Category: Project Overview and Governance

  • Chronology National Project Phases I and II

    Chronology of Phase I and Phase II of the National Project on the Community Benefits of Family Medicine Residency Programs. Phase I August 2000 Brainstorming session during Coastal Research Group annual meeting at American Academy of Family Physicians Headquarters in Leawood, Kansas. Topic: What are the benefits of Family Medicine Residency Programs [FMRPs]? September 2001…

  • Policy Analysis Committee Assigned National Community Benefits Project Oversight

    The Coastal Research Group Executive Board assigned the Coastal Research Group Policy Analysis Committee operational responsibility for the National Project on the Community Benefits of Family Medicine Residency Programs. The Committee held meetings on the National Project on April 11 and 12, 2005 to begin a detailed review of responses from the first phase of…

  • The Taxonomy of Community Benefits: Historical Overview

    THE NATIONAL PROJECT ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS THE TAXONOMY In August, 2000, the Coastal Research Group observed that family medicine residency programs performed a number of functions within their communities that had never been subject to formal description and analysis. An invitation was extended to Coastal Research Group members to…

  • The National Project's Working Hypotheses 9-13-04

    Below are the Working Hypotheses of the National Project on the Community Benefits of Family Medicine Residency Program (draft of September 13, 2004) TAXONOMY SECTION I (Ambulatory Care Services) Family Medicine Centers originally were conceived to provide resident experiences in group practice. Placing comprehensively trained physicians in mission-oriented ambulatory settings had unintended, positive impacts on…