Department of Family Medicine (DFM) faculty and staff participate in UW-Madison’s Primary Care Faculty Development Program (PCFDP)—which prepares primary care physicians statewide for teaching and leadership roles—in many ways.

In the past 10 years, over 94 DFM faculty have graduated from the PCFDP’s fellowship. In addition, they lead, advise, and support the program as a whole.

DFM Faculty as PCFDP Fellows

Four DFM faculty graduated from the PCFDP’s 12-month fellowship in 2007. Each fellow completed a five-part core curriculum and an individual project based on his or her professional interests and practice.

The four DFM fellows and their individual projects are:

• Terese Bauer, MD, from Aurora-UW Medical Group. Dr. Bauer’s project surveyed the need for global health training among Wisconsin primary care residents and faculty.
  
  Results showed that a majority of residents are interested in global health issues, but few feel prepared to address them; that ample faculty could serve as global health mentors; and that the majority of faculty and residents preferred incorporating a global health curriculum into general lecture series.
  
  
• John Hawkins, MD, from UW Health-Sun Prairie. Dr. Hawkins’ project developed a protocol to better assess patients’ sinus symptoms over the phone.
  
  Preliminary outcomes showed that the protocol helped staff obtain more consistent information, decreased the need for multiple phone calls to patients, and resulted in more efficient triage to physicians.
  
  
• Patricia Tellez-Giron, MD, from UW Wingra Family Medical Center. Dr. Tellez-Giron’s project explored Latino patients’ perception of computers used for electronic medical records at the clinic.
  
  Study findings will be used to develop new strategies among patients and providers to improve the use of electronic medical records at the clinic.
  
  
• Jie Wang, MD, PA-C, from UW Health-Monona Clinic. Dr. Wang’s project surveyed clinicians and management officials in five Chinese cities to assess the needs for family medicine faculty development programs in the People’s Republic of China.
  
  The survey identified optimal training locations, length of time, topics, and costs-key data to support further exploration of a formal education program.

DFM Faculty and Staff as PCFDP Leaders

DFM faculty and staff who have active roles in the PCFDP are:

• Craig Gjerde, PhD, who serves as the PCFDP co-director representing Family Medicine, leads the Teaching and Learning in Medicine curriculum, and is the project evaluator;
• Sue Kaletka, MPH, who leads the PCFDP Practice-Based Quality Improvement curriculum and mentors fellows;
• Janet Reschke, who oversees and teaches the Technologies for Teachers curriculum;
• Beth Potter, MD, Jim Davis, MD, MS, Maggie Dugan, MS, FNP, Les Moffett, MBA, and Marlon Mundt, PhD, who have addressed the fellows in recent years; and
• Byron Crouse, MD, Cynthia Haq, MD, Susan Skochelak, MD, and Beatriz Somoza, MD, who serve on the PCFDP Advisory Committee.

About the PCFDP

In addition to the fellowship, the PCFDP offers short courses, annual workshops, and a distance learning program. Hundreds of Wisconsin family physicians have participated in PCFDP programs, and 74 have graduated from the PCFDP fellowship.

The PCFDP is supported by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Family Medicine; by an HRSA Collaborative Faculty Development Program Grant; and by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Continuing Professional Development in Medicine and Public Health.

Patricia Kokotailo, MD, MPH, is the program principal investigator
(representing Pediatrics) and Khin Mae Hla, MD, MHS is the program’s
second co-director (representing Internal Medicine).