Evaluating without fear.

In this month’s column, Victoria S. Kaprielian, MD, and Hershey S. Bell, MD, address evaluation, a pertinent and problematic area for most community teachers. Dr Kaprielian is predoctoral director and Dr Bell is vice chair at the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. I welcome your comments about this feature, and I also encourage all predoctoral directors to make copies of this feature in its entirety and distribute it to their preceptors. Send your submissions to Paul Paulman, MD, University of Nebraska, Department of Family Medicine, 600 South 42nd Street, Box 983075, Omaha, NE 68198-3075. 402-559-6818. Fax: 402-559-6501. Email: [email protected]. Submissions should be no longer than 3-4 double-spaced pages. References can be used but are not required. Count each table or figure as one page of text.