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Relationship Of Patient Self-Administered Copd Assessment Test (Cat) To Physician Standard Assessment Of Copd In A Family Medicine Residency Training Program, Leigh Johnson, Jessica Burchette, Ivy A. Click, Sandra Alicia Williams
Relationship Of Patient Self-Administered Copd Assessment Test (Cat) To Physician Standard Assessment Of Copd In A Family Medicine Residency Training Program, Leigh Johnson, Jessica Burchette, Ivy A. Click, Sandra Alicia Williams
ETSU Faculty Works
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. COPD is of particular concern in certain sectors of the country, including Central Appalachia where our clinic is located. Assessing patients with COPD presents many challenges as symptoms range from those considered "typical" such as shortness of breath and sputum production to those less often identified like anxiety and social isolation. We conducted a pilot study comparing physician standard assessment of COPD to patient self-assessment using the COPD Assessment Test (CAT). The CAT is an eight-item questionnaire that measures the impact COPD has …
Dermoscopy In Family Medicine, Alex Verdieck-Devlaeminck, Jim Holt, Richard Usatine
Dermoscopy In Family Medicine, Alex Verdieck-Devlaeminck, Jim Holt, Richard Usatine
ETSU Faculty Works
Seminar objectives:
– Introduce dermoscopy as a method for dermatologic diagnosis
– Teach methods to identify melanoma using dermoscopy
– Introduce other methods to identify additional skin conditions
– Provide resources for learning dermoscopy
Faculty Development In Family Medicine Education: What Is Needed?, Brian Johnson, William Edward Cayley, Bich-May Nguyen, Paul Larson, Maria Del C Colon-Gonzalez, Christine Gibson, Ann Evensen
Faculty Development In Family Medicine Education: What Is Needed?, Brian Johnson, William Edward Cayley, Bich-May Nguyen, Paul Larson, Maria Del C Colon-Gonzalez, Christine Gibson, Ann Evensen
School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
A growing number of countries are embracing graduate training in the specialty of Family Medicine as a core component of global health systems reform. One significant challenge for new programs is to adequately prepare for educational excellence and leadership. Promising residents are often encouraged to remain in their program as faculty, but may not have had the benefit of specific training in teaching, curriculum development, learner assessment or educational leadership. Faculty Development is a potential avenue to providing these skills to new Family Medicine Faculty and to encourage new graduates to consider teaching. We are currently seeking to further clarify …
Insights From A Dual Admission Family Medicine Scholars' Track, Carolyn Peel
Insights From A Dual Admission Family Medicine Scholars' Track, Carolyn Peel
Health Sciences Education Symposium
There is a shortage of primary care physicians both nationally and in Virginia. This problem is multi-factorial and in large part beyond the control of our department. However, in order to address some of the local cultural issues that contribute to this, we developed the fmSTAT program. At VCU SOM and most other academic medical centers, family medicine interested students receive little support and sometimes direct challenge regarding career choice. fmSTAT is VCU's initiative to promote a supportive culture to attract and produce family physician graduates.
Development Of A Calculator For Medical Student Residency Applications, Steven H. Crossman
Development Of A Calculator For Medical Student Residency Applications, Steven H. Crossman
Health Sciences Education Symposium
This poster describes an attempt to create an evidence-based approach to advising medical students with regard to the number of family medicine residency programs to which they need to apply.
Family Medicine And Community Health Have Borderless Health Topics, Wei Wang
Family Medicine And Community Health Have Borderless Health Topics, Wei Wang
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
No abstract provided.