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The STFM Messenger is the official news publication of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
Each month, members with e-mail addresses on file with STFM will receive an e-mail with links to the Messenger's on-line stories. Members will be also be able to access the Messenger's current issue as well as its archives on the STFM Web site at www.stfm.org/Messenger.
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The FFM Competency-based Curriculum Group Wants You!
Wouldn’t it be great if the next time your teaching focused on the Future of Family Medicine, you could quickly obtain a unit of instruction from some of the discipline’s most experienced teachers? That instead of spending hours reviewing articles, making countless phone calls and e-mails, and working late into the night, model materials would be fully developed and downloadable? The vision of the Competency-based Curriculum Group is just that:
To develop a competency-based, longitudinal curriculum for students and residents on the new model of practice from the Future of Family Medicine.
Six areas are being initially prioritized, but it is envisioned that other areas—ranging from the integration of behavioral change to the provision of culturally competent care—will be addressed in the future. Our initial focus will be:
- Advanced Access
- Group visits
- Using EHRs
- Performance Improvement
- The Chronic Care Model
- Evidence-based Medicine
Rather than reinventing the wheel, established content experts, educators, and faculty development consultants will begin with the proven approaches and materials of our members. In addition, this project will be jointly sponsored by Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, assuring high relevance to residents and a longitudinal, developmental approach to instructional design.
Thus, six groups will work to develop competencies expected of graduating residents and students by the end of their family medicine clerkship and to collect curricula, instructional methods, and teaching and learning activities, using the FMDRL as a repository. While we view our task as an iterative one that will be informed by the TransforMED and Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice (P4) demonstration projects, our goal is to have draft materials for comment by the 2007 spring meetings of STFM and the Program Directors. This work will form the basis of a PEP III directed to preceptors.
We are in the process of identifying groups and leaders. So, if you would like to help in this project, please indicate the area in which you are interested and send your e-mail and contact information to Jeff Susman, MD, susmanjl@uc.edu. Other members of this workgroup include STFM President-Elect John Rogers, MD, MPH, MEd, Baylor College of Medicine, and Nancy Baker, MD, University of Minnesota.
STFM Proudly Announces Its Predoctoral Directors Development Institute
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's (STFM) Education Committee and the Group on Predoctoral Education have developed an exciting new fellowship program for current and aspiring predoctoral directors. The Predoctoral Directors Development Institute is a comprehensive educational program designed to give you the skills you need to be successful in the role of predoctoral director.
STFM will launch this new Institute on January 25, prior to the 2007 STFM Predoctoral Education Conference in Memphis. You can expect to learn all aspects of the predoctoral director role, including these practical topics on how to:
* Direct a clerkship or preclinical course
* Obtain and manage resources
* Develop curricula and exams
* Evaluate students
* Deal with difficult students
* Recruit preceptors
* Write grants
* Negotiate support from the chair/dean
Each fellow will form a relationship with a mentor and will complete a project geared toward his/her personal interests. A special outcome for participants will be the relationships you will develop, with both participants and teachers at the Institute. We hope that you will forge enduring relationships that support and guide you throughout your professional career.
The Institute will include two preconference workshops: on January 25, prior to the 2007 STFM Predoctoral Education Conference in Memphis and on April 25, prior to the 2007 STFM Annual Spring Conference in Chicago. Fellows will also attend specific sessions that constitute a Predoctoral Directors Track at each conference.
Fellows must commit to attend all educational sessions. Tuition for the fellowship is $1,950 and includes registration fees for both the 2007 STFM Predoctoral Education Conference (January 25-28) and the 2007 STFM Annual Spring Conference (April 25-29).
If you would like more information, please contact Katie Margo, MD, at kmargo@mindspring.com.
Predoctoral Directors Development Institute Steering Committee:
Katie Margo, MD, Steering Committee Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Stearns, MD, STFM Education Committee Chair, University of Wisconsin
Alec Chessman, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
Paul Paulman, MD, University of Nebraska
Cathy Pipas, MD, Dartmouth Medical School
Kent Sheets, PhD, University of Michigan
Family Organizations Issue Statement On Duke Residency Closing
On June 13, 2006, the organizations of family medicine (STFM, AAFP, AFMRD, ADFM) jointly published the below statement in response to the closing of the Duke Family Medicine Residency. The closing was announced 3 weeks ago. This statement was crafted to express the strong commitment by our organizations to the highest quality of care and the simultaneous teaching of family medicine residents in that care.
Joint Statement Regarding Closure of the Duke University Family Medicine Residency
The American Academy of Family Physicians, Association of Departments of Family Medicine, Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine were disappointed to learn of the decision by Duke University and its Department of Community and Family Medicine to close its family medicine residency. As the Family Medicine organizations responsible for the intersection of clinical practice and medical education, we write to address the issues raised in the press release from Duke dated May 25.
Our organizations strongly believe that academic family medicine departments should create clinical environments where innovation, quality improvement and effective medical education take place concurrently. Most respected family medicine departments across the nation, including those at other top-tier private universities, have been able to balance the priorities of patient care, research and teaching while maintaining the integrity of their residency training programs. It is also critical that medical students have the opportunity to observe what the future of family medicine has to offer—innovations in practice, research that aims to improve the health of patients and communities—and excellent residents. The closure of the residency at Duke means that Duke medical students will not have that opportunity in their own institution, which we deeply regret.
The press release cites “declining interest in family medicine” as a major reason for the closure. Interest in family medicine residencies among fourth year US medical students has indeed dropped substantially, despite much evidence for the need of the discipline. This is part of a trend defined by increased interest in more highly paid specialties, many of which also allow a perceived easier lifestyle. Decline of interest has been even more dramatic in general internal medicine, in which a recent study has documented that only 10% of interns in internal medicine now expect to go into general internal medicine. For family medicine, at least, the decline has stabilized and there are signs that interest is beginning to increase. There is no doubt, however, that these have been difficult times for residency programs. The challenge for educators like those at Duke is to innovate—to create training programs that are attractive to students and can convince prospective residents that the new model of family medicine is worth the investment of a career.
We also believe that it is important to continue training family physicians. There is clear and compelling evidence that primary care physicians, especially family physicians, are central to optimal and cost effective healthcare for the American public. Family physicians are essential to a health care delivery team that forms the foundation of patient-centered, technologically enhanced, community-based care for the 21st century. As one of the early family medicine residencies established in the nation in 1972, the Duke program itself has been evidence of the importance of family medicine, producing more than 350 family physicians for North Carolina and the nation, many of whom have gone on to distinguish themselves in academia and organized medicine. Closing the program means that that important contribution to the people of North Carolina and beyond will come to an end.
In 2004, the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care prepared a report on the role of family physicians in the US health care workforce. That report was inappropriately cited by Duke as one justification for the decision to close its residency program. The Graham Center has expressed dismay that its work, which clearly does not espouse a reduction in the production of family physicians, should be used to justify, even in part, the closure of this family medicine residency.
We wish to re-affirm our commitment to the students, residents and sponsoring institutions of family medicine graduate education. As the nation’s need and demand for family physicians continues to grow, we stand firm in our dedication to develop, maintain, and grow those training programs committed to quality in care and education. Our organizations work diligently to ensure that every young physician who aspires to become a family physician has both the opportunity and support to achieve that goal. We look forward to further dialogue with Duke University's leadership.
Organizational Contacts:
American Academy of Family Physicians
Larry S. Fields, MD, President
Association of Departments of Family Medicine
Warren Newton, MD, MPH, President
Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
Samuel M. Jones, MD, President
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Caryl Heaton, DO, President
TransforMED Announces Funding for National Project to Restructure and Renew Family Medicine Residency Training
Committed to improving the quality of health care people receive, the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Foundation and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) have pledged nearly $1.75 million to fund a future project, Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice (P4), that will investigate new directions in the education and training of future family physicians.
TransforMED, an $8 million practice redesign initiative of the American Academy of Family Physicians, will oversee the 6-year project, whose purpose will be to test innovations in graduate medical education with the goal of stimulating substantial restructuring of the organization and content of training.
“The current approach to family medicine training has changed little since it was originally devised 40 years ago. Yet, the world of medicine and patient care continue to evolve rapidly,” said Larry Green, MD, cochair of the P4 steering committee and a member of the ABFM Board of Directors. “New training approaches are essential to ensure that family physicians are prepared to embrace and perpetuate new models of care. The ABFM is committed to continually improving the standards of medical education and training in family medicine, and we are hopeful that this national experiment will provide us with the information we need to optimize future training.”
Two years ago, family medicine proposed a new model of care as part of the Future of Family Medicine project report. Based on the concept of a relationship-centered personal medical home for all Americans, the model was family medicine’s answer to the Institute of Medicine’s call to cross the quality chasm, and it promised to provide patients the kind of care they want and deserve and offer physicians more fulfilling and rewarding practices.
Since the report’s publication, much has happened. The vision has unfolded rapidly. Just last month, the specialty took a bold step in the effort to transform the way primary care is delivered with the launch of TransforMED’s National Demonstration Project, which will test this enhanced model of care in 36 family medicine practices across the nation. The project aims to determine empirically whether this model of care—the TransforMED Model of Care—can deliver on its promise to improve patient care, patient satisfaction, physician satisfaction, and practice performance.
“P4 is a logical extension of the National Demonstration Project already underway. The two will operate collaboratively and in parallel, allowing key insights from the National Demonstration Project to seed new training strategies and approaches,” said Terry McGeeney, MD, president and chief executive officer of TransforMED. “TransforMED’s aim is to change the way primary care is practiced in this country. Revisions in the education and training of family physicians will enable the specialty to expedite transformative changes that improve practice, and we are excited about the promise this project holds.”
In a demonstration of its commitment to updating family medicine training, the ABFM Foundation has committed $1.5 million to this endeavor over the course of the next 6 years. The AFMRD has pledged $230,000 over 6 years.
“This initial funding is the springboard for the TransforMED P4 project,” said Dr McGeeney. “Recognizing that an undertaking of this size will require additional support, we look forward to engaging others in the effort to prepare primary care physicians for tomorrow’s practice.”
“With the genesis of P4, the specialty is taking another purposeful step to energize and transform family medicine,” said Samuel Jones, MD, president of the AFMRD and cochair of the P4 steering committee. “We are humbled by the magnitude of this undertaking but are dedicated to promoting excellence in family medicine graduate education.”
“The 21st century physician must have the technical knowledge and expertise to provide personalized, high-quality care in an information age environment. I am confident P4 will guide us to a more forward-thinking graduate medical education curriculum that will empower America’s future family doctors to provide the kind care our patients deserve.”
A 12-member steering committee comprised of thought leaders in graduate medical education has been created to guide P4. The committee will meet in late July to further define the project and the residency selection process. Following the committee’s July planning meeting, all residencies will receive additional information about the selection process, which is anticipated to take place in fall 2006. The project launch is expected in mid-2007.
In the interim, questions regarding the project can be directed to P4 Project Manager Jay Fetter, at jtfetter@tmed.biz.
EDUCATION COLUMN—
Teaching With Technology
Whether you are teaching medical students, residents, or practicing family physicians, there are advances in technology that can help you make teaching and learning more fun and effective. These tools do not replace patient-doctor communication or the physical exam, but they can enhance diagnosis and treatment of many common problems. Since the start of medicine, physicians have developed their senses to keenly observe their patients, and now we are fortunate to have affordable tools that help us look inside the body without an incision or practice invasive procedures without endangering a patient.
As the director of a new Visualization and Simulation Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, I've explored exciting new types of technologies to enhance my teaching. My partners have been family physicians, physicians from other specialties, dentists, nurses, and anatomy professors. Some of our most promising projects involve using portable ultrasound, video otoscopes, and simulation models. (For more information, visit http://www.uthscsa.edu/vs/)
The first technology I have incorporated in our third-year family medicine clerkship is portable ultrasound. I use a portable ultrasound unit connected to a laptop computer and a data projector to demonstrate and explain ultrasonography on a willing volunteer among our students or staff. We discuss how the basic properties of sound, liquids, and solids either transmit or reflect sound based on the tissues we are visualizing. The major portion of the workshop is devoted to students learning ultrasound by practicing on each other.
During our 90-minute ultrasound workshop, we recruit pregnant students, staff, or friends to serve as models for learning. It is much more exciting at first to see a baby in utero than a gallbladder. The developing fetus moves, has an easy to visualize heart, and many interesting anatomical features all in one small package. We then move on to look at the abdomen of a nonpregnant volunteer to see the liver, diaphragm, gallbladder, kidneys, and aorta. We divide the group into two and use two ultrasound units in our conference room, with two massage tables set up for the comfort and convenience of our students. Students are curious about the technology and their anatomy and immediately start looking at their fellow students’ internal structures. Students enjoy this exploration of anatomy, and while we rarely find gallstones, students easily see how ultrasonography can be demystified and useful in various clinical settings. (To see an affordable unit that runs off a laptop computer, visit http://www.terason.com.)
Students get the message that family physicians and other physicians can use ultrasound as a diagnostic tool at the point of care. We recently added the use of a higher frequency linear probe to look at thyroid glands. The thyroid gland is easy to visualize, and this exercise allows the students to see where they should be palpating during their physical exam of the thyroid.
The students and I take the portable ultrasound to our student-run clinics and use them to date pregnancies, reassure anxious parents about their developing babies and diagnose gallstones. In one clinic we provide health care to women recovering from alcoholism and substance abuse. We use the ultrasound to help a woman connect with her developing baby to encourage her to stay drug-free and sober.
A video otoscope, available from Welch Allyn for about $1,000, is a second teaching technology I have used. The beauty of teaching with this video otoscope is that the teacher and learner can see the image simultaneously on a TV or computer screen. Video otoscopes are now present in every exam room in our school’s new clinical skills center. As our medical students learn to examine ears for the first time, they have the benefit of visualizing the canal and tympanic membrane on a larger screen for improved teaching and learning. These images can be saved on videotape for review and discussion. We also use this technology in our student-run clinics where the patients find it interesting to see their own inner ears. This makes for great patient education along with student education.
Simulation models are a third impressive new teaching technology. There are many high fidelity simulation models available for teaching medicine. We currently used the SimMan to teach how to handle office emergencies. (http://www.laerdal.com/simman/simman.htm). SimMan costs tens of thousands of dollars, but it simulates many cardiovascular and pulmonary emergencies. The students can auscultate the heart and lungs, start IVs, and intubate or place chest tubes. The scenarios we have chosen to manage include anaphylaxis, acute myocardial infarction, severe asthma, and the tension pneumothorax.
Another form of simulation model is used to simulate joint injections. While these models are not as accurate as the real thing, they're a great tool to teach joint injections to students and/or residents. When the needle reaches the right injection site, a sound is emitted that gives feedback to the learner. The four models we use include multiple injection sites around the shoulder, knee, ankle, and hand/wrist. These models can be purchased from Sawbones at http://www.sawbones.com/.
In summary, whether you teach students, residents, or practicing physicians, consider using the newest and best technology tools to aid in the education process. This is an exciting time to be learning, teaching, and practicing medicine. By embracing the best of technology, we can improve the quality of medical education and ultimately the quality of health care we provide.
Send author correspondence to:
. usatine@uthscsa.edu.
STFM Academic Track Schedule Set
STFM and the Education Committee will sponsor five sessions as part of the STFM Academic Track at the 2006 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students. The conference will be held August 2-5 in Kansas City, Mo. The Academic Track is a series of workshops designed for students and residents who are interested in exploring career opportunities as teachers of family medicine and/or want to further develop their teaching and career-building skills. What follows are the 2006 Academic Track sessions, with the STFM presenters:
Applying to Residency: Preparing your ERAS Application, Personal Statement and CV, and Surviving the Interview (OFFERED TWICE)
Developing an Effective CV and Finding a Job: A Workshop for Residents
Teaching Residents to Teach
The Interview and Selection Process for Choosing a Residency Program
Call for Nominations for Patient Care Awards
The deadline to submit nominations for the following patient care awards is August 1, 2006. These awards, sponsored by STFM and the American Academy of Family Physicians, are presented at the Conference on Practice Improvement: Health Information and Patient Education.
Patient Care Award for Excellence in Patient Education Innovation—This annual award will be presented to a health professional or not-for-profit organization involved in developing patient education strategies for primary care. The award seeks to acknowledge creative, cutting-edge strategies developed to deliver patient education targeted to patients in an office setting.
H. Winter Griffith Award for Excellence in Practice Improvement Involving Patient Education—This award recognizes excellence in practice improvement that involves patient education produced by an individual or organization. The practice improvement activity should document a measured change in patient knowledge, attitudes, skills, or environment that has either improved or has a high probability of improving measures of patient health behavior or measures of health, such as blood pressure, blood sugar, obesity, or frequency of preventable emergency room visits. The patient education activities can include print, Internet-based education or monitoring, and/or electronic media, including DVDs, CDs, etc.
Visit www.stfm.org/awards/pated.html#anchor88456 for information about the nominations criteria for the above awards.
Look What the STFM Board Is Reading
In conjunction with STFM becoming an Amazon.com associate, the STFM Board of Directors offers the following suggestions from their personal reading lists. These books can be ordered by clicking the links below or by using the search box on our portal at www.stfm.org/bookstore. Watch for these recommendations for the next several months in the STFM Messenger online.
Free Educational Resources from Boston University
Boston University produced the following educational resources through grant funding and would like to make them available to interested STFM members.
Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much, www.mdalcoholtraining.org
This is a curriculum for physician educators to train primary care clinicians in screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use, using a patient-centered, evidence-based approach that emphasizes cross-cultural efficacy
Alcohol and Health: Current Evidence, www.alcoholandhealth.org
This is a newsletter summarizing the latest clinically relevant research on alcohol and health, including related Journal Club and Grand Rounds slide presentations
CONFERENCE NEWS
The Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine Opens Online Registration
Online registration is now open at www.stfm.org/forum and brochures have been mailed for the 27th Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine. The Forum, cosponsored by STFM and the Medical College of Wisconsin, will be held September 14-17, 2006, at the DoubleTree Guest Suites in Chicago.
The Forum continues to grow in offerings and quality. Bonus sessions will be offered on Thursday afternoon before the Gathering In reception that has typically been the start of the Forum.
The opening plenary will be given by Philip Chard, president and CEO of the National Employee Assistance Service, a global EAP and management consultation firm. Mr Chard, once a behavioral science faculty, will address issues of disenchantment and renewal among teachers of behavioral science in his presentation, "It Just Doesn't Matter! Or Does It?"
Saturday's luncheon plenary will be given by Susan McDaniel, PhD, professor and vice chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr McDaniel will lead the keynote presentation, "Family-oriented Primary Care in 2006: Finding Common Ground Through Integration, Collaboration, and Generosity.
The Forum's final plenary speaker will be John Abrahamson, MD. Dr Abrahamson, a family physician, is the author of Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine. His plenary is titled, "Reclaiming the Ideals of Family Medicine: The Real Scientific Evidence.”
For the second year, the Forum is offering a clinical track focused on the practical application of behavioral science and psychiatric knowledge and skills for the practicing family physician.
To register today or for more information, including an online search of the educational sessions being offered, visit www.stfm.org/forum.
Call for Papers for the 2007 Conference on Families and Health Now Open
The call for papers for the 2007 Conference on Families and Health has just opened on the STFM Web site at www.stfm.org. The submission deadline is September 6, 2006. Beginning this year, submitters who are not STFM members will be required to pay a $25 submission fee to cover administrative and technology fees.
This year’s conference theme is "The Art and Science of Relationship-centered Practice.” This meeting will be held February 28–March 4, 2007 in Austin, Tex. Plan on submitting your proposals soon. The convenient online submission process is available at www.stfm.org.
Call for Papers for the 2007 Annual Spring Conference Now Open
The call for papers for the 2007 Annual Spring Conference has just opened on the STFM Web site at www.stfm.org. The submission deadline is September 13, 2006. Beginning this year, submitters who are not STFM members will be required to pay a $25 submission fee to cover administrative and technology fees.
This year’s conference theme is "Teaching for the Future of Family Medicine.” This meeting will be held April 25–29, 2007, in Chicago. Plan on submitting your proposals soon. The convenient online submission process is available at www.stfm.org.
GROUP NEWS—
STFM International Committee Presents 2006 Gabriel Smilkstein Memorial Award
At the annual conference in San Francisco, the International Committee of the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine proudly presented the 2006 Gabriel Smilkstein Memorial Award for "Outstanding Contributions to the Growth and Development of Family Medicine Education Throughout the World" to Bruce Dahlman, MD. Dr Dahlman was raised in the United States, attended the University of Minnesota, and has spent his recent years working to develop family medicine curricula in Kenya. Dr Dahlman, who lives with his family in East Africa, is to be commended for his tireless efforts and personal sacrifices to bring family medicine to Kenya. An excellent teacher and innovator, he has helped the Kenyans he is working with to launch family medicine despite limited resources. In a letter of nomination, the following was written: "Unlike many of the esteemed individuals who have previously been honored by this award, Dr Dahlman is not US-based. Rather, he is based abroad at significant personal sacrifice. What he has accomplished there, without the substantial institutional support to which most of us are accustomed, is only slightly short of miraculous. His dedication and achievement in international family medicine Education is to be commended."
Funding corner —
American Cancer Society Announces Its Call for Cancer Control Career Development Awards for Primary Care Physicians
Annual Grant Deadline: October 15
The American Cancer Society (ACS), invites applications for the Cancer Control Career Development Awards for Primary Care Physicians. This award encourages and assists in the development of primary care physicians who will pursue academic careers with an emphasis in cancer control. Awards are made for 3 years with progressive stipends of $50,000, $55,000, and $60,000 per year. In addition, salary and benefits for the mentor may be charged to the grant in an amount of up to $10,000 per year. For additional information on the above award, contact the program director, Virginia Krawiec, MPA, at 404-329-5734 or Ginger.Krawiec@cancer.org.
The American Cancer Society offers several other research and training grants. For a full description of all grants, including applications, instructions, and policies, please consult the ACS Web site or contact ACS directly at www.cancer.org/research, 404-329-7558, grants@cancer.org.
MEMBER NEWS—
Department Chairs and Other Appointments
Chelley Alexander, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa.
In Memoriam
STFM has recently received word of the passing of STFM Past President L. Robert Martin, MD. Dr Martin was STFM president from 1977–1978.
New Members
Arkansas |
New York |
Jamie Messenger, PharmD |
Anna Flattau, MD, MSc |
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Shantie Harkisoon, MD |
California |
Kim Painter |
Jae Lee |
Angela Wisniewski, PharmD |
Joshua Leiderman, MD |
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Mark Lepore, MD |
North Carolina |
Katrina Miller, MD |
Michelle Lyn, MBA, MHA |
Walter Mills, MD, MMM |
Daryl Rosenbaum, MD |
Shira Shavit, MD |
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Ohio |
Connecticut |
Daniel Merz, PhD |
Tonya Cremin, DO |
Sherri Morgan, MD, MPH |
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Illinois |
Oklahoma |
Irene Thevatheril, MD |
Toney Welborn, MD |
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Indiana |
Pennsylvania |
Cynthia Meneghini, MD |
Peter Cranholm, MD, MSCE |
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Matthew Howie, MD |
Michigan |
Robert Langan, MD |
Shirin Doshi, DO |
Brooke Salzman, MD |
Michelle Pemble, PhD |
Laura Siems, MD |
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Luna Xu |
Minnesota |
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Kristin Christiansen, MD |
Tennessee |
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Jeremy Thomas, PharmD |
Missouri |
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Michelle Colen, MD |
Texas |
Kimberly Hoffman, PhD |
Leticia Vargas, MD |
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Montana |
Wisconsin |
Mary Wilson-Pant, MD |
Victor Gamez, MD |
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New Hampshire |
Canada |
Sharyn Lee |
Kymm Feldman, MD, MHSc |
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New Jersey |
Laos |
Theresa Barrett, MS, CMP |
Sing Menorath, MD |
Ray Saputelli, CAE |
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STFM Conference Calendar
27th Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine—September 14-17, 2006, Chicago
STFM Northeast Region Meeting— October 26–29, 2006, Danvers, Mass
Academic Family Medicine Fall Session—October 29, 2006, 10 am–noon, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, Wash.
Annual Conference on Practice Improvement: Health Information and Patient Education—November 9-12, 2006, Denver
STFM Faculty Development Series Workshop III: Administrative and Management Skills for Mid-level Faculty—November 18, 2006, Los Angeles, Calif
33rd Annual Predoctoral Education Conference—January 25-28, 2007, Memphis
27th Annual Conference on Families and Health—February 28–March 4, 2007, Austin, Tex
Other Meetings of Note
AAFP Annual Scientific Assemly—September 27–October 1, 2006, Washington, DC. www.aafp.org.
34th NAPCRG Annual Meeting—October 15-18, 2006, Tucson, Ariz, www.napcrg.org
21st Primary Care Research Methods and Statistics Conference—December 1–3, 2006, www.familymed.uthscsa.edu/research/conferences/conferences.htm