Journal of General Practice

Medical students interested in family medicine appear to be impacted by a different set of circumstances than those interested in other specialties. Being female, being older, having previously lived in a rural place, emphasising continuity of care, wanting a shorter residency, and the influence of family, friends, or community are all connected with medical students preferring family practise. There are some disparities in the characteristics that influence job choice between medical students from rural and urban backgrounds. To boost the supply of family physicians, medical schools may think about including aspects into the admissions process and the medical curriculum that promote family medicine as a career option.

The resolution acknowledges potential to improve pharmaceutical treatment through collaborative and patient-centered approaches, as well as certain difficulties. The resolution lists the following steps in pharmaceutical care: patient assessment of medication, health problems, and health status; identification and prioritisation of medication-related problems; selection of interventions and formulation of pharmaceutical care plan; patient agreement, implementation, and monitoring; and patient follow-up. Other concepts, such as medications optimisation, as defined by the UK National Health Service (NHS), are sometimes used to refer to (parts of) pharmaceutical care as stated above. This work incorporates these ideas to the extent that they are consistent with the definition of pharmacological care.

The cross-sectional analytical study included adult and senior participants who were drawn from Family Health Clinics in Piracicaba, So Paulo State, Brazil. A questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic data (sex, age, skin colour, and education), behavioural data (brushing and flossing), health determinants (type and frequency of dental health services), and clinical data (pain). Intraoral examination of visible dental biofilm and the community Pediodontal Index were used to obtain data on mouth conditions. From the medical records, the systemic clinical conditions (blood glucose, glycated haemoglobin, and blood pressure) were extracted. The explanatory variable was the Health Literacy Scale (HL) (low, medium, and high). Health literacy is defined as "the ability of individuals to receive, process, and comprehend fundamental health information and services required to make good health decisions."