Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

STFM Education Columns

STFM Education Columns are published monthly in the STFM Messenger. For additional information or to submit an idea for an education column, contact Education Column Editor Sara Young, MD, MS.

2012

January—"Men's Health: Development of a Niche Curriculum in Family Medicine" by Joel  Heidelbaugh, MD

2011

January—"Community Service and the Role of the FMIG" by Ashley DeVilbiss Bieck, MPA

February—"Benefits of Co-training Family Medicine Residents and Mental Health Professionals" by Michele S. Smith, PhD

March—"Geriatric Education for Resident Physicians in a Continuing Care Retirement Community" by John Fleming, MD

April—"Opioid Therapy for Chronic Non-cancer Pain: Avoiding the All or Nothing Approach" by Robert Mallin, MD

May—"Sitting in the Career Advisor Chair: Five Discussion Topics for the Student Advising Session" by Melissa Bradner, MD, MSHA

June—"Integrative Medicine Training for Family Physicians" by James Lin, MD, and Folashade Omole, MD

July—"Every Medical Student Should Go to Jail" by Fred Rottnek, MD, MAHCM

August—"Direct Observation: What It Is and How to Effectively Perform It" by Stephen Wilson, MD, MPH and Gretchen Shelesky, MD, MS

September—"A Recipe for Addressing Health Literacy" by Amanda Kost, MD; Daniel Ruegg, MD; and Sharon Dobie, MD

October—"Improving the Difficult Patient Visit" by Rachel Franklin, MD

November—"Partnering With a New Nursing Home to Provide Geriatric Experience to Family Medicine Resident Physicians: Lessons Learned—Positive and Negative by Ariel Cole, MD and John Fleming, MD

2010

January—"Scholarly Activity in Residency—What Does It Mean for You?" by Sally P. Weaver, PhD, MD

February—"Vaccines 2010" by Donald B. Middleton, MD

March—"Family History Gets An Update" by Greg Feero, MD, PhD

April—"Successful Models of Global Health Education" by Shannon Bolon, MD, MPH; Christoper Morley, PhD; Scott Loeliger, MD; Christy O'Dea, MD

May—"Yes We Can...and Did!" by Deborah Taylor, PhD

June—"The Student-run Free Clinic: If Your University Doesn't Have One, It Should" by Wanda Gonsalves, MD

August—"Scholarly Pairings for Academic and Research Collaboration: Getting the Most Out of the Academic Environment" by Christopher Morley, PhD

October—"New Duty Hours: Bridging the Patient Encounter Gap by Hunter Woodall, MD

November—"Interprofessional Education and Service: Teaching and Learning With Meaning by Steve Crossman, MD

December—"Incorporating Women's Health Preventive Care Into Each Visit: The Five Things by E. Blake Fagan, MD