) commitee represents efforts to take a more updated evidence-based approach to the development of the third updated clinical practice guideline in 2009. We focused on approaches that can reliably assess the extent of updating required, a model of limited literature searches with modest expert involvement to reduce the cost and time.
Hospitals, University
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Humans
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Physicians, Family
10.Obituary: Dr. Hyun-Sul Lim's (1952-2018) life as an epidemiologist, occupational and environmental medicine researcher, and family physician
Epidemiology and Health 2018;40(1):2018033-
No abstract available.
Environmental Medicine
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Humans
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Physicians, Family