Training the Trainers Where They Are Needed: Applying Multiple Methods of International Faculty Development in FM (Jeffrey Markuns MD, EdM)
Developing Family Medicine as a specialty is key to building improved primary care in many developing countries. A core group of academic physicians with expertise in primary care is necessary to train new family doctors, however, many countries lack this human resource capacity. Faculty development programs can help to address this need. This presentation will review multiple methods of international faculty development in Family Medicine to train these trainers, including fellowships, workshops, videoconferencing, and degree-granting programs. We will outline a variety of our own efforts and describe curricular approache...
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From Reflection to Action: Moving Voluntourism Toward the Ethical Ideal (Maria Gabriela Castro MD)
2016 AAFP Global Health Workshop presentation (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
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Building International Partnerships in Family Medicine Development (Jeffrey Markuns MD, EdM)
Successful partnerships between local stakeholders and international consultants can be an important catalyst in creating sustainable programs responsive to unique local contexts, although there can be challenges as well. In this discussion, we aim to discuss challenges and benefits in building collaborations between local and international partners. We will share examples of productive partnerships, and share successes and setbacks in navigating these collaborations and utilizing them to meet local partners ' specific goals in developing and expanding Family Medicine. Specific programs unique to different countries will b...
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Step-by-Step Free iPhone App (Joshua Steinberg MD)
The Step-by-Step Approach is an evaluation scheme based upon clinical factors and lab testing which allows clinicians, typically in the Peds ED, to decide which young (? 90 days old) febrile infants are at high, intermediate, and low risk of invasive bacterial infection (bacteremia, sepsis, meningitis). Risk assessment allows a clinician to choose less intensive, less invasive management of some young febrile infants depending on local standards, local resources, and particulars of the clinical case. The app is adapted from the validation study by Gomez, Mintegi, and colleagues of July, 2016, with their kind permission. Th...
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Research Minutes (Sandra Burge PhD)
I lead the research curriculum for our family medicine residency program. Here, research and QI projects grow organically, sometimes initiated by residents, sometimes by faculty, sometimes by others. Start-times vary, as do implementation timelines. Different information is needed at different times in a research project, and our projects do not progress in lock-step. So, considering an adult-learning model, I created mini-lessons that are available for teaching moments in research. " Research Minutes " are available when the resident needs that particular information for their project, or when they become curious about a ...
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Gout Diagnosis Free iPhone App (Joshua Steinberg MD)
Gout is a tricky diagnosis to make. Rarely is it made via the gold standard technique of synovial aspiration and polarized light microscopy. The vast majority of diagnoses are clinical. A family medicine and rheumatologist team of Dutch researchers led by Hein Janssens derived and published a clinical decision rule in 2010. This app brings that decision rule to primary care physicians, rheumatologists, and acute care (ER/urgent-care) clinicians everywhere. With just a few clicks of information about a patient ' s case, you can see what the gout diagnosis calculator suggests about the patient ' s chances of having gout or n...
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An LGBTQ Health Curriculum That Improves Knowledge and Attitudes (Carrie Link MD)
One day optional curriculum improves knowledge and attitudes of 1st and 2nd yr medical students on LGBTQ health issues, similar to results from a larger study at UCSF. All curricular materials needed to implement are here! (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
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What Impact Does Prior Continuity of Care Have on Hospital Readmissions? (Gregory M Garrison MD)
What Impact Does Prior Continuity of Care Have on Hospital Readmissions? Problem The chronic disease model suggests continuity of care and team based care are necessary to improve outcomes for multi-morbidity patients and reduce hospitalizations. Continuity of care following admission has had mixed effects on readmission rates. The effect continuity of care prior to admission has upon readmission rates is not well studied. Approach A cohort of 14,662 primary care patients who were admitted during 2011-13 were studied. Continuity of care in the twelve months prior to admission was assessed using three established metrics; ...
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Family Medicine Faculty Development Needs Assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paul Larson MD, MS, DTMH)
The following resources provide supporting documentation to the Family Medicine Faculty Development Needs Assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa under review in Family Medicine as "Current Status of Family Medicine Faculty Development in sub-Saharan Africa" and "Future of Family Medicine Faculty Development in sub-Saharan Africa" and are provided here at the request of reviewers and editors of Family Medicine. The interview field guide provides instructions to interviewers including questions asked of informants. The code book includes final codes imported to Atlas-ti for use in qualitative data analysis. All listed authors on ...
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Depression Outcomes for PTSD Patients With Collaborative Care Management (Kurt Angstman MD)
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Patient Screening Tools Predicting 6-Month Depression Outcomes, With Validation (Kurt Angstman MD)
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Dataset With Simulated Practice Data (Jeff Weinfeld MD)
File (2) is a Python computer program that creates a simulated patient dataset (file 1). As programmed it has 180 patients (3 sites, 18 doctors, 10 patients per doctor). A data dictionary is included (file 3). We used these resources to put on a statistical software workshop for M1 medical students (file 4). Presentation at an on-campus Conference is included (file 5). (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
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Becoming a Model Educator: Developing Your Plan for Personal Faculty Development and Inspirational Teaching (Julie Schirmer MSW)
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Moving Away From the RVU: Care Delivery Changes With Implementation of Physician Compensation Reform (Jennifer Lochner MD)
Power point presentation from 2016 STFM Annual Spring Conference - details information regarding how care delivery (including office visits, and non face-to-face patient care encounters such as phone calls, electronic visits) has changed over time in relation to a change in the way physicians are compensated. RVUs have much less emphasis, instead emphasis on panel management in the clinics and we are compensated in this way as well. (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
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Co-Documentation: A Study on the Use of Scribes in a Family Medicine Residency (William Lovett MD)
This poster outlines the results of a pilot study on the use of scribes in family medicine residency. In this very short study (2 weeks), physician documentation time was reduced by 2.15 minutes per patient. (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
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