STFM Best Research Paper Award

The STFM Research Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2011 STFM Best Research Paper Award.

The award is intended to recognize the best research paper published by an STFM member in a peer-reviewed journal between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010.

The 2011 winning paper will be presented at the STFM Annual Spring Conference in New Orleans, April 27-May 1, 2011. 

The STFM Research Committee bases the award selection on the quality of the research and its potential impact.

A copy of the paper and a nomination letter that documents the potential effect of the paper and its importance to patients’ health and well-being should be sent electronically to Kay Frank at kfrank@stfm.org by November 19, 2010.

Contact Kay Frank, STFM, with questions at 800-274-7928, ext. 5402, kfrank@stfm.org.   

The 2010 winning paper:

"Re-engineered Hospital Discharge Program to Decrease Rehospitalization: A Randomized Trial" by Brian Jack, MD; Veerappa Chetty, PhD; David Anthony, MD, MSc; Jeffrey Greenwald, MD; Gail Sanchez, PharmD, BCPS; Anna Johnson, RN; Shaula Forsthe, MA, MPH; Julie O’Connell, MPH; Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH; Christopher Manasseh, MD; Stephen Martin, MD, MEd; and Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH (Ann Intern Med 2009;150:178-87)

List of Previous Winners