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P⁴ Executive Committee Members Receive Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Advocate Award

07/24/2009

Executive committee members from P⁴ received the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Advocate Award. P⁴ is TransformMED's project to inspire and examine innovations to improve the way family physicians are trained to practice medicine. 

These individuals below worked to ensure that efforts to change medical practice in the form of patient centered medical homes included training in such a model at the residency level.  Their efforts serve as inspiration to others to advocate for issues of importance in the field of family medicine.

Instituted in 2004, the STFM advocate award is designed to recognize excellence in the field of political advocacy.  The award honors members for outstanding work in political advocacy at the local, state and national level.

2009 STFM Advocate Winners

Dr. Larry Green – P⁴ Executive Committee Member and Professor of Family Medicine and the Epperson-Zorn Chair for innovation in Family Medicine at the University of Colorado, Denver.  Dr. Green is also the chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Family Medicine and a member of the Institute of Medicine

Dr. Perry Pugno – P⁴ Executive Committee Member and currently director of the Division of Medical Education for the American Academy of Family Physicians, and director of Residency Program Solutions. His professional background includes trauma center director, hospital chief medical officer, public health officer, vice president of a large integrated health system, and medical director of a health plan.

Dr. Samuel Jones – P⁴ Executive Committee Member and program director at the Fairfax Family Practice Center Residency Program.  Dr. Jones also serves as vice chair for the Department of Family Medicine at the Inova Fairfax Hospital.  In 2008 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Family Medicine

About P⁴ Residency Project
Also known as P to the fourth power, P⁴ is a six-year project to inspire and examine substantial innovation focused on changing the way family physicians are trained to practice medicine. The P⁴ initiative has the potential to inspire considerable changes in the content and structure of family medicine training. Findings from the project are expected to guide future revisions in accreditation and content to ensure America's future family doctors are proficient in using the most up-to-date tools and technologies to provide superior patient care. To learn more, visit http://www.transformed.com/P4-project.cfm

About TransforMED

The Leawood, Kan.-based TransforMED LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Established in 2005, TransforMED provides ongoing consultation and support to physicians looking to transform their practices to a new model of care that is based on the concept of a patient-centered medical home. TransforMED is an active member of primary care communities and recognizes and supports the unique value that primary care offers to patients and the health care system. TransforMED shares and supports the idealism and altruism of primary care physicians and the strong commitment to their communities and patients through continuing patient relationships and independent decision making. TransforMED offers practices both products and services, including consultation and advice on implementing the patient centered medical home model. To learn more about TransforMED, visit www.transformed.com.