abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, with African Americans having the highest incidence and mortality of all racial and ethnic groups. CRC screening is widely recommended but remains underused, especially in minority populations. This study's pur...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Shokar NK,Vernon SW,Weller SC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family medicine preceptorships are underused opportunities for learning smoking cessation counseling skills. To prepare students for their future roles in preventing health problems in patients who use tobacco, we implemented a patient-centered instructional module within the elective Texas Statewide Family ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Nieman LZ,Velasquez MM,Groff JY,Cheng L,Foxhall LE

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:There are few reports of systematic international physician development programs to create family medicine as a new specialty in a developing nation. This paper describes the process and outcomes of a large-scale effort to initiate new family medicine training through the Egyptian Ministry of ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Lie DA,Boker JR,Lenahan PM,Dow E,Scherger JE

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging infections and bioterrorism pose increasing threats to the health of our communities. To protect patients, frontline providers like family physicians must learn and use core public health skills such as disease detection, surveillance, and response activities. This paper describes a unique approach to teachin...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Gonzalez EH

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Pediatric literacy promotion programs carried out in the primary care setting, such as Reach Out and Read (ROR), have been associated with improved language skills for preschool children. Primary care physicians have frequent contact with young families and may be well situated for a literacy ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Rosenthal MS,Werner MJ,Dubin NH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Anecdotal evidence suggests that many providers who previously delivered babies are no longer doing so, both in Oregon and nationally. This study determined the proportion of pregnancy care providers who have stopped or are planning to stop providing this care in Oregon and identified the impo...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Smits AK,Clark EC,Nichols M,Saultz JW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residency faculty in all specialties will be required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to fully implement competencies into residency programs by 2006. Understanding the new requirements is complicated by having several sets of guiding documents from different sources, including the ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： King RV,Murphy-Cullen CL,Krepcho M,Bell HS,Frey RD

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to explore the hypothesis that negative comments from faculty and residents about family practice are related to the recent decline in student selection of this specialty. METHODS:A questionnaire was sent to all family physicians and an equal number of other primary c...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Campos-Outcalt D,Senf J,Kutob R

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the effectiveness of a clinical interviewing training program for third-year family practice trainees and determined which other factors influence residents' training in clinical communication. METHODS:This was a randomized, multicenter, educational trial involving 193 th...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Moral RR,Rodriguez Salvador JJ,de Torres LP,Prados Castillejo JA,COMCORD Research Group.

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The degree to which the ideals practiced during residency training persist amidst the pressures of community practice is unknown. Therefore, this paper compares time use during outpatient visits to family practice residents and experienced family physicians. METHODS:Visits of 244 new adult outpatients to 33...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Callahan EJ,Stange KC,Bertakis KD,Zyzanski SJ,Azari R,Flocke SA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The BELIEF Instrument is a cultural interviewing tool for preclinical medical students that does not require diagnostic or therapeutic skills. METHODS:An expert panel developed and taught the instrument to 200 first-year medical students in (1) a didactic session, (2) standardized patient interviews, and (3) c...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Dobbie AE,Medrano M,Tysinger J,Olney C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:There has been a significant reduction in the number of family physicians who provide pregnancy care. This study examines the effects of an educational intervention at a university-based family practice residency. The intervention was designed to increase the number of graduates who include pr...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Helton M,Skinner B,Denniston C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This study compared the training programs and career paths of family medicine graduates in the National Research Service Award (NRSA) Program for Research in Primary Medical Care with general internal medicine and general pediatric peers. METHODS:We mailed a survey to NRSA fellows graduating ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Curtis P,Dickinson P,Steiner J,Lanphear B,Vu K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing the quality and quantity of geriatric medicine training for family practice residents is a particular challenge for community-based programs. With support from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) implemented in 1995 a multi-part project to impro...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Warshaw G,Murphy J,Buehler J,Singleton S,Residency Assistance Program\/Harfford Geriatrics Initiative.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Medicare provides the majority of funding to support graduate medical education (GME). Following the flow of these funds from hospitals to training programs is an important step in accounting for GME funding. METHODS:Using a national survey of 453 family practice residency programs and Medica...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Chen FM,Phillips RL Jr,Schneeweiss R,Andrilla CH,Hart LG,Fryer GE Jr,Casey S,Rosenblatt RA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Longitudinal Community-based Underserved Care Elective at the Virginia Commonwealth University-Hanover Family Practice Residency Program is, to our knowledge, the first report of a longitudinal 2-year elective in community-based clinics for underserved patients that supplements continuity patient care at a residen...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Eddy JM,Labuguen RH

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Title VII predoctoral and departmental grants for departments of family medicine are intended to increase the number of family and primary care physicians in the United States and increase the number of practices in rural and underserved communities. This study assessed the relationships of Title VII funding...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Fryer GE Jr,Meyers DS,Krol DM,Phillips RL,Green LA,Dovey SM,Miyoshi TJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although American Sign Language (ASL) is the third most commonly used primary language in the United States, physicians are often not adequately prepared for the challenges of conducting an interview with a deafpatient who signs. METHODS:A search of MEDLINE and PsychINFO databases for research on physician-...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Barnett S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recognizes that research education is a fundamental, although not always required, aspect of resident training. Since there is little information available on family practice resident research requirements, directors of US family practic...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Neale AV

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study explored family physicians' attitudes about smoking cessation counseling-its importance, their confidence in their ability to counsel, outcome expectations of counseling, perception of their influence on patient behavior types of counseling skills used, and the extent to which office-based activit...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： McIlvain HE,Backer EL,Crabtree BF,Lacy N

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Continuity of care is one of the presumed advantages of longitudinal residencies. However, it is not clear how well such residencies provide continuity of care, and, further, there is no recognized acceptable rate of good continuity. We compared traditional and longitudinal residencies to dete...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Merenstein D,Damico F,Devine B,Mahaniah KJ,Solomon M,Reust CE,Rosenbaum DJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomedical reductionism, the unwritten theory underlying the practice of medicine, is being supplanted by the biopsychosocial model. The explanatory power of the biopsychosocial model, however, is hampered by an inadequate mechanism to account for the social production of disease. We examine diabetes in the Marshall I...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Yamada S,Palafox N

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Diabetes requires substantial ongoing medical management and use of monitoring tests. However, physicians' performance of these tests is often suboptimal. This study explored primary care physicians' management of diabetes in the context of both planned diabetes visits and acute visits for con...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Kern DH,Mainous AG 3rd

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What role, if any, should race play in clinical presentations? While race is widely used as a way of identifying patients, this practice has been challenged as conceptually flawed, potentially misleading, and possibly prejudicial to the patient. There are, however; important reasons for not excluding information about...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Anderson MR,Moscou S,Fulchon C,Neuspiel DR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Even though curriculum skills are widely acknowledged to be an important part of faculty development in family medicine, reports of outcomes of programs that teach those skills are rarely found in the medical education literature. The Curriculum Workshop Series, one part of a 1-year faculty de...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Snyder S

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family physician is the physician generalist who takes professional responsibility for the comprehensive care of unselected patients with undifferentiated problems and who is committed to the person regardless of age, gender, illness, or organ system. The clinical specialty of family practice is patient centered, ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Phillips WR,Haynes DG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated the effect of an elective (the Global Multiculturalism Track), including international and domestic immersion experiences, on the cultural competence of preclinical medical students. METHODS:A self-assessment instrument was used to measure cultural competence, and it was administered to Track p...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Godkin MA,Savageau JA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study measured the prevalence of service in federally designated medically underserved communities (FD-MUC) by Title VII-funded, full-time faculty development fellowship alumni. METHODS:A two-stage survey of alumni of full-time, family medicine faculty development fellowships was completed. Alumni were ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Kohrs FP,Mainous AG 3rd,Fernandez ES,Matheny SC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We conducted a pilot test of accreditation guidelines for family medicine faculty development fellowship programs from September 1997 to March 1999. The accreditation guidelines included 8 application categories with 27 requirements and 5 self-study criteria. The process included completion of the accreditat...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Reznich CB,Mavis BE

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited information exists about the application of the biopsychosocial model in medical practice. This study expanded our knowledge about the extent to which psychosocial content is included in medical interviews conducted by resident family physicians. METHODS:Interviews of 180 patients conducted by six s...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Marvel K,Major G,Jones K,Pfaffly C

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Strömstad, with 10,000 inhabitants, a cardiovascular prevention program was launched during 1985-1987 because of high rates of cardiovascular disease. To study long-term effects in women, an 8-year follow-up was conducted. METHODS:Participants (n = 114) and nonparticipants (n = 269) in the lifestyle inte...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Björkelund C,Lissner L,Devine C,Lindroos AK,Palm L,Westerståhl A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since before Hippocrates, case reports have provided a rich resource for teaching and research in medicine. Case reports are published by many prominent journals--more than 140,000 case reports are indexed in MEDLINE from 1996 to present--and a number of narrative guidelines for the preparation of case repor...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： McCarthy LH,Reilly KE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:We examined the use of inexpensive handheld computers in documenting resident procedures. With a handheld computer, data is entered at the time of the procedure, eliminating the problem of double entry. METHODS:Connectivity and ease of use were important factors considered when choosing a han...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Garvin R,Otto F,McRae D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rapid increase of antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to human health. Overuse of antibiotics has been linked to rates of antibiotic resistance. This study assessed the utility of two common interventions--1) practice profiling and feedback and 2) patient education materials--implemented to ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Mainous AG 3rd,Hueston WJ,Love MM,Evans ME,Finger R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has identified students' preferences for clinical sites and the clinical teaching behaviors of preceptors valued by students. This study investigated medical students' perceptions of preceptor teaching behaviors and student performance information at community- and residency-based sites. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Leone-Perkins M,Schnuth RL,Lipsky MS

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The evolution of managed care is creating a need for feasible methods for clinical practices to perform community assessments. Since some types of clinically useful data are best obtained through a qualitative community assessment, practical methods of carrying out this type of assessment are ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Williams RL,Crabtree BF,O'Brien C,Zyzanski SJ,Gilchrist VJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Methadone maintenance is the standard of care for pregnant opiate addicts. However, withdrawal of an infant from methadone after birth often results in a lengthy hospital stay. This study identified potentially modifiable factors that are associated with the length of hospital stay of infants ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Jones HC

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The past 20 years have seen a large immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, primarily in 2 airlifts, one in 1984-1985 and one in 1991. Infectious and parasitic diseases were the dominant health problems in the early years. Recently, we noticed changing health patterns in this population, part...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Rosenberg R,Vinker S,Zakut H,Kizner F,Nakar S,Kitai E

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Practice management is a required component in family practice residency education. A few studies have reported that recently graduated primary care physicians indicated that their practice management training was inadequate. Our study describes the current nature of practice management educat...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Rose EA,Neale AV,Rathur WA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Family medicine has the highest percentage of unfilled budgeted faculty positions of all clinical and basic science departments. To successfully recruit and retain academic leaders, personal and professional issues need to be recognized and valued. This study reports the results of a national ...

journal_title：Family medicine

authors： Taylor AD

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00