Scholarly Activities
Scholarly activity has been defined as original and creative work that is shared with colleagues. We encourage and support each other in the pursuit of scholarly activities. Read below for some of our recent activities.
Dr. Elham Yousef presented “A Case of Unresolving Pneumonia and Bronchorrhea” at the 31st National Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine in Pittsburgh. “I was the only family medicine resident who was presenting in an international internal medicine meeting, so interacting with the other residents, fellows, and attendings was a great experience for me.” What did she learn from the experience? “I learned how to prepare and present an oral presentation. That is an art unto itself! As much as I was nervous, I was so amazed with the knowledge I gained doing this. Overall, it was a great learning experience for me.”
Our Residency hosted its first Annual CME Event in 2009! Our topic, “Primary Care: The Big Remodel”, focused on the Patient Centered Medical Home, “An Innovative Strategy for Lean Scheduling and Same Day Access”, and “Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care”. The turnout was exceptional. Attendees included those from our surrounding hospitals, private practice physicians and a health department physician.
Dr. Anita Bhardwaj co-wrote a book chapter for Essential Evidence Plus, an evidence-based guideline for the point-of-care, with Dr. Fann on “Thrombocytopenia.” Dr. Elham Yousef and Dr. Joseph Guidi authored a chapter for the same book on “Nephrotic Syndrome.”
Dr. William Schwer, our Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Rush University Medical Center, is the editor for “Family Practice Board Review”, a Q & A review book. All faculty contributed to the chapters with Dr. Nelson writing the Dermatology section, Dr. London authoring the Psychosocial Pearls chapter, Dr. Patel covering Orthopedics and Dr. Fann reviewing the Hematology/Oncology sections.
Dr. Nelson and Dr. Fann published an article, “10 Big Ideas That Could Make Your Practice Better – Solve Problems the Toyota Way” in Family Practice Management about improving office efficiency by using a Task Force.
Dr. Fann and Dr. Nelson presented “An Innovative Strategy for Same Day Access in a Family Medicine Clinic” at the Society for Teachers in Family Medicine 2009 Conference on Practice Improvement: Constructing the Medical Home. We’ll be enjoying some great BBQ at the conference in Kansas City.
Dr. Fann presented "An Innovative Strategy for Same Day Appointments" at the Nuts and Bolts of a Patient-Centered Medical Home, Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, June 25, 2010.
Dr. Patel contributed to both Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal for Family Practice Board Review, 3rd edition. He also co-published "Which ankle injury scoring system is the best for reducing the need for X-rays?" and published "Which strengthening/stretching exercises are most effective at relieving the pain of patellofemoral pain syndrome?" with the Family Physician Inquiry Network (FPIN).
Lorna London, Ph.D., Neha Kapil, MD, Jennifer McCartin, MA, Stephanie Edick, MA, Maria Rodriguez, MA, will be presenting "Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Medicine With Pediatric Patients" at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association to be held August 2010.
Dr. London and Dr. Kapil presented "An Integrated Primary Care Approach to Helping Children B-HIP (Be Happy, Involved and Positive), Order of Name for Family Medicine Conference Issue to be presented at the Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine, September 2010.
Dr. London contributed to the Family Medicine Board Review (Pearls of Wisdom), Fourth Edition, Chapter 21 Behavioral Science, pp. 523-540.