Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_89_25
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_87_24
Nathan Jeffery, Div Patel, Taylor Marshall, Lisa Allen, Roy Kirkpatrick
<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted primary care delivery, amplifying challenges in resource stewardship. Choosing Wisely Canada (CWC) guidelines aim to reduce unnecessary interventions. However, barriers to their implementation persist, particularly in rural settings where access to resources is limited and patient expectations often conflict with evidence-based care. Our study explored primary care physicians' awareness of, utilisation of and barriers to implementing CWC guidelines in a post-pandemic context, focusing on challenges, quality improvement opportunities and innovative approaches to reduce low-value care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An online survey of primary care physicians across Canada was used to collect demographic data, practice habits and perspectives on CWC guidelines. Quantitative analysis measured trends, while qualitative analysis of open-ended responses identified recurring themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred and twenty-seven primary care physicians responded to the survey. Results revealed high awareness of CWC guidelines (97.6%) but low familiarity with post-pandemic adaptations (36.2%) and patient-facing materials (61.4%). Key barriers included time constraints, fear of missed diagnoses and limited rural resources. Physicians highlighted the need for tailored approaches in rural settings, where deviations from guidelines are often necessary because of challenges related to healthcare access. Participants identified several opportunities for improvement, including integrating guidelines into electronic medical records and developing mobile applications to support decision-making. Enhanced patient education emerged as critical for addressing demands for unnecessary tests, often fuelled by misinformation from social media.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Targeted medical and patient education, interprofessional collaboration and technology integration are essential for improving CWC adoption. Tailored solutions that address rural-specific challenges and systemic barriers are pivotal for achieving sustainable resource stewardship in primary care.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>La pandémie de COVID-19 a profondément bouleversé l'organisation des soins primaires, accentuant les défis liés à l'utilisation judicieuse des ressources. Les recommandations de Choisir avec soin visent à réduire les interventions inutiles, mais leur mise en œuvre demeure difficile, surtout en milieu rural où l'accès aux services est restreint et où les attentes des patients s'harmonisent parfois mal avec les pratiques fondées sur les données probantes. Notre étude examine la connaissance, l'utilisation et les obstacles à l'intégration des recommandations de Choisir avec soin chez les médecins de famille en contexte postpandémique, en mettant l'accent sur les défis rencontrés, les occasions d'amélioration de la qualité des soins et les approches innovantes pour diminuer les ac
2019冠状病毒病大流行严重扰乱了初级保健服务,加大了资源管理方面的挑战。明智地选择加拿大(CWC)指南旨在减少不必要的干预。然而,实施的障碍仍然存在,特别是在农村地区,那里获得资源的机会有限,患者的期望往往与循证护理相冲突。我们的研究探讨了初级保健医生在大流行后背景下对实施《禁止化学武器公约》指南的认识、利用和障碍,重点关注挑战、质量改进机会和减少低价值护理的创新方法。方法:对加拿大各地的初级保健医生进行在线调查,收集人口统计数据、执业习惯和对CWC指南的看法。定量分析衡量趋势,而定性分析的开放式答复确定了反复出现的主题。结果:127名初级保健医生参与了调查。结果显示,对CWC指南的认知度较高(97.6%),但对大流行后适应(36.2%)和面向患者的材料的熟悉度较低(61.4%)。主要障碍包括时间限制、担心漏诊和农村资源有限。医生们强调需要在农村地区采取量身定制的方法,因为在农村地区,由于与获得医疗保健有关的挑战,往往需要偏离指南。与会者确定了若干改进机会,包括将准则纳入电子病历和开发移动应用程序以支持决策。加强患者教育对于解决对不必要检查的需求至关重要,这种需求往往是由社交媒体上的错误信息推动的。结论:有针对性的医疗和患者教育、跨专业协作和技术整合对于提高《禁止化学武器公约》的采用至关重要。针对农村特有挑战和系统性障碍的量身定制解决方案对于实现初级保健领域的可持续资源管理至关重要。导言:La pandmie de COVID-19是一种深度的(组织),强调的是(组织),(组织)和(资源)的利用。这些建议包括:预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防农村疾病où预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病、预防预防疾病。诺练习曲检查la connaissance l 'utilisation et les障碍l 'integration des recommandations de让用行动组织在莱斯德虽然en contexte postpandemique, en将l 'accent苏尔les违抗邂逅,les场合d 'amelioration de la质量des行动等les方法innovantes倒会使莱斯发动faible的数值。方法:在加拿大各省的主要省份中,采用enquête en - ne - ne - ne - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys - ys。调查问卷收集的资料包括:未登记的个人资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人习惯资料、未登记的个人建议资料。我分析定量的和准定性的趋势,我分析定性的和准定性的趋势,我分析定量的和准定性的趋势。组织Rsultats:分vingt-sept y repondu。主要病例包括:未确定患者预后(97.6%)、未确定患者预后(36.2%)、未确定患者预后(61.4%)。主要提到的障碍包括:时间障碍、过境障碍、重要诊断障碍和资源障碍。汇汇会决定汇汇会决定汇汇会决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定汇汇会的决定里面的参与者并非对mis de l 'avant几个滑道d 'amelioration,像l 'integration des recommandations在档案medicaux electroniques et la创造d 'applications手机倒soutenir la撬德的决定。对患者进行的一项新培训确定了患者的健康状况,确定了患者的健康状况,确定了患者的健康状况,确定了患者的健康状况,确定了患者的健康状况,确定了患者的健康状况。结论:加强临床培训和公众培训,加强专业间协作,提高培训解决方案的技术含量,提高培训建议的采纳率。战略调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、障碍调整、系统调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整、环境调整等。
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_88_25
Peter Hutten-Czapski
{"title":"Les défis posés par l'IA dans l'édition scientifique.","authors":"Peter Hutten-Czapski","doi":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_88_25","DOIUrl":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_88_25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44615,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine","volume":"31 1","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146132897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_60_25
David Jerome, Sean William Moore
{"title":"The Occasional limb tourniquet application and tourniquet conversion.","authors":"David Jerome, Sean William Moore","doi":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_60_25","DOIUrl":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_60_25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44615,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine","volume":"31 1","pages":"25-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146133205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_58_23
Eric P McMullen
{"title":"Teledermatology.","authors":"Eric P McMullen","doi":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_58_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_58_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44615,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine","volume":"31 1","pages":"30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146133212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_82_25
Peter Hutten-Czapski
{"title":"The challenges of dealing with A.I. in academic publishing.","authors":"Peter Hutten-Czapski","doi":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_82_25","DOIUrl":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_82_25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44615,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine","volume":"31 1","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146133245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_84_25
Shyam Sundar Sah, Abhishek Kumbhalwar
{"title":"Letter to the editor concerning 'can implementation of in situ simulation support rural emergency provider self-confidence and improve patient safety? A mixed-methods study'.","authors":"Shyam Sundar Sah, Abhishek Kumbhalwar","doi":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_84_25","DOIUrl":"10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_84_25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44615,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine","volume":"31 1","pages":"31-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146132818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}