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UWFM Professor Emeritus and colleagues find significant differences between General Practitioners and Family Physicians in US medical practice

William R. Phillips, MD, MPH, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, and his colleagues compared general practitioners [...]

UWFM Professor joins Directors around the Country Calling for Modernizing Scope of Practice Regulations

Bianca K. Frogner, PhD, Director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies and Associate Professor [...]

Dr. Paul James Speaks on Authoring One of JAMA’s Most Influential Articles of the Past Decade

As 2019 came to close, editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) named [...]

Updated AHRQ Toolkit Helps Primary Care Providers Manage Patients Taking Opioids

The AHRQ just released a Self-Service How-To-Guide to help primary care practices improve management of [...]

One of the 10 most important JAMA articles of the last 10 years authored by Chair, Dr. Paul James

Congratulations to our own DFM Chair, Dr. Paul James! His 2014 article, “2014 Evidence-Based Guideline [...]

Residency Scholarship Within Practice-based Research Networks

Check out the January issue of Family Medicine for an article on, “Residency Scholarship Within [...]

Betty Stewart PA-C Receives National Recognition as AAPA Distinguished Fellow

Betty L. Stewart of MEDEX Northwest has been recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of AAPA [...]

Edwin Lindo to receive Distinguished Service Award at Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute on Jan. 16

Edwin Lindo JD, will be receiving the award for his work within our medical school [...]

Wrapping up the Year with CHWS Newsletter Cheer!

The University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies (UW CHWS) team has had a [...]

Congratulations to Dr. Bill Phillips: 2019 Maurice Wood Awardee for Lifetime Contributions to Primary Care Research (NAPCRG)

Read more about Bill's distinguished career and the Maurice Wood Awardee for Lifetime Contributions to [...]