Search Results - "Freeman, Thomas R."

"There's nothing like a good crisis for innovation": a qualitative study of family physicians' experiences with virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic by Hedden, Lindsay, Spencer, Sarah, Mathews, Maria, Marshall, Emily Gard, Lukewich, Julia, Asghari, Shabnam, Brown, Judith Belle, Gill, Paul S, Freeman, Thomas R, McCracken, Rita K, Ryan, Bridget L, Vaughan, Crystal, Wong, Eric, Buote, Richard, Meredith, Leslie, Moritz, Lauren, Ryan, Dana, McKay, Madeleine, Schacter, Gordon

“…Prior to the pandemic, Canada lagged behind other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries in the uptake of virtual care. The onset of…”
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Development and validation of a rurality index for healthcare research in Japan: a modified Delphi study by Kaneko, Makoto, Ikeda, Takaaki, Inoue, Machiko, Sugiyama, Kemmyo, Saito, Manabu, Ohta, Ryuichi, Cooray, Upul, Vingilis, Evelyn, Freeman, Thomas R, Mathews, Maria

“…ObjectivesRural–urban healthcare disparities exist globally. Various countries have used a rurality index for evaluating the disparities. Although Japan has…”
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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 by Mathews, Maria, Spencer, Sarah, Hedden, Lindsay, Marshall, Emily Gard, Lukewich, Julia, Meredith, Leslie, Ryan, Dana, Buote, Richard, Liu, Tiffany, Volpe, Emily, Gill, Paul S, Ryan, Bridget, Schacter, Gordon, Wickett, Jamie, Freeman, Thomas R, Sibbald, Shannon L, Wong, Eric, McKay, Maddi, McCracken, Rita, Brown, Judith Belle

“…IntroductionGiven the recurrent risk of respiratory illness-based pandemics, and the important roles family physicians play during public health emergencies,…”
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"Family doctors are also people": a qualitative analysis of how family physicians managed competing personal and professional responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic by Spencer, Sarah, Lukewich, Julia, Marshall, Emily Gard, Mathews, Maria, Asghari, Shabnam, Brown, Judith B, Freeman, Thomas R, Gill, Paul, Idrees, Samina, McCracken, Rita K, Ranade, Sudit, Slade, Steve, Terry, Amanda L, Wickett, Jamie, Wong, Eric, Buote, Richard, Meredith, Leslie, Moritz, Lauren, Ryan, Dana, Hedden, Lindsay

“…Family physicians (FPs) fill an essential role in public health emergencies yet have frequently been neglected in pandemic response plans. This exclusion harms…”
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Family physicians' responses to personal protective equipment shortages in four regions in Canada: a qualitative study by Mathews, Maria, Ryan, Dana, Hedden, Lindsay, Lukewich, Julia, Marshall, Emily Gard, Asghari, Shabnam, Terry, Amanda Lee, Buote, Richard, Meredith, Leslie, Moritz, Lauren, Spencer, Sarah, Brown, Judith B, Christian, Erin, Freeman, Thomas R, Gill, Paul S, Sibbald, Shannon L, Wong, Eric

“…Despite well-documented increased demands and shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) during previous disease outbreaks, health systems in Canada were…”
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Virtual family physician care during COVID-19: a mixed methods study using health administrative data and qualitative interviews by Ryan, Bridget L, Brown, Judith Belle, Freeman, Thomas R, Richard, Lucie, Stewart, Moira, Meredith, Leslie, Choi, Yun-Hee, He, Jennifer Wei, Cejic, Sonny, Thompson, Keith, Reichert, Sonja, Shariff, Salimah Z, Booth, Richard, Terry, Amanda L, Mathews, Maria

“…The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid shift in primary health care from predominantly in-person to high volumes of virtual care. The pandemic…”
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Focused practice in family medicine: Quantitative study by Marbeen, Melad, Freeman, Thomas R, Terry, Amanda L

“…To determine factors associated with having a focused practice among a sample of family medicine graduates in Canada and to assess the characteristics of FPs…”
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Mechanisms for communicating within primary health care teams by Brown, Judith Belle, Lewis, Laura, Ellis, Kathy, Stewart, Moira, Freeman, Thomas R, Kasperski, M Janet

“…To explore the types of communication used within primary health care teams (PHCTs), with a particular focus on the mechanisms teams use to promote optimal…”
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Natural history of abdominal pain in family practice: Longitudinal study of electronic medical record data in southwestern Ontario by Freeman, Thomas R, Stewart, Moira, Léger, Daniel, Jordan, John, Copeland, Julie, Hons, Ian, Thind, Amardeep, Ryan, Bridget

“…To examine the frequency, natural history, and outcomes of 3 subtypes of abdominal pain (general abdominal pain, epigastric pain, localized abdominal pain)…”
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening in an academic family practice: Short-term impact of guideline changes by Olmstead, Craig, Wakabayashi, Adrienne T, Freeman, Thomas R, Cejic, Sonny S

“…To investigate abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening rates in the 6 months before and after the introduction of updated Canadian Task Force on Preventive…”
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Comprehensive practice: Normative definition across 3 generations of alumni from a single family practice program, 1985 to 2012 by Freeman, Thomas R, Boisvert, Leslie, Wong, Eric, Wetmore, Stephen, Maddocks, Heather

“…To determine the range of services and procedures offered by family physicians who define themselves as comprehensive practitioners and compare responses…”
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Conflict on interprofessional primary health care teams - can it be resolved? by Brown, Judith, Lewis, Laura, Ellis, Kathy, Stewart, Moira, Freeman, Thomas R., Kasperski, M. Janet

“…Increasingly, primary health care teams (PHCTs) depend on the contributions of multiple professionals. However, conflict is inevitable on teams. This article…”
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Shifting tides in the emigration patterns of Canadian physicians to the United States: a cross-sectional secondary data analysis by Freeman, Thomas R, Petterson, Stephen, Finnegan, Sean, Bazemore, Andrew

“…The relative ease of movement of physicians across the Canada/US border has led to what is sometimes referred to as a 'brain drain' and previous analysis…”
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Applause for case reports by Freeman, Thomas R

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Impact of family medicine research: Bibliometrics and beyond by Dunikowski, Lynn G, Freeman, Thomas R

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Where is family medicine heading? by Freeman, Thomas R, Wetmore, Stephen

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Family physician leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic: roles, functions and key supports by Mathews, Maria, Ryan, Dana, Hedden, Lindsay, Lukewich, Julia, Marshall, Emily Gard, Brown, Judith Belle, Gill, Paul S., McKay, Madeleine, Wong, Eric, Wetmore, Stephen J., Buote, Richard, Meredith, Leslie, Moritz, Lauren, Spencer, Sarah, Alexiadis, Maria, Freeman, Thomas R., Letto, Aimee, Ryan, Bridget L., Sibbald, Shannon L., Terry, Amanda Lee

“…Purpose Strong leadership in primary care is necessary to coordinate an effective pandemic response; however, descriptions of leadership roles for family…”
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Practice- and System-Based Interventions to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission in Primary Care Settings: A Qualitative Study by Mathews, Maria, Liu, Tiffany, Ryan, Dana, Hedden, Lindsay, Lukewich, Julia, Marshall, Emily Gard, Buote, Richard, Meredith, Leslie, Moritz, Lauren R., Spencer, Sarah, Asghari, Shabnam, Brown, Judith B., Freeman, Thomas R., Gill, Paul S., Sibbald, Shannon

“…Using qualitative interviews with 68 family physicians (FPs) in Canada, we describe practice- and system-based approaches that were used to mitigate COVID-19…”
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The roles of family physicians during a pandemic by Mathews, Maria, Meredith, Leslie, Ryan, Dana, Hedden, Lindsay, Lukewich, Julia, Marshall, Emily G., Buote, Richard, Moritz, Lauren, Spencer, Sarah, Asghari, Shabnam, Brown, Judith B., Freeman, Thomas R., Gill, Paul S., McCracken, Rita K., McKay, Madeleine, Ryan, Bridget, Sibbald, Shannon L., Wetmore, Stephen, Wong, Eric

“…Family physicians play important roles throughout all stages of a pandemic response; however, actionable descriptions outlining these roles are absent from…”
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Withdrawal Versus Reversal: A Necessary Distinction? by Wine, Byron, Freeman, Thomas R., King, Allison

“…In the behavior analysis literature, the terms withdrawal and reversal are widely used to refer to various iterations of the basic A‐B‐A or A‐B‐A‐B…”
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