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Which of the following factors was NOT found to be a contributing cause of physician burnout?

ANSWER: B. Not enough support to help reduce workload.

Too few support staff members was not seen as a major factor causing physician burnout, especially compared with time pressures in seeing patients and challenges in using EHRs

Poor working conditions

Not enough support to help reduce workload

Time pressures

Challenges with electronic health systems

Based on recent studies, what percentage of primary care physicians reported experiencing at least one or more dimensions of burnout?

ANSWER: C. 50%.

Family physicians suffer from significantly higher rates of burnout than physicians in many other specialties, with 51% of family physicians reporting being burned out in 2022.

10%

25%

50%

70%

Which of the following is the longest standing AHRQ-supported program to improve primary care services?

ANSWER: A. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Created in 1984, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine. Since 1998, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has been authorized by the U.S. Congress to convene the Task Force and to provide ongoing scientific, administrative, and dissemination support.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

EPC Program

National Center for Advancing Excellence in Primary Care Research

Primary Care Practice Based Research Networks

Project ECHO was started by Sanjeev Arora, M.D, at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center to treat:

ANSWER: B. Hepatitis C.

Project ECHO was launched in 2003 by Dr. Arora, a social innovator and liver disease specialist at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, because he was frustrated that he could serve only a fraction of the hepatitis C patients in the state

Lung cancer

Hepatitis C

Back pain

Alzheimer’s Disease

AHRQ’s EvidenceNow provides support to primary care practices to improve healthcare quality and implement new evidence into care delivery. The initiative began with programs to improve heart health but has expanded to other health care priorities, including:

ANSWER: A. Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use and Managing Urinary Incontinence in Women.

EvidenceNOW has expanded to many other clinical areas, most recently to address unhealthy alcohol use and managing urinary incontinence, especially among women.

Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use and Managing Urinary Incontinence in Women

Managing Psoriasis and Managing Hair Loss

Managing Allergies and Managing Ear Infections

Managing Arthritis and Managing Knee Pain

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