Our residency requires completion of a Help Desk Answer in the R1 year and a quality improvement (QI) project. The QI project usually done in the R3 year.
The ACGME requires all Family Medicine Residents to complete two scholarship projects, one of which must be a Quality Improvement project. The definition of scholarship is broad and may include the scholarship of discovery, teaching, application or integration, such as:
- Research
- Resolutions
- Curriculum development
- Case studies and literature reviews
- Quality Improvement
- Letters to the editor
- Op-ed
- Patient education materials
Residents interested in research entering their intern year are encouraged to apply to the longitudinal Research Track. Residents who may stumble upon a research interest mid-way through their residency experience can also complete an area of concentration (AOC) in Scholarship & Research.
Department of Family Medicine Teaching Faculty Leadership Positions:
Nelson Chiu, MD
Immediate Past-President of KCAFP
Surveyor, WAFP
Delegate, WAFP House of Delegates (HOD)
Kim Collins, MD
UW Pediatric Population Health Workgroup Member
UW Department of Family Medicine Justice, Equity, and Diversity Committee
Chair, UWPC Northgate Pediatrics Workgroup
Project Leader, UWPC Northgate WA-CHIP Immunization Learning Collaborative
Mae Dirac, MD PhD
UW Medicine Clinical Research Informatics Committee
WHO Hepatitis Strategic Data Collaborative
David Evans, MD
Rosenblatt Family Endowed Professor in Rural Health
Immediate Past Co-Chair, NRHA Rural Medical Educators
Member, WONCA Working Party on Rural Medicine
Member, UWSOM Admissions Committee, TRUST screener
Member, UWGME Policy Committee
Nikki Gentile, MD PhD
Primary Care Medical Director, UW Post-COVID Rehabilitation and Recovery Clinic
INSPIRE Clinical Site Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington
Adjunct Instructor, Family and Community Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine
Amanda Kost, MD MS
CERA Steering Committee
PRiMER, Associate Editor
Teaching Physician, Editor
NBME Evidence Based Medicine Item Review Committee
Chief of Service HMC FM
Medical Director of MEDEX Northwest
University of Washington Deputy Faculty Legislative Representative
Pam Pentin, MD
Washington Academy of Family Physicians – King County Delegate
UW TelePain – Co-Director
UW Medicine Opioid Stewardship Committee – Member
UW Medicine Compliance Committee – Member
UW School of Medicine Family Medicine Clerkship – Site Director
UW School of Medicine Family Medicine Sub-Internships – Course Director
Jackie Raetz, MD
Co-investigator UW Cognition in Primary Care Program
Associate Program Director Family Medicine Residency
Tomoko Sairenji, MD
STFM MSE Conference Steering Committee (as chair of STFM MSE conference 2023)
STFM MSE Committee
STFM MSE Collaborative Senior Advisor
STFM FM Sub-I Curriculum Project Task Force Chair
Aquifer Family Medicine Consortium, Associate Editor
UWSOM Olympic College Head
UWSOM Admissions Committee
Chris Sanford MD, MPH
Faculty and Administrator, Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (East African Partnership)
David Siebert, MD
Director, UW Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowship
Team physician, Seattle Seahawks and UW Huskies
Member, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Education Committee
Member, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Research Committee
Sebastian Tong, MD
Board of Directors, North American Primary Care Research Group
Junior Associate Editor, Annals of Family Medicine
Associate Director, WWAMI region Practice and Research Network
Megan Wilson, MD
UW Primary Care Addiction Treatment in Primary Care Committee, Member
UW Medicine Medication for Opioid Use Disorder and Pregnancy, Member
Family Medicine Residency Outpatient Workgroup and Improvement Oversight Committee, Member
Ying Zhang, MD MPH
Washington New Physician Delegate to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) National Conference of Constituency Leaders (NCCL) House Surveyor, Washington Academy of Family Physicians (WAFP), WA
KCAFP President
WAFP Anti-Racism Task Force Member
