Updated: October 30, 2009
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University of Michigan Health System's Department of Family Medicine, is a nationally recognized leader in patient care, education, and research. Since the department was founded in 1978, our presence has exemplified the principles of family medicine and promoted them throughout the health system.
Our Residency Program Residents' outstanding performance on the recent In-Training Exam and the 100% pass rate for residency graduates on the ABFM Certification Exam demonstrates the quality of Family Medicine residents and of the teaching and training at U-M.
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Working to meet the needs of patients
Serving as a model for primary care education and research
FROM THE CHAIR
Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D. the George A. Dean, M.D. Chair of Family Medicine
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 14-18, 2009: 37th NAPCRG Annual Meeting.
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December 3-4, 2009: 18th Annual Primary Health Care of Women Conference. Read more...
CURRENT DEPARTMENT NEWS
Download the Department of Family Medicine Spring 2009 Newsletter
October 29: Visit to Balint Society of Australia. Read more...
Publications
October 20, 2009: New Clinical Project in Qatar Read more...
October 19, 2009: Health Behavior and Epidemiology Research
Mack T. Ruffin, IV., M.D., M.P.H., professor, is among authors whose study results "...provide insight into the prevalence of Appalachian self-identity and further our knowledge about what it means to be “Appalachian.” The authors state that “If Appalachian self-identity is shown to affect health and health behaviors in future research, the results presented… could then be applied in designing health intervention programs aimed at reducing health disparities among Appalachian residents.“ The Appalachian self-identity article is available at:http://www.marshall.edu/jrcp/ ; is titled “Appalachian self-identity among women in Ohio Appalachia,” and appears in the Journal of Rural Community Psychology E12(1), 2009.
October 19, 2009: Article on Bacterial Pneumonias During Influenza Pandemic — Co-author Phillip E. Rodgers, M.D., assistant professor, and others …”summarize the data on bacterial pneumonias during the 1918 influenza pandemic, discuss the possible impact of a pandemic on the University of Michigan Health System, and summarize [their] committee’s guiding principles for allocating antibiotics during a pandemic.” The title of the journal article referred to is “Bacterial Pneumonias during an Influenza Pandemic: How Will We Allocate Antibiotics?” and appears in Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, Volume 7, Number 3, 311-16, 2009.
October 19, 2009: Article on Pandemic Influenza and Acute care Centers — Co-author Phillip E. Rodgers, M.D., assistant professor, outlines how the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) has made plans to set up an Acute Care Center in case of a world-wide influenza pandemic and encourages other health systems to do the same in an article titled, “Pandemic Influenza and Acutecare Centers: Taking Care of Sick Patients in a Nonhospital Setting,” featured in Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science,” Volume 6, Number 4, 335-49, 2008.
October 8, 2009: Clinical Research — Feedback critical in online clinical trials. Findings show it may be beneficial to provide personalized feedback to potential participants indicating their status in a complex multi-step enrollment process for an online clinical trial, according to co-author Caroline R. Richardson, M.D., associate professor. See article entitled “Barriers encountered during enrollment in an internet-mediated randomized controlled trial,” written by Buis LR, Janney AW, Hess ML, Culver SA, Richardson CR in Trials ;10(1):76, 2009. [Epub ahead of print]
Presentations
October 14, 2009: Grand Rounds — Evaluation of Hematuria
Masahito Jimbo, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor, presented “Evaluation of Hematuria: When to work up, when to refer” at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) Family Medicine Grand Rounds in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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