STFM Research Paper Award

The STFM Research Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2008 STFM Best Research Paper Award, to be presented at the upcoming Annual Spring Conference in Baltimore.

The award is intended to recognize the best research paper published by an STFM member in a peer-reviewed journal between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007.

The winning paper in 2007 was "Physicians, Patients, and the Electronic Record: An Ethnographic Analysis,* by William Ventres, MD, MA Additional authors of the paper include Sarah Kooienga, FNP; Ryan Marlin, MD, MPH; Peggy Nygren, MA: and Valerie Stewart, PhD (Ann Fam Med 2006;4:124-31).

The 2008 winning paper will be presented at the 2008 Annual Spring Conference in Baltimore, MD, April 30 - May 4, 2008.

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

Ten copies of the paper should accompany each nomination letter that documents the potential effect of the paper and its importance to patients’ health and well-being.

November 12, 2007, is the postmark deadline for nominations. Send nominations to STFM Research Committee Chair James Gill, MD, MPH c/o STFM, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211.

Contact Kay Frank, STFM, with questions at 800-274-2237, ext. 5402 kfrank@stfm.org.