Dr. Paul Smith is an Associate Profession in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Smith graduated with his BA in chemistry from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1979. He received his MD degree from Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio in 1982 and completed his residency training at Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency in August, Maine, in 1985. After residency, he joined the Family Practice Department at Health Services Association, a staff model HMO, near Syracuse, New York where he practiced for almost ten years and participated in ASPN, a primary care research network, for nine years. He joined the DFM faculty in October 1995. He provides clinical care and teaches residents one day per week, and spends three days per week in a variety of service and research activities. He is the director of the Wisconsin Research and Education Network (WREN) and a volunteer on the Board of Directors for Wisconsin Literacy. He is currently the principal investigator for a focus group study of health literacy issues among low literate adults, and a project to train adult basic education students to be consultants assisting a hospital working to improve its health literacy environment. His interests also include health literacy, electronic medical records and computerized patient interviewing.