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O legado da Professora Isabel Santos: as pessoas

Professor Isabel Santos determined the direction of the specialty of General and Family Medicine in Portugal. Few people have thought of such drastic changes, so based on the foundations of the specialty: undergraduate and graduate training, continuing education, and research. Her mentoring resulted in hundreds of disciples, including students, interns, specialists, doctoral students, senior researchers, leader...

Growth curve models for weight among infants

Publisher Copyright: © 2024 JBI.; Objective: This scoping review aims to provide a systematic overview of the literature on statistical models to estimate weight growth curves among infants, examining key features such as study design, sample size, and statistical approaches. Introduction: Growth models were first developed to estimate individuals’ growth curves by modeling each individual separately. Later, wi...

European general practitioners' attitudes towards person-centred care and facto...

BACKGROUND: Person-centred care (PCC) is a fundamental principle in general practice, emphasising practices tailored to individual patient preferences, needs, and values. Despite the importance of PCC, general practitioners (GPs) face obstacles in effectively implementing it, with associated factors remaining unclear. OBJECTIVES: The PACE GP/FP study aims to explore GPs' attitudes towards PCC and the factors fa...

Towards consensus

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted global healthcare systems, leading to challenges in managing Long COVID. Variations in definitions and diagnostic criteria across Europe hinder recognition and treatment efforts. This study aims to analyse and compare the definitions of Long COVID used in 34 European countries. METHODS: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted involving key inf...

Promoting clinical reasoning in undergraduate Family Medicine curricula through...

Funding Information: This study did not apply for any funding. Open access funding provided by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia, IP national support through Comprehensive Health Research Centre (UIDP/04923/2020). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.; Clinical reasoning is a crucial skill for physicians, enabling them to bridge theoretical knowledge with practical application. The gap between b...

General practitioners’ perceptions on decision aids in healthcare

Funding Information: This study was funded by a research grant from the Portuguese Association of General Practice and Family Medicine (APMGF)/Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical (AICIB). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025.; Background: Decision aids (DA) are evidence-based tools that support health-related decisions. Despite their recognised value, the use of DAs in primary care remains modest. ...

Identifying essential COVID-19 indicators for primary healthcare through Delphi...

© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association.; BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the essential role of primary healthcare (PHC) in epidemiological surveillance and public health decision-making. Across Europe, the integration of electronic health records (EHRs) and the sentinel networks have been pivotal in monitoring COVID-19. How...

Submission to Healthcare Ethics Committees in Portugal: Our Experience

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Exploring the accessibility of primary health care data in Europe's COVID-19 re...

Funding Information: We would like to thank the health professionals who contributed to treat so many COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. semFYC, EGPRN, WONCA Europe, WONCA World support the need of publicly provided by countries consistent, coordinated and reliable information regarding PHC activity during COVID-19 pandemic. The participants of Project 1 will be considered as collaborators of the project. F...

Submission to Healthcare Ethics Committees in Portugal