Two Department of Family Medicine (DFM) faculty are operational leaders in an important initiative that aims to redesign primary care delivery at UW Health.

The initiative, launched in October 2008, is a response to the urgent primary care crisis in Wisconsin. And although the project is still in its formative stages, Sandra Kamnetz, MD, and Valerie Gilchrist, MD, the DFM faculty who serve on its steering committee, are optimistic about how it can benefit physicians, clinical staff, and patients.

The Department of Family Medicine’s (DFM) Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) is getting ready for its 2009 Procedure Fair, scheduled for the evening of March 25, 2009, at the Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC).

For nearly two decades, the Department of Family Medicine (DFM) has been committed to helping primary care physicians and other health professionals become outstanding research scientists. The DFM carries out this commitment through two successful training fellowships: one focused on primary care research (now in its fourth funding cycle), and one focused on alcohol research.

Department of Family Medicine (DFM) clinical staff will be one of the first in the UW Health system to see how well their clinic is performing, and how it stacks up against other clinics system-wide.