Nurses' experiences with virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in primary care.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual care was used to deliver primary care services. Nurses contributed to primary care teams' capacity to deliver care virtually. This study explored nurses' roles in virtual care delivery in primary care and the barriers and facilitators that influenced their contributions.

A Qualitative Analysis of the Functions of Primary Care Nurses in COVID-19 Vaccination.

Aim: To describe vaccination roles of primary care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

Design: This analysis was part of a larger mixed-methods case study.

Methods: We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews from May 2022 to January 2023 with primary care nurses across four provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia.

"Family doctors are also people": a qualitative analysis of how family physicians managed competing personal and professional responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Family physicians (FPs) fill an essential role in public health emergencies yet have frequently been neglected in pandemic response plans. This exclusion harms FPs in their clinical roles and has unintended consequences in the management of concurrent personal responsibilities, many of which were amplified by the pandemic. The objective of our study was to explore the experiences of FPs during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic to better understand how they managed their competing professional and personal priorities.

Development of a primary care pandemic plan informed by in-depth policy analysis and interviews with family physicians across Canada during COVID-19: a qualitative case study protocol.

Introduction: Given the recurrent risk of respiratory illness-based pandemics, and the important roles family physicians play during public health emergencies, the development of pandemic plans for primary care is imperative. Existing pandemic plans in Canada, however, do not adequately incorporate family physicians' roles and perspectives. This policy and planning oversight has become increasingly evident with the emergence of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, pandemic.

Building research culture and capacity in academic family medicine departments: Insights from a simulation workshop.

Objective: To use data from a workshop in which various representatives from departments of family medicine (DFMs) aimed to identify strategies to increase research activity, particularly among clinical faculty members.

Design: Descriptive qualitative study using data from a workshop in which participants role-played (ie, as clinician-teachers, department chairs, and mentors) and, while in the role-playing scenario, were asked to imagine strategies that would encourage the clinical faculty members to engage in research.

Setting: The 2014 North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting in New York City, NY.

Patient satisfaction with access and continuity of care in a multidisciplinary academic family medicine clinic.

Objective: To determine patient satisfaction with care provided at a family medicine teaching clinic.

Design: Mailed survey.

Setting: Victoria Family Medical Centre in London, Ont.