Research & Scholarship – WWAMI Network

As an organization, the FMRN supports our programs in their research and scholarship pursuits.

We also gather data on our programs to put together a view of what’s happening in the region. For more information, contact our Research Consultant, Amanda Weidner.

Publications & Articles from the FMRN Office

Rural Residency Program Development

Hawes E, Weidner A, Page C, Longenecker R, Pauwels J, Crane S, Chen F, Fraher E. A Roadmap to Rural Residency Program Development Journal of Graduate Medical Education. JGME. 2020; in press.

Benchmarking of Residency Financing and Clinical Productivity

Pauwels J, Weidner A. The Cost of Family Medicine Residency Training: Impacts of Federal and State Funding. Fam Med. 2018; 50(2):123-127.

Lesko S, Hughes L, Fitch W, Pauwels J. Ten-year Trends in Family Medicine Residency Productivity and Staffing: Impact of Electronic Health Records, Resident Duty Hours, and the Medical Home. Fam Med. 2012; 44(2):83-89.

Lesko S, Fitch W, Pauwels J. Ten-year Trends in the Financing of Family Medicine Training Programs: Considerations for Planning and Policy. Fam Med. 2011; 43(8):543-50.

Pauwels J, Oliveira A. Three-year Trends in the Costs of Residency Training in Family Medicine. Fam Med. 2006; 38(6):408-415.

Pauwels J, Oliveira A, Stevens N. Benchmarking the Costs of Residency Training in Family Practice. Fam Med. 2003; 35(5):330-336.

FMRN Graduate Follow Up

Weidner A, Phillips RL, Fang B, Peterson LE. Burnout and Scope of Practice in New Family Physicians. Ann Fam Med. 2018; 16(3):200-205.

Weidner A, Chen FM, Peterson LE. Developing the National Family Medicine Graduate Survey. JGME. 2017; 9(5):570-573.

WWAMI Graduate Follow Up

Weidner A, Stevens NS, Shih G. Associations Between Program Level Abortion Training and Graduate Preparation For And Provision of Reproductive Care. Fam Med. 2019; 51(9):750-755.

Weidner A, Chen FM. Changes in Preparation and Practice Patterns Among New Family Physicians. Ann Fam Med. 2019; 17(1): 46-48.

Raetz J, Osborn J. Nursing Home Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates. Fam Med. 2013; 45(8):576-579.

Cole AM, Doescher M, Phillips WR, Ford P, Stevens NG. Satisfaction of Family Physicians Working in Community Health Centers. JABFM. 2012; 25(4): 470-476.

Morris CG, Johnson B, Kim S, Chen F. Training Family Physicians in Community Health Centers: A Health Workforce Solution. Fam Med. 2008; 40(4):271-276.

Chen F, Huntington J, Kim S, Phillips WR, Stevens NG. Prepared But Not Practicing: Declining Pregnancy Care Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates. Fam Med. 2006; 38(6):423-426.

West PA, Norris TE, Gore EJ, Baldwin LM, Hart LG. The Geographic and Temporal Patterns of Residency-Trained Family Physicians: University of Washington Family Practice Residency Network. JABFP. 1996; 9(2):100-108.

Cole AM, Chen FM, Ford PA, Phillips WR, Stevens NG. Rewards and Challenges of Community Health Center Practice. J Prim Care Community Health. 2014; 5(2): 148-151.

Kim S, Phillips WR, Stevens NG. Family practice training over the first 26 years: a cross-sectional survey of graduates of the Univ of WA Family Practice Residency Network. Acad Med. 2003; 78(9):918-25

Vincent C, Kim S, Schneeweiss R, Stevens NG. Documenting procedures and deliveries during family practice residency: A survey of graduates’ experiences, preferences, and recommendations. Fam Med. 2003;35(4):264-8

Other Projects

Weidner A, Gilles R, Seehusen D. Residency Scholarship Within Practice-Based Research Networks. Fam Med. 2020; 52(2):91-96.

Stutzman K, Karpen RR, Naidoo P, Toevs SE, Weidner A, Baker E, Schmitz D. Support for Rural Practice: Female Physicians and the Life-Career Interface. Rural Rem Health. 2020; 20:5341.

Weidner A, Pauwels J, McGuire M, Davis A. Collaboration Between ACGME and AOA Programs to Enhance Success in the Single Accreditation System: A Process Paper. JAOA. 2017; 117(11):1-7.