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Department
of Family Medicine
Research Fellowship Program |
The Medical University of South Carolina offers a fellowship designed
toward faculty development with emphasis on specific skills and
knowledge in research design and implementation within well defined
areas of primary care research as well as development of teaching
and administrative skills. The Department of Family Medicine has
been in existence for over thirty years and has become an integral
part of research in primary care at MUSC, providing unique opportunities
for research in many diverse areas of health care.
The department fellowship faculty are involved in a wide range
of research topics including health services research, diabetes,
secondary data analysis and continuity of care. Fellows are encouraged
to work in the areas of research already of interest to faculty
at MUSC while in training. Working within each of these areas
are successfully funded and published faculty members who can
provide mentoring, guidance, and expertise throughout the fellowship
experience.
Curriculum
The structure of the fellowship is a two year program with a
defined curriculum in the three basic skills areas of research,
teaching, and administration. Formal instruction will include
participation in the Masters of Clinical
Research program offered through the College
of Graduate Studies at MUSC as well as participation in intensive
training sessions on teaching, administrative and leadership skills
development, and applied research. These sessions will provide
the opportunity for collaboration with community-based faculty
with in the state. Fellows will also develop their clinical teaching
skills by supervising residents in the ambulatory setting and
on hospital rotations. In addition to the formal curriculum, fellows
will participate in ongoing departmental research initiatives
including a monthly secondary data research seminar (a collaboration
among the Departments of Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine
and Pediatrics), a monthly generalist fellows journal club, and
a monthly family medicine journal club. As part of the program,
fellows will receive funding to attend two major family medicine
conferences a year including the annual meetings of both the Society
of Teachers of Family Medicine and the North American Primary
Care Research Group. These meetings will provide socialization
opportunities for fellows along with the opportunity to present
their own research and make academic connections.
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Departmental Seminars
Monthly Faculty Development Topic Series
(responding to reviewers; creating a concept paper, etc.)
Monthly Secondary Analysis Seminar
(collaboration with General Internal Medicine and General
Pediatrics) |
Academic Connections
Members of the department are current members of the editorial
boards of Family Medicine, the Annals of Family Medicine, the
Southern Medical Journal, the International Journal of Psychiatry
in Medicine and the Journal of Agromedicine.
Members of the department are current members of the Board of
Directors of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
and the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG), the
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine as well as members
of the Legislative Affairs and Membership committees of STFM.
Members of the department have been or are currently members
of federal grant review panels of the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development at NIH, the Agency for Healthcare
Policy and Research, the Office of Rural Health Policy, and the
Bureau of Health Professions. In addition, faculty have been members
of grant review panels of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Publications and Research Productivity
An orientation of the fellowship is to get fellows involved in
research projects so that they have products to show prospective
employers at graduation.
Some examples of publications by recent fellows include:
Taylor ML, Blue AV, Mainous AG III, Geesey ME,
Basco WT. The Relationship Between the National Board of Medical
Examiners Prototype of Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam and Residency
Performance. Academic Medicine. 2005; 80(5): 496-501.
Taylor ML, Hueston WJ, Chessman AW. A Suggested
Fourth-Year Curriculum for Medical Students Entering Family Medicine:
The Residents’ Perspective. Letter to the Editor. Family
Medicine. 2005; 37(6): 387-388.
Taylor ML, Mainous AG III, Wells BJ. Prostate
Cancer and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Meta-analysis. Family
Medicine. 2005; 37(7): 506-512.
Taylor ML and Gill JM. Lupus and related CTD’s.
In Gill JM (Ed.) Clinics in Family Practice – Rheumatology.
Elsevier Saunders 2005: 209-224.
Mainous III, AG, Everett, CJ, Liszka, H, King,
DE, Egan, BM. Prehypertension and Mortality in a Nationally Representative
Cohort, in press, American Journal of Cardiology, Dec 2004.
The fellows are free to work with other faculty members who may
have similar interests.
Faculty Members
Department of Family Medicine
Publications and Grants
Arch G. Mainous, III, PhD
Professor and Director of Research
Fellowship Director |
Amy V. Blue, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Curriculum and Evaluation |
Peter Carek, MD, MS
Associate Professor |
William J. Hueston, MD
Professor and Chair |
Richelle Koopman, MD, MS
Assistant Professor |
Vanessa Diaz, MD, MS
Assistant Professor |
Applicant Requirement
All applicants must be a graduate of an accredited residency
program in Family Medicine.
Benefits
- Faculty appointment in the Department of Family Medicine
at MUSC
- CME benefits and vacation time
- Stipend
- Health insurance, retirement, and other faculty benefits
Application Process
The fellowship runs for two years beginning on July 1. Applicants
should send a letter of interest and a curriculum vitae by March
1 to:
Arch G. Mainous, III, PhD
Professor and Director of Research, Department of Family Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
295 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29425.
Phone: 843-792-8112; Fax: 843-792-3598;
email: Tara Hogue
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