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Developmental Screenings: Does Family Medicine Follow Pediatric Recommendations?
Family Medicine Identification and Response to Male Patients Using Intimate Partner Violence
The Effect of State-level Health-related Policies on Practice Location
The COVID-19 Wave May be Over, but can Telemedicine Still Make a Splash?
Barriers to Family Medicine Provider Food Insecurity Communication
Practice and Education in Family Medicine after Dobbs Ruling
Perceived Importance, Knowledge of, and Comfortability Discussing Menstrual Health Topics
Adolescent Sexual Health
Primary Care Physicians' Use of Race in Medical-decision Making
Cancer Screening During COVID19
Impact of COVID-19 on Faculty Isolation, Engagement and Productivity
Outpatient Prenatal Care Response During COVID-19 Pandemic
Predictive Factors of Positive E-Learning Experience
How Family Physicians View Their Role in Patient Gun Control Counseling
Prostate Cancer Screening in Black Men
Assessment of Comfort in Addressing Elements of Immunization Counseling
Is family medicine ready for the new subspecialty of complex family planning?
Physician Screening and Recommendations on Nicotine and Marijuana During Pregnancy
Knowledge and Practices About Immediate Postpartum Long-acting Reversible Contraception
Diabetes Prevention
Family Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Added Dietary Sugar
Health Disparity in African Americans
Management of Sickle Cell Disease
Affordable Care Act and Mandated Contraceptive Services
Baseline Physician Behaviors
Family Medicine Physicians' Attitudes and Experiences with Opioid Prescribing for the Management of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain
Family Medicine Physicians' Interactions with Overweight and Obese Patients
De-Credentialing Microaggressions: Prevalence and Impact on Physicians
Barriers to Implementation of Protected Nonclinical Time_PD Survey
Strategies and Barriers for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism Work
Loneliness of the Chair
Barriers to Implementation of Protected Nonclinical Time_Chair Survey
Inpatient Staffing Models and Perceptions of Faculty Job Satisfaction
How Impostor Phenomenon and Discrimination Influences Professional Advancement
Racial Allyship and Support for Advancing URiFM Faculty Scholarship
Scholarship Incentives
Advanced Practice Providers in Departments of Family Medicine
When Considering Promotion, Are Service and Research in Opposition?
Faculty Recruitment
Family Medicine Career Intent and Workforce Planning
Measuring Wellness in Family Medicine Educators
Impact of COVID-19 on Family Medicine Career Plans
Impostor Phenomenon Among Family Medicine Residency Program Directors
Predictors of Successful Academic Promotion
Professional Development Needs of Clerkship Directors
Promotion of Academic Clinical Educators
Coaching, Mentorship, and Sponsorship in Developing Academic Physicians
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?
Meaning in Life in Relation to Wellness and Burnout
Key Individual and Environmental Risk/Mitigation Factors For Program Director Burnout
Faculty vacancies and dedicated clinical, teaching, research, and administrative duties
Filling the gap in FM faculty vacancies
Use of Technology in Faculty Development for Community-based Preceptors
Relationship between faculty vacancies and number of part time faculty
Non-Physician Faculty
Professional Joy Reported by Non-Physician Family Medicine Faculty
Quality of Precepting Practices
Survey of Family Physicians for Wellness and Stress Scores
Faculty Development for Community-based Preceptors
Describing how Clerkship Directors Obtain Consent from Patients to Work with Medical Students
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?
Physician Shortages and Practice Environments Affects on Full Scope of Care
Identification of Motivations and Barriers to Incorporation of Pharmacists as Faculty
Community Preceptor Payment
Workplace Bullying
Physician Tolerance for Uncertainty, Risk and Ambiguity
The Effect of Salary Differences Between Practicing and Academic Family Physicians
Maintenance of Certification in FM Residency
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
Social Determinants of Health Curriculum in Family Medicine Clerkships
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Family Medicine Clerkship Curriculum
Characterizing the Current State of MI Education in North American Family Medicine Clerkships
Training Future Physicians in Telemedicine Competencies
Contraception and Abortion Care Education in the Family Medicine Clerkship
Racism and Bias Curriculum in the Family Medicine Clerkship
Changes in Family Medicine Clerkship Teaching due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Active Learning Methods in the Family Medicine Clerkship
Lifestyle Medicine in Medical Student Curriculum: Perceptions of Family Medicine Clerkship Directors
POCUS Education in the Family Medicine Clerkship
Sexual Health Teaching in the Family Medicine Clerkship
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
Behavioral Health Training in Family Medicine Clerkships
Palliative, End of Life, and Hospice Care Education in Family Medicine Clerkships
Primary Care Tracks in Medical School
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
The Contribution of Family Medicine to Procedural Skill Training
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Questioning (LGBTIQ) Education
Knowledge and Utilization of the National Family Medicine Clerkship Curriculum
Medical Student Preparation
Exploring Family Medicine Clerkship Curricula in Practice Based Learning and Improvement
Interprofessional Education in Family Medicine
Public/Population Health Training in Family Medicine Education
Uncertainty in Family Medicine Programs
Characteristics of Telemedicine After the Return of In-Person Care
Fairness of Clerkship Assessments
Bias in Family Medicine Clerkship Evaluations
Family Medicine Clerkship Directors’ Remediation of Preceptors with Student Mistreatment Concerns
Diversity in the Family Medicine Clerkship
Telemedicine Visits in the Family Medicine Clerkship
Quality of Precepting Practices
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
The Potential Impact of Step 1’s Shift From Scores to Pass/Fail on the Family Medicine Clerkship
Step 1 Score Change and Residency Application: Baseline (2022)
Medical Students' Education/exposure to Persons with Disabilities During Medical School (2022)
Anti-racism Curriculum in Medical School
How Important is Diversity and Inclusion in Student Career Decisions? (2022)
Medical Students' Education/exposure to Persons with Disabilities During Medical School
How Important is Diversity and Inclusion in Student Career Decisions?
Wellness and Burnout Among Medical Students
Step 1 Score Change and Residency Application: Baseline
Department Chair Perceptions on Student Choice of Family Medicine
Family Medicine Departments and Their Role in Learning Networks
How Family Medicine Departments Expand Research Capacity
Current and Future Research Foci of PBRNs
Residency Program Involvement in PBRN Projects
Building Research Capacity
Evaluation of PBRN productivity with Respect to PBRN Characteristics
Clinical and Translational Science Award Support for Practice-Based Research Networks
Technology-based Patient Engagement Strategies
Personal Financial Wellness in Family Medicine Residencies
2024 Residency Program Directors (PD25) Survey - Not Yet Published
Readiness for Assessment of Self-directed Learning Skills
2024 Residency Program Directors (PD25) Survey - Not Yet Published
Residency Curriculum on Value-Based Care
2024 Residency Program Directors (PD25) Survey - Not Yet Published
Trauma Stabilization Training
Evidence Based Medicine Faculty and Program Culture
What is the Climate of Climate Change Education
Anti-racism Curriculum in Residency
Abortion Training in Family Medicine Residencies
Community Medicine Curriculum - Evaluation and Outcomes
Family Medicine Resident Education on Health Disparities Associated with Former Incarceration
Examining Current Trends in Interprofessional Education (IPE) within Graduate Medical Education
Programmatic Responses to Systemic Racism a Critical 5 year Comparison
Residency Curriculum in the Care of Persons Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Preparing Family Medicine Residents to Care for Patients with Obesity
Dermoscopy Training in Family Medicine Residencies
Anti-Racism Training
Barriers to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use
Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Training in Residency Programs
Well-being Curriculum Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Public Health Interventions Training Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Resident Perspectives on Essential Wellness Curricula
Social Determinants of Health Curricula in Family Medicine Residency Programs
Percieved Importance of Formal Racial Justice Curriculum
Anti-racism Curriculum in Residency
Development and Impact of Maternity Care Tracks in Family Medicine Residencies
Pediatric Training in Family Medicine Residencies
Family Medicine Residency Curriculum in Transgender Health Care
HIV and Hepatitis C Prevention Among Prenatal Patients
Primary Care Oncology Curriculum
Training and Provision of Contraceptive Services by Family Medicine Residents and Faculty
Vasectomy Training in Family Medicine Residency Programs
Use of and Perceived Barriers to Simulation in Family Medicine Education
Breastfeeding Education in Family Medicine Residencies
Residency Programs and Disability: Identifying Practices in Family Medicine Programs
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
Evaluating Practice Management Curricula in Family Medicine Residency
Residency Predictors of Maternity Care Provision by Family Physicians
Variations in Inpatient Medicine Training
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
Areas of Concentration in Family Medicine Residencies
An Assessment of Teaching Trauma Informed Care and Issues of Implementation
Advocacy Training in Family Medicine Residency Programs
Residency Program Coverage of and Requirements to Take USMLE Step 3
Integrated Behavioral Health Training in Family Medicine Residency
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
Addiction MedExplores Nature of Community Partnerships as Related to Community Curricula in Family Medicine Residenciesicine Curriculum in Family Medicine Residency Training
Group Medical Visit in GME
Telehealth Usage, Training, Telehealth Access
Quality of Residency Programs
Global Health
Home Visit Education for Family Medicine Residents
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
Hospitalist Trends
Basic Prenatal Ultrasound Training
Training and Subsequent Nursing Home Practice of Family Medicine Residents
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
Program DIrector Attitudes Toward Inclusion of Patient Race in the opening Line of the Clinical Presentation
Changes in Family Medicine Residency Pharmaceutical Interaction 2008-2019
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
New Virtual Recruiting Tools for Family Medicine: Reflections on Year One
2024 Residency Program Directors (PD25) Survey - Not Yet Published
Retaliation as a Barrier to Completion of Evaluations
2024 Residency Program Directors (PD25) Survey - Not Yet Published