The Coastal Research Group

Fellows and Senior Fellows

The National Consortium on Community-Based Medical Education provides the academic home for the collaborative research projects of the Coastal Research Group and plans the National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access and associated activities. The Senior Fellows of the National Consortium are persons who have participated in ten or more of the National Conferences on Primary [...]

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20th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access: Working Breakfast Topics

Among the distinctive features of the National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access are the early morning assigned breakfast breakout groups. Each conference registrant participates in a group of five or six persons. Every group has a specific topic for discussion that relates to the subject matter of the day’s plenary sessions. The following is the [...]

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Discussion Points: Physician Residency Programs and Los Angeles County’s Safety Net

One of the scheduled presentations for the Tuesday morning plenary sessions at the Twentieth National Conference on Primary Health Care Access is by Doctor Rick Flinders of the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program. His topic is “The Family Medicine Residency as Change Agent”. In preparation for the discussion panel that will follow Dr Flinders’ presentation, [...]

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