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Clinical Research Topics
- Knowledge and Practices About Immediate Postpartum Long-acting Reversible Contraception
2016 General Membership - Physician Screening and Recommendations on Nicotine and Marijuana During Pregnancy
2016 General Membership - Diabetes Prevention
2016 General Membership - Family Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Added Dietary Sugar
2016 General Membership - Health Disparity in African Americans
2014 Department Chairs - Management of Sickle Cell Disease
2013 General Membership - Affordable Care Act and Mandated Contraceptive Services
2013 General Membership - Baseline Physician Behaviors
2012 General Membership - Family Medicine Physicians' Attitudes and Experiences with Opioid Prescribing for the Management of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain
2012 General Membership - Family Medicine Physicians' Interactions with Overweight and Obese Patients
2012 General Membership
Medical School Curriculum Research Topics
- Family Medicine Sub-Internships as Part of Medical School Curricula
- What Keeps Clerkship Directors From Teaching About Chronic Pain?
- Understanding the Current State of Geriatric Teaching and Curricula in Family Medicine Clerkships
- Transgender Education in the Family Medicine Clerkship
- How Are Family Medicine Clerkships Addressing the Obesity Epidemic?
- Examining Naloxone Treatment Education
- Palliative, End of Life, and Hospice Care Education in Family Medicine Clerkships
- Primary Care Tracks in Medical School
- Behavioral Health Training in Family Medicine Clerkships
- Clerkship Directors’ Views and Actions on Students’ Impressions of Family Medicine
- Training Medical Students on Substance Abuse Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
- Scope of Practice Experience in Family Medicine Clerkships and Implications for Recruitment to Careers in Family Medicine
- Improving STFM's National Clerkship Curriculum (NCC) Website
- Educating Students About Chronic Pain During the Family Medicine Clerkship
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Questioning (LGBTIQ) Education
- The Contribution of Family Medicine to Procedural Skill Training
- Exploring Family Medicine Clerkship Curricula in Practice Based Learning and Improvement
- Interprofessional Education in Family Medicine
- Knowledge and Utilization of the National Family Medicine Clerkship Curriculum
- Medical Student Preparation
- Public/Population Health Training in Family Medicine Education
- Uncertainty in Family Medicine Programs
Residency Curriculum Research Topics
- Breastfeeding Education in Family Medicine Residencies
- Education and Attitudes on Medical Cannabis in Family Medicine Residency Programs
- Point of Care Ultrasound
- Burnout, Wellbeing, Curriculum Development
- Identifying the Presence of Mental Health Stigma Reduction Programs
- Resident Burnout and Resilience Training
- Burnout, Workload and Wellness Curricula
- Program Directors ABFM Special Survey (PD13) (not yet published)
- Program Directors ABFM Special Survey (PD13) (not yet published)
- Evaluating Practice Management Curricula in Family Medicine Residency
- Program Directors ABFM Special Survey (PD13) (not yet published)
- Residency Predictors of Maternity Care Provision by Family Physicians
- Program Directors ABFM Special Survey (PD13) (not yet published)
- Variations in Inpatient Medicine Training
- Program Directors ABFM Special Survey (PD13) (not yet published)
- Residency Diversity Training and Admissions
- Residency Education on Human Trafficking
- Resident Training in Screening and Management of Depression
- PrEP Acceptance and Training Among Family Medicine Residency Programs
- An Assessment of Teaching Trauma Informed Care and Issues of Implementation
- Areas of Concentration in Family Medicine Residencies
- Advocacy Training in Family Medicine Residency Programs
- Integrated Behavioral Health Training in Family Medicine Residency
- Residency Program Coverage of and Requirements to Take USMLE Step 3
- Teaching Chronic Pain in the Residency Curriculum
- Addiction Medicine Curriculum in Family Medicine Residency Training
- Attracting Strong Residency Candidates Through Implementing Osteopathic Curriculum
- Evaluate Current Opinions and Policies of Forward Feeding in FMRs
- Explores Nature of Community Partnerships as Related to Community Curricula in Family Medicine Residencies
- Quality of Residency Programs
- Telehealth Usage, Training, Telehealth Access
- Group Medical Visit in GME
- Home Visit Education for Family Medicine Residents
- Global Health
- Moral Distress and Ethical Dilemmas Regarding Hepatitis C Treatment
- Supportive Learning Environment for Learning Evidence-Based Medicine in Residencies
- Patient Transfer Trends in Family Medicine Inpatient Training Programs
- Perceptions of Point of Care Ultrasound in Family Medicine
- Point of Care Ultrasound Issues
- Residents-As-Teachers
- Training and Subsequent Nursing Home Practice of Family Medicine Residents
- Basic Prenatal Ultrasound Training
- Hospitalist Trends
- Maternity Care
- Pharmaceutical Interaction
- Physician-Patient Online Communication
- Social Media Use in Residency Programs
- Population Health
- Sleep Medicine Education
- Training in HIV Primary Care
- Attitudes and Implementation of STFM IM/CAM Competencies
- Hospitalist Programs
- LGBT Health
- Public/Population Health Training in Family Medicine Education
- Oral Health Curricula in Residencies
Educational Resources Research Topics
- Assessment of Shots Program
- Evaluation of FMDRL (STFM Resource Library)
Medical School Evaluation Research Topics
- Perceptions of Grade Inflation and Proposed Solutions
- Understand Identifying, Tracking, and Remediating Performance Issues at Clinical Teaching Sites
- Identify Clerkship Directors' Perceptions of Strengths and Deficiencies of Graduating Medical Students from US Medical Schools
- Remediation, Forward Feeding, and Fear of Legal Action
Residency Program Evaluation Research Topics
- Trends in OB Care in Family Medicine Residencies
- Resident Remediation in Family Medicine Residency Programs
- To Describe the Understanding and Utilization of Entrustable Professional Activities in FMRPs
- ACGME Clinical Competency Milestones: Effect on Resident Evaluation and Feedback
- Project Will Assess the Readiness of FM Residency Programs to Implement FM Milestones Based on PCMH Status
- Expectations of the Competencies of Entering Family Medicine Residents
Faculty Research Topics
- Clerkship Director Perceptions on Student Choice of Family Medicine
- Family Medicine Clerkship Directors’ Handling of Student Mistreatment
- What Strategies do Clerkship Directors Use and Value to Retain Community Preceptors?
- Key Individual and Environmental Risk/Mitigation Factors For Program Director Burnout
- Meaning in Life in Relation to Wellness and Burnout
- Faculty vacancies and dedicated clinical, teaching, research, and administrative duties
- Filling the gap in FM faculty vacancies
- Relationship between faculty vacancies and number of part time faculty
- Use of Technology in Faculty Development for Community-based Preceptors
- Professional Joy Reported by Non-Physician Family Medicine Faculty
- Non-Physician Faculty
- Quality of Precepting Practices
- Survey of Family Physicians for Wellness and Stress Scores
- Describing how Clerkship Directors Obtain Consent from Patients to Work with Medical Students
- Faculty Development for Community-based Preceptors
- Survey of OB Privileges and the Structure of Laborists Services
- Characteristics Used by Family Medicine Clerkship Directors for Recommending Specific Residency Programs to Medical Students
- Numbers, Disability Types, Accommodations, and Attitudes Towards Disabled Faculty Members
- Whom Are Department Chairs Seeking for New Academic Faculty Positions in Family Medicine?
- Identification of Motivations and Barriers to Incorporation of Pharmacists as Faculty
- Physician Shortages and Practice Environments Affects on Full Scope of Care
- Physician Tolerance for Uncertainty, Risk and Ambiguity
- Workplace Bullying
- Community Preceptor Payment
- Maintenance of Certification in FM Residency
- The Effect of Salary Differences Between Practicing and Academic Family Physicians
- The Extent of Incentive Compensation Plans in Academic Family Medicine and the Perceptions of Faculty Members About Such Plans With Respect to Organizational Psychology Constructs
- Identifying the Motivators and Challenges for Senior Faculty in Family Medicine
- Physician Workforce Issues
Residency Policy Research Topics
- Budgeted Costs and Time for the NRMP
- Parenting Supports in Family Medicine Residencies
- Resident and Faculty Parental Leave Policies and Practices
- Resident Education and Clinical Health Coaching in Primary Care
Research Topics
- Residency Program Involvement in PBRN Projects
- Current and Future Research Foci of PBRNs
- Building Research Capacity
- Clinical and Translational Science Award Support for Practice-Based Research Networks
- Evaluation of PBRN productivity with Respect to PBRN Characteristics
- Technology-based Patient Engagement Strategies
Resident Evaluation Research Topics
- Identification and Remediation of Underperforming Residents: Experiences of Program Directors
- Resident Readiness to Supervise
- STFM Residency Competency Assessment Toolkit
- Managing the Early Assessment of Residents' Clinical Skills
