University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine
Research & Education Newsletter
Vol. 5, Issue 2
International/National Presentations:
Chheda S, Durning S, Hemner P. Teaching about
Health Care Disparities. Clerkship Directors
Internal Medicine National Meeting, New Orleans,
LA, 2006.
Jorenby DE. Treating tobacco use and
dependence. Presented at the American College
of Cardiology, Atlanta, GA, 2006.
Jorenby DE. Effective smoking cessation
treatments from the US PHS Guideline. Presented
at VA Preceptorship Conference: Integrating
Tobacco Cessation Treatment Into Mental Health
Care, Washington, DC, 2006.
Linzer M, Manwell LB. The Work Environment:
Impact and Outcomes. Robert Wood Johnson
Program Meeting, Princeton, NJ, November 2006.
Zehner ME, Japuntich SJ, Smith SS, Valdez JA,
Jorenby DE, Fiore MC, Baker TB, Gustafson DH.
Acceptance and use of a computer smoking
cessation intervention by different groups of
smokers. Poster presented at the 13th World
Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Washington,
DC, July 2006.
Wetterneck, TB. Society of Hospital Medicine
Annual Meeting. Co-Chair, 1st Annual Quality
Improvement Precourse and presented “Advanced
Quality Improvement Toolkit, Variation and
Metrics.” Washington, DC, May 2006.
Wetterneck, TB. Workshop, Society of Hospital
Medicine Annual Meeting. Workshop, “Career
Satisfaction in Hospitalists.” Washington, DC, May
2006.
July-December 2006
Wetterneck, TB. Panel discussion, Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality 2006 Patient
Safety and Health Information Technology
Conference, “Multimodal Evaluation of Smart IV
Pump Technology”, Washington, DC, June 2006.
Wetterneck TB, Carayon P, Schoofs Hundt A,
Kraus S. Nurses’ perceptions of smart IV pump
technology characteristics and quality of working
life. Paper presented at the International
Ergonomics Association Congress, Maastricht, The
Netherlands, July 2006.
Hundt AS, Carayon P, Wetterneck TB. HRO
characteristics as demonstrated through
implementation of a smart IV pump. Paper
presented at the International Ergonomics
Association Congress, Maastricht, The
Netherlands, July 2006.
Wetterneck, TB. Workshop, University
HealthSystem Consortium “Optimizing Technology
Use—the Smart IV Pump.” Baltimore, MD, October
2006.
Wetterneck, TB. Workshop, American Medical
Informatics Association Annual meeting,
Washington, DC, Assessment of End-User
Interaction with Barcode Technology, November
2006.
Zakowski LJ, Crone JZ, Poarch CJ, Dottl SL. An
innovative curriculum to teach pre-clinical medical
students about sexual assault. Poster Presentation
by JZ Crone at the National Meeting of AAMC.
October 29-30, 2006.
Zakowski LJ, Chheda SG, Seibert CS.
Communicating evidence: The final frontier.
Workshop Presentation at the National Meeting of
AAMC. October 31, 2006.
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June-December 2006
Regional/Local Presentations:
Chheda S. Health Literacy. Primary Care Faculty
Development Program, University of Wisconsin
Medical School, Madison, WI. 2006.
Chheda S. Teaching in Healthcare Disparities and
Cultural Issues: Use of Worlds Apart. Primary
Care Faculty Development Program, University of
Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI. 2006.
Fagan J. Withholding and Withdrawing LifeSustaining Treatment. St. Mary’s Hospital RN
Course on Bioethical Issues, Madison, WI,
June 12, 2006.
Fagan J. Physician-Assisted Suicide. St. Mary’s
Hospital RN Course on Bioethical Issues, Madison,
WI, June 12, 2006.
Fagan J. Ethical Issues in Managed Care. Divine
Savior Hospital, Portage, WI, June 19, 2006.
Feldstein D. Hands-on EBM Diagnostic Testing.
PCFDP, University of Wisconsin Medical School,
Madison, WI. September 2006.
Feldstein D. Effective Presentations. PCFDP,
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison,
WI. September 2006.
Halls JJ, Seibert CS. ABIM Recertification.
Course, Outpatient General Medicine Module,
presented at Wisconsin ACP Chapter Annual
Meeting, September 7, 2006.
Hla, KM. Introduction to Evidence-Based
Medicine. PCFDP, University of Wisconsin Medical
School, Madison, WI. November 11, 2006.
Hla, KM. Asking Answerable Questions. PCFDP,
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison,
WI. November 11, 2006.
Jorenby DE. Updating Smoking Cessation: The
US PHS Guideline and Beyond. St. Clare’s
Hospital, Weston, WI. 2006.
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Smith S. Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation:
Practical Strategies and Recent Research.
UWHealth Eau Claire Family Medicine Residency
Program, Eau Claire, WI, August 17, 2006.
Sosman J. Risks to Human Health from NonHuman Primate Retroviruses. University of
Wisconsin Primate Center, Madison, WI, June 20,
2006.
Wetterneck T. Hospital Implementation of the
Smart IV Pump. Invited lecturer, Sociotechnical
Systems class in Industrial and Systems
Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI,
November 2006.
Awards:
Schilling Harkness Teaching Award
(To members of the Medicine Faculty
who have excelled in educating medical students):
Dr. Barbara Horner-Ibler, Clinical Assistant
Professor of Medicine
Evans-Glassroth Teaching Award
(To members of the Medicine faculty who have excelled in
educating residents and fellows in the acute care setting):
Mark Linzer, M.D., Professor of Medicine
Rankin Research Award
(To a senior Medicine faculty member (rank of Associate
Professor or Professor) who has made significant
contribution to biomedicine in clinical science):
Michael Fiore, M.D., Professor of Medicine
Graham-Meyer Teaching Award
(To members of the Medicine faculty who have excelled in
educating residents and fellows in the ambulatory setting):
Laura Zakowski, M.D., Associate Professor of
Medicine
Christine Seibert, M.D., Associate Professor of
Medicine
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June-December 2006
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Graham-Meyer Teaching Award, cont’d
Linzer M. The ASP Connection: Things are
getting interesting. SGIM Forum, 2006;29(12):7.
James Sosman, M.D., Associate Professor of
Medicine
Manwell LB, Pfeifer J, Stauffacher EA. An
interdisciplinary faculty development model for the
prevention and treatment of alcohol use disorders.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
2006;30(8):1393-9.
Pam Ryan, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine
Khin Mae Hla, M.D., Professor of Medicine
Publications:
Spier BJ, Feldstein DA. Clinical use of evidencebased medicine: searching. WMJ. 105(5):9-11,
2006.
Bennett L, Crouse R, Feldstein DA. Clinical use of
evidence-based medicine—clinical questions:
Acetylcysteine, a new treatment for an old foe?
WMJ. 105(6):6-7, 2006.
Hsu J, Pack Q, Feldstein DA. Clinical use of
evidence-based medicine—clinical questions: Is
Low-Dose Aspirin a Better Choice in Patients with
Coronary Artery Disease and Bleeding Risks?
WMJ. 2007;106(1):7-8.
Jensen N, Suchman A., Dart R. Partnering with
citizens to reform Wisconsin health care: A report
of the Citizen Congress II. Wis Med J,
2006;105(3):41-44.
Ren XS, Selim AJ, Fincke BG, Linzer M, Kazis LE.
A patient-based severity measure of chronic lung
disease: Evaluating functional health and
predicting health services use. J Ambul Care
Manage. 2006;29(4):320-31.
van Dijk N, Sprangers MA, Colman N, Boer KR,
Wieling W, Linzer M. Clinical factors associated
with quality of life in patients with transient loss of
consciousness. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol.
2006;17(9):998-1003.
Ganzeboom KS, Mairuhu G, Reitsma JB, Linzer M,
Wieling W, van Dijk N. Lifetime cumulative
incidence of syncope in the general population: a
study of 549 Dutch subjects aged 35-60 years.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2006;17:1172-76.
Schultz K, Slagle J, Brown R, Douglas S, Frederick
B, Lakhani M, Scruggs J, Slater B, Weinger MB,
Wood KE, Carayon P. Development of a job task
analysis tool for assessing the work of physicians in
the intensive care unit. In: Proceedings of the
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual
Meeting: 16-20 October 2006:1469-1472.
Japuntich SJ, Zehner ME, Smith SS, Jorenby DE,
Valdez JA, Fiore MC, Baker TB, Gustafson DH.
Smoking cessation via the Internet: A randomized
clinical trial of an Internet intervention for smoking
cessation. Nicotine & Tobacco Research
2006;8(Suppl 1):S59-S67.
Heiligenstein E, Smith SS. Smoking and mental
health problems in treatment-seeking university
students. Nicotine & Tobacco Research
2006;8(4):519-523.
MacGowan R, Eldridge G, Sosman JM, Khan R,
Flanigan T, Zack B, Margolis A, Askew J, Fitzgerald
F, Project START Study Group. HIV counseling
and testing of young men in prison. Journal of
Correctional Healthcare; 2006;12(3):203-13.
Arora V, Wetterneck TB, Schnipper J,
Auerbach AD, Kaboli P, Swamy RS, Wachter RM,
Levinson W, Humphrey HJ, Meltzer DO. Effect of
the inpatient general medical rotation on student
pursuit of a generalist career. J General Intern Med
2006;21:471-75.
Wetterneck TB, Skibinski KA, Roberts TL,
Kleppin SM, Schroeder ME, Enloe M, Rough SS,
Hundt AS, Carayon P. Using failure mode and
effects analysis to plan implementation of Smart
I.V. pump technology. Am J Health-Syst Pharm
2006;63:1528-38.
Research & Education Newsletter
June-December 2006
Schroeder ME, Wolman R, Wetterneck TB,
Carayon P. Tubing mislead allows free flow event
with smart IV infusion pump. Anesthesiology,
2006;105:434-5. (letter)
McKean S, Wetterneck TB, Whitcomb W.
Promoting career satisfaction in hospital medicine.
Best of the Best. 2006 Annual Meeting
Monograph, pp. 27-29.
Albanese M, Dottl S, Mejicano G, Zakowski L,
Seibert C, Van Eyck S, Prucha C. Distorted
perceptions of competence and incompetence are
more than regression effects. Adv Health Sci Educ
Theory Prac., 2006;11:267-78.
Abstracts:
Zehner ME, Japuntich SJ, Smith SS, Valdez JA,
Jorenby DE, Fiore MC, Baker TB, Gustafson DH.
Acceptance and use of a computer smoking
cessation intervention by different groups of
smokers. Poster presented at the 13th World
Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Washington,
DC, July 2006.
Book Chapters:
Baier Manwell L, Czabala JC, Ignaczak M,
Mundt MP. A trial of brief physician advice for the
treatment of problem drinking in Polish primary care
practices. In: New Research on Alcoholism.
Baye DR, Editor, Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
Hauppauge, NY, 2006.
Kroenke K, Ende J, Hoffman RM, Jackson JL,
Lawrence VA, Logio L, O’Malley PG, Schapira MM,
Zakowski L. General Internal Medicine. In:
Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program 14,
Alguire P, Epstein PE (co-editors). American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA. 2006.
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Approved Grants:
Longitudinal Psychometric Investigation of the
WISDM Tobacco Dependence Measure. NIH,
National Cancer Institute. 09/27/06-08/31/07.
(Stevens Smith, Ph.D., PI , Tim Baker Ph.D.
Michael Fiore, M.D., Ph.D., Dan Bolt Ph.D.,
David Wetter, Ph.D., Co-Investigators).
Training and Education to Advance Multidisciplinary
Clinical Research (TEAM) Program. National
Institutes of Health Roadmap K-12 Initiative.
07/01/06-06/30/11. Principal Investigator:
Molly Carnes, M.D., M.S. (David Feldstein, M.D.,
Scholar, Linda Manwell, M.S., Mentor).
Phase 2, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of
Selegiline Transdermal System (STS) as an Aid for
Smoking Cessation. National Institute on Drug
Abuse. 2006-2008. (Douglas Jorenby, Ph.D.,
Co-Investigator)
Partnerships in Health: BASIC Training in
Medicine. Integrate Behavioral and Social Science
Curriculum Content into Medical Student Training.
DHHS. Susan Skochelak, Principal Investigator.
2006-2010 (Christie Seibert, M.D.,
Co-Investigator).
HIV Prevention Education with National Medical
Associations. Center for Disease Control and
Prevention. 2006-2009. (James Sosman, M.D.,
Principal Investigator).
Transition from Prison to Community: A Prison
Smoking Survey.” UW Center for Tobacco
Research and Intervention. 2006-2007.
(James Sosman, M.D., Principal Investigator).
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