AT STFM, RESEARCH IS A PRIORITY

Publication of research presented at STFM and NAPCRG conferences.

PURPOSE Presentations of research are important in the dissemination of new knowledge, but they do not reach the same audience as research published in journals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the proportion of presentations at recent major primary care research conferences that have become published. METHODS Oral and poster presentations for completed and work-in-progress projects...

STFM responsibilities for AFMO Research Strategic Plan.

Diversity is a high priority at CHI.

The evolution of the STFM Foundation--an improved synergy between STFM and the STFM Foundation.

submitted a request to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Committee on Certifi cation (COCERT) seeking permission to do so. The American Board of Pediatrics (ABPeds) began issuing certifi cates without end dates at the beginning of this year, and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) soon will make a similar request to also begin in 2011. The fact that all 3 primary care ...

What is a Default Priority?

The notion of default priority has played a central role in default reasoning research. We show that Pearl’s Z-ranking of default rules need not always correspond to priorities. System Z can still be used for priorities, but perhaps not in the obvious manner. Rather than the Z-ranking of rules, we show that the Zrankings of the negations of the material counterparts of rules correspond naturall...