Family Medicine Research at Upstate

Vice Chair of Family Medicine, Dr. Chris Morley, joins colleagues Dr. Ben Miller and Dr. Mark Ryan in a discussion of the controversy of social media use at academic conferences. Read about how the utilization of social media can benefit the research community on their August STFM blog post:

Six Upstate fourth-year medical students and an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine attended the American Academy of Family Physicians national conference in July. Learn more about their experiences at the conference and motivations for pursuing family medicine via the link below!

Public Health Minute is a quick-interview format radio show hosted by Lehman College and Dr. William Lattimer in New York City. Dr. Morley spoke with Dr. Lattimer about primary care shortages in underserved areas recently.

STFM Blog Competition: What Will Family Medicine Look Like in 10 Years? Students, residents, and fellows are invited to participate in a blog writing competition, where the top blog post author in each category will receive a $300 gift card. Blog posts should answer the question, "what will family medicine look like in 10 years?" in honor of STFM's upcoming 50th anniversary There are two submission groups and three finalists will be chosen from each group: ... Medical students The student competition opens July 15 and blog posts are due October 1. Residents and fellows in family medicine training programs The resident/fellow competition opens October 15 and blog posts are due December 1.

The USPSTF recently published a finding that creening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in people without any symptoms has no net benefit, in terms of either course of disease or improved patient outcomes. Upstate's Dr. John Epling was a co-author on the report.

In the May issue of the journal Family Medicine, Upstate MD/MPH student Elizabeth Wei McIntosh joins Dr. Morley in describing the comparative effects of participation in a Family Medicine interest group, vs. participation in rural or MD/MPH educational tracks, on selection of primary care as a specialty. See the surprising results via the link below.

Another paper from the collaborative team that produced the "Social Mission" paper (scroll down to June's posts on this page). This study highlights the maldistribution of women and underrepresented minorities in academic medicine.

John Epling, MD, MS Ed, professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Upstate Medical University, has been named to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The task force issues evidence-based recommendations about a variety of screenings, and medications aimed a preventing illness and disease. - See more at: http://upstateonline.info//Feb11-/blog/story-2/index.html

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