Winners named in research paper presentations
Awards were presented for family practice research presentations in the following categories.
Future of family practice? Madeline Mahoney, 2, daughter of Ellen and Martin Mahoney, M.D., Ph.D., of Kenmore, N.Y., frolics on the Academy seal at the Assembly.
- Family physician in academic medicine: First place -- Michael Tuggy, M.D., "Virtual Reality Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Simulator Training: Impact on Resident Performance." Runner-up -- Richard Zimmerman, M.D., M.P.H., "Barriers to Vaccination: Relationship of Provider Self-Reports and Children's Vaccination Timing from a Minnesota Chart Registry."
- Family physician in clinical practice: First place -- Gary Ruoff, M.D., "Improvement in Practice Performance by the Use of a Quality Indicator Flowsheet in the Treatment of Elderly NIDDM Patients." Runner-up -- Louis McCormick, M.D., "Overdiagnosis: The ADHD Story."
- Resident: First place -- Anita Bodiya, M.D., and Donna Vorias, M.D., "Does Personal Contact Improve Mammogram Compliance?" Runner-up -- Heidi Chumley, M.D., "Factors Influencing the Length of Hospital Stay of Infants of Mothers on Methadone."
- Medical student: First place -- Anna Georgiopoulos and Tonya Bryan, "Prevalence of Postpartum Depression in Olmsted County, Minnesota: A Prospective Study Using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale." Runner-up -- Juliette van Mutten, M.P.H., Ph.D., "Diabetes Self-Management Education Within Managed Care Organizations in Ohio."
- All others: First place -- Paul Solomon, Ph.D., "Identification of the Alzheimer's Disease Patient in Primary Care Practice: The Seven-Minute Screen." Runner-up -- Martha White, M.D., "The Efficacy and Safety of Budesonide Nebulizing Suspension Compared to Placebo: A Nebulizable Corticosteroid for Persistent Asthma in Infants and Young Children."
- Case study/literature review: First place -- Charles Blackadar, M.D., author, and Paul Blaskowski, M.D., presenter, "Factor V. Leiden: A Hypercoagulable Case for the Family Physician." Runner-up -- Richard Emerine, M.D., M.P.H., "Frenotomy in a Tongue-Tied Infant with Failure to Thrive."
