The Role of Primary Care Providers in Lung Cancer Screening: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: Multidisciplinary lung cancer screening (LCS) programs that perform shared decision-making visits (SDMV) and follow up annual low dose computed tomography (LDCT) have been emerging. We hypothesize that primary care providers (PCPs) prefer to refer patients to LCS programs instead of facilitating the screening process themselves.

Methods: This is a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study in which an online survey was administered to PCPs between April 2023 and June 2023.

Developing a Telemedicine Curriculum for a Family Medicine Residency.

Introduction: Telemedicine has rapidly become an essential part of primary care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, formal training in telemedicine during residency is lacking. We developed and implemented a telemedicine curriculum for a family medicine residency program and investigated its effect on resident confidence levels in practicing telemedicine.

Joining the personal digital assitant revolution.

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), also known as handheld computers, are being increasingly adopted by physicians, many of whom find the PDA to be an indispensable part of their medical practice. With limited time and expense, an interested physician can choose and purchase a PDA, connect it to a computer, and fill it with useful medical software, much of which is available at little or no cost on the Internet. At its most basic, the PDA allows for the access of medical reference material at the point of care.