A profile of family medicine scholarship 1978-1995: an analysis of national presentations. Fam Med 1997 Feb;29(2):124-31
Date
02/01/1997Pubmed ID
9048174Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0031051284 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Presentations at the annual meetings of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine were analyzed to determine trends in the content of the work and the types of work represented.
METHODS: All program presentations from 1979, 1986, and 1993-1995 were analyzed. Content classifications were based on historic analyses of family medicine literature. Classifications of types of scholarship came from a 1990 Carnegie Foundation report, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate.
RESULTS: Results showed that a wide variety of scholarly activities were presented, but application of educational work was predominant. Many presentations crossed interdisciplinary boundaries, including behavioral science, faculty development, and health services.
CONCLUSIONS: Contributions of family medicine scholarship may be applicable to other medical fields. The variety of family medicine scholarship may warrant a redefinition of reward systems for faculty.
Author List
Holloway RL, Meurer LNAuthor
Linda N. Meurer MD, MPH Professor in the Family Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Education, Medical, GraduateFamily Practice
Fellowships and Scholarships
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Reproducibility of Results
United States
