UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE

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Family Medicine Quarterly

The Department of Family Medicine at UIC is hosting its 2nd Annual Scholarship Day on Wednesday, May 30th, 2007. The focus of this year’s Scholarship Day is “Advancing Scholarship in Family Medicine”. The event will be held in the College of Medicine Faculty Alumni Center at 1853 W. Polk Street. The pur-pose of this forum is to share and stimulate research and scholarship. Faculty, residents, and students (working with DFM faculty), currently engaged in research and other scholarly work, will have an opportu-nity to showcase their work, receive feedback on in-progress projects, and plan future work.

The keynote speaker is Dr. John J. Frey, III (pictured at left). Dr. Frey is a family physician with a wealth of clinical, administrative, and educational experience. Some of his accomplishments include serving as editor

of Family Medicine (1984-91), Kellogg National Fellow (1984-87), recipient of the Lyndhurst Prize (1989-92), President of the Soci-ety of Teachers of Family Medicine (1998-99), and co-organizer of the Keystone III Conference held in 2000. Dr. Frey served as Chair for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Family Medicine from 1993-2006.

Proposals for presentations are still being accepted. All proposals should include a structured abstract, up to 200 words, for com-pleted or in-progress research and other scholarly projects. Work presented at other scientific meetings is welcome. Residents are especially encouraged to submit their work. The submission deadline for proposals is May 1st, 2007. All abstracts should be sent to Dr. Memoona Hasnain at memoona@uic.edu. Presenters will be notified regarding the status of their submissions by May 10th, 2007.

The registration deadline for Scholarship Day is May 15th, 2007. There is no cost to register and all are welcome. To register or for additional information, please contact John Rogers at jhrogers@uic.edu.

2007 DFM SCHOLARSHIP DAY

Friday, April 27th, 2007 7:00AM Albright MT. A Medical Student Mini-Course: Effective Interviewing of

Adolescents. 7:00AM Guthmann R. The Family Practice Inquiries Network: Writing Evidence-based

Reviews for Journals, Newsletters, and Handhelds. 10:30AM Hasnain M, Potter MC, Rogers JH. Using Inquiry-based Quality Improvement

Instruction to Develop Multi-dimensional Clinician-Scholars. 2:00PM Jacobs C. Confidence Through Collaboration: Multidisciplinary Geriatric Home

Visits 2:00PM Wiedmann M. Identifying Postpartum Depression at the Well-child Visit;

Treatment, Successes, and Barriers 3:15PM Adler MR, Hyderi AA. I’m Just a Bill… But I Want to be a Law: Advocacy Skills

for Clinicians. 3:15PM Paladine H, Clark EC, Hyderi AA, Rugge J. What Makes a Successful Residency

Journal Club? 3:15PM Feldman E, Kapsalis T. Innovative Women’s Health Training: Sexual Histories and Contraceptive Procedures with

Gynecologic Teaching Associate/Faculty Collaboration. 3:15PM Godfrey E, Rubin S, Smith E. Integration of Early Abortion Services into Primary Care: Perspectives from Patients at an

Abortion Clinic. 4:00PM Guthmann R., Zuckerman S, Dooley N, Joshi K. Discussing Medical Errors: The Rebirth of a Family Medicine M&M

Conference Saturday, April 28th, 2007

10:30AM Grief S, Gecht M, Devens M. Planning and Implementing a Group Weight Loss Program. Sunday, April 29th, 2007

8:15AM Connell KJ, Hasnain M, Sinacore, JM. Toward Valid Assessment of ACGME Core Competencies in Family Medicine Residency Training.

STFM 40th ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE

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Family Medicine Quarterly

Student Community Site Site Representative Faculty Preceptor Project

Shilpa IyerRoseland Christian Ministries

Shelter Ethel L. Harts Samuel N. Grief, MD

Focusing on Health Information & Delivery at

Roseland, A Women's & Children's Shelter

Patrick Moreno Gads Hill Center Mary Carter Sonia Oyola, MD

Developing a Wellness Check for a Community

Child Care Program

Ana Cesan Gads Hill Center Mary Carter Sonia Oyola, MD

Developing a Wellness Check for a Community

Child Care ProgramArchana

Radhakrishnan Life Care Innovations, Inc.

Shay Jacobson, CEO, R.N.,

MA Jeffrey D. Tiemstra, MD Gaining "Competency" to Treat the Mentally Ill

Colleen Nash Bridge CommunitiesMarge Bartlett, MSW, LSW Adeyoyin Okunade, MD Importance of Health Education for Homeless

Families: Women's Reproductive Health Night at

Jamie SchwartzLake Shore HealthCare &

Rehabilitation Facility Shiva Singh Khalsa David Freedman, MD, MPHPhysical Therapy Approach to Improving Wound

Care Treatment at Lake Shore Healthcare and

Sofia Adawy Circle Family Care Thomas Huggett, M.D.

Nimmi Rajagapol, M.D &

Maureen Gecht, OTR/L, MPHNutrition and Fitness Education for Families on

Chicago's West Side

Manish Pant Circle Family Care Thomas Huggett, M.D.Nimmi Rajagapol, M.D &

Maureen Gecht, OTR/L, MPH

Santina Grant Esperanza School Sally Scheib, LCSW Chad Braun, MDSexual Education for Individuals with Mental

Disabilities

Roderick DeanoInterfaith House Respite

Center Renee Krueger, MPH Susan N. Buchanan, MD, MPH

Kate DicksonChicago Partnership for

Health Promotion Program

Anastasia P. McGee, RD,

CDE Maria Devens, PhDThe Five A's and the Chicago Partnership for

Health Promotion

Nikki SalvoAlexian Brothers

Bonaventure House Marty Hansen Mark Potter, MDCoordinating Health Care for HIV/AIDS Patients

Stepping StonesDorothy Wiese, EdD &

Diana Eckert

Karen Connell, MS

SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM COMPLETES ITS 2ND YEAR

The Service Learning Program (SLP) has culminated its second year with a successful Service Learning Showcase held on April 19th, 2006. The goals of the program were to heighten students’ personal commitment to service, social justice, and civic responsibility, and to broaden students’ perspective about the physician’s role in promoting patients’ health and well-being. The program was designed to enable students to better elicit and take into account patients’ needs, preferences, values and health beliefs, appreciate the biopsychosocial aspects of health and disease, and work with com-munity agencies to develop and implement workable solutions to health-related problems. The program received finan-cial support from several agencies, including the Achieving Diversity in Dentistry and Medicine Program, the American Medical Student Association Foundation, and the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Twelve students participated in the program this year. The students each completed a final project report and presented the findings at the Service Learning Showcase. Once again, evaluations from the program indicate that both students and faculty have perceived this experience as ex-tremely beneficial.

Congratulations, not only to the students completing the program, but also to Dr. Memoona Hasnain and Dr. Diane Kondratowicz for their hard work and determination in make the SLP an enormous success.

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DFM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Fifteen UIC College of Medicine graduates have placed in Family Medicine Residency Programs around the country. Of the fifteen, nine have joined programs within Illinois.

Congratulations to Maria Albright, MD and Samuel Grief, MD for publication of their case re-port, Ileoileal Intussusception in an Adult Patient, in the journal Canadian Family Physician.

Congratulations, Maria Devens, PhD for been elected to the American Balint Society Council. She will take office in May and will service for the 2007-2009 Term.

Mile Square Health Center hosted five separate 20-minute programs entitled “Miles Square Health Beat” Sun-day mornings on SOUL 106.3 FM. The sessions, which ran from March 25th to April 22nd, interviewed five dedi-cated physicians serving the communities of the Mile Square area. Topics discussed included diabetes prevention, heart disease, HIV awareness and pediatric dental care. In conjunction with the broadcast, Mile Square offered a variety of free screenings surrounding the health topics discussed.

The UIC Family Medicine Clinic at OCC is moving from its current home at 4E to its new home at 2A in the Outpatient Care Center located at 1801 W. Taylor Street. The much anticipated move is scheduled for the end of June 2007.

Samuel Grief, MD – appeared in a FOX News segment entitled “Chicago Schools Helping Children Battle Obesity”. The full segment is available at www.myfoxchicago.com.

His article Sorting out the Whole Grain Truth will appear in Summer 2007 Edition of Radius Magazine. Dr. Grief has published several articles in Radius Magazine, includ-ing Nutrition Safety 101 in the February 2007 issue.

Dr. Grief was a guest on Different Drummers, a weekly talk show that airs early Sunday morn-ings on CBS 2, on Sunday March, 18th. The show focused on "Obesity In Children." Dr. Grief discussed the medical aspect of nutrition and pediatric weight management.

Congratulations to Cori Blum, MD, who begun her role as Supervising Physician for STD Clinical Care at the Chi-cago Department of Public Health in the Division of STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control Services Section. Dr. Blum is a co-founder and steering committee member for the Midwest Access Project, an organization dedicated to improving reproductive health training and access in the Midwest.

Dr. Blum is also co-presenting two sessions at the 2007 STFM Annual Meeting: Pregnancy Options Counseling and Creating Pathways to Partnerships for Change: Teaching Program Logic Models for Planning Faculty Development Projects.

The IAFP is hosting Tar Wars Night with the Chicago White Sox to raise money for the IAFP Foundation’s Tar Wars Program. Tickets for the August 9th game against the Cleveland Indians at US Cellular Field are available by contacting the IAFP. A portion of each ticket purchased through the IAFP will be donated to the Tar Wars Program. The Tar Wars Program teaches tobacco pre-vention to elementary school children in Illinois and throughout the country. For more information please go to www.iafp.com/tarwars.

Javette Orgain, MD, MPH spoke at the Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco Lobby Day press conference on March 8th. Dr. Orgain expressed the need for Illinois to step up to eliminate second-hand smoke in the workplace.

Dr. Orgain joined IAFP past president Tim Vega, MD in presenting the newly created SHIP (State Health Improvement Plan) at the IAFP Spring Into Action meeting held on March 6th and 7th. The plan was officially adopted by the Illinois State Board of Health on March 8th.

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DFM NEWSLETTER STAFF Special thanks to Naomi Ashley-Benedict, Administrative Coordinator, Liz Hawes, Administrative Coordinator; and Meg Oberholtzer, Assistant to the Head for their contributions to this newsletter. Please direct questions and comments to Meg at holtzer@uic.edu.

DFM MVTP - Spring 2007

Congratulations to Elizabeth Hawes, Project Coordinator, Administration, who has been chosen to be recognized as the Spring 2007 DFM Most Valuable Team Player. Liz joined the department in March, 2004. Since that time, she has demonstrated remarkable flexibility during multiple job responsibility changes, using a “take-charge” attitude in moving projects forward. Liz was nominated by several people who made the following comments about her:

“Liz is special, and an outstanding resource for the department. Whenever I have a question I go to her first.” “Liz has superior computer skills and is widely recognized in the department as an expert in the development of databases and the generation of reports.” “Liz is a dedicated and valuable member of the DFM. She is an excellent resource for faculty and staff and is always willing to lend a hand. She is a true team player.” “Without a doubt, Liz Hawes should be the Most Valuable Team Player. Her work ethic, organizational, and computer skills, are outstanding. She is reliable, conscientious and efficient, often suggesting ways to improve processes with enthusiasm. Her willing-ness to pitch in wherever and whenever necessary, is greatly appreciated.” “Liz takes multi-tasking to an entirely new level. Her varied responsibilities in departmental finance and HR, her prior role as interim predoctoral coord, were completed effectively and efficiently. In her “spare” time, she plans the departmental holiday par-ties, installs plastic on drafty windows, and attends classes toward her MBA in the evenings. Liz is awesome!” Congratulations Liz and thank you for your outstanding service to the DFM and UIC!

WELCOME NEW DFM STAFF

The Department of Family Medicine has welcomed several new faces to its administrative team in the past several months. (from left to right) Naomi Ashley-Benedict began as Project Coordinator, Ad-

ministration in February. Naomi’s primary role is as Dr. Patrick Tranmer’s assistant. Mary Ann Rank Cunningham began as Director of Billing

Operations on April 9th. Mary Ann will be ensuring the accu-rate and timely billing of charges from the busy DFM clinical practice. Abigail Irvine joined the DFM on April 16th as the Residency Program Coordinator. Abby will be working with

Drs. Mark Potter and Brian Dudkiewicz to provide the DFM residents with both an educational and enjoyable resi-dency experience. Amanda Chen joined the DFM on January 16th as Project Coordinator, Finance, working in the billing services

office. Norma Campos also joined the DFM on January 16th as the Predoctoral Project Coordinator. Norma has

been working closely with Drs. Nipa Shah and Chad Braun to continue the tradition of a highly regarded Family Medicine Predoctoral Program at UIC.