Scholarly work and advocacy

Residents actively participate in scholarly work via health systems improvement projects and case presentations. Other opportunities for scholarly work include independent research, working with core faculty, and partnering with our nationally recognized Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute.

Resources for scholarly work are plentiful. Core faculty and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute provide one-on-one research mentoring. The Kaiser Permanente Clinical Improvement & Prevention Office works with residents to develop and implement clinical guidelines and quality improvement work to improve the delivery of care. Our Kaiser Permanente Medical Library offers literature searching, databases, books, journals, full-text retrieval, and clinical reference tools. Residents also have full access to the University of Washington School of Medicine academic and clinical resources. Funding for presenting research is supported by the Group Health Foundation.

Published works/presentations by our residents

Articles about our training model

Sundar KR, “The Gift of Empanelment in a ‘Clinic First’ Residency”, Annals of Family Medicine, November 2018.

Kim J, Rodriguez H, Estlin K, Morris C, "Impact of Longitudinal Electronic Health Record Training for Residents Preparing for Practice in Patient-Centered Medical Homes", the Permanente Journal, July 2017.

Kim J, Morris C, Ford P, "Teaching Today in the Practice Setting of the Future: Implementing Innovations in Graduate Medical Education", Academic Medicine, May 2017

Bodenheimer T, Gupta R, Dube K, Kong M, Olayiwola J, Barnes K, Syer S, Willard-Grace R, Shipman S, "High-Functioning Primary Care Residency Clinics: Building Blocks for Providing Excellent Care and Training", AAMC Tomorrow's Doctors, Tomorrow's Cures, November 2016

Gupta R, Barnes K, Bodenheimer T, "Clinic First: 6 Actions to Transform Ambulatory Residency Training", Journal of Graduate Medical Education, October 2016

Kim J, Morris C, Heidrich F, "A Tool to Assess Family Medicine Residents' Patient Encounters using Secure Messaging", Journal of Graduate Medical Education, December 2015

Barnes K, Morris C, "Clinic First: Prioritizing Primary Care Outpatient Training for Family Medicine", Journal of General Internal Medicine, October 2015

Paul KJ, Hidaka BH, Ford P, Morris C. "Measuring Greater Patient-Provider Continuity in a Clinic-First Family Medicine Residency Curriculum", Perm J 2021;25:20.290

Help desk answers and clinical Inquiries in Evidence Based Practice

Funez S, Volk B, “Does vitamin D supplementation reduce the rate of asthma exacerbations requiring systemic steroids?” September 2019

Ying P, Volk B, “What is the effect of beta-blocker use on lung function and mortality in patients with COPD?” August 2019

Schousen K, Morris C, “What percentage of patients who are prescribed physician aid-in-dying medications die by using the medication?” July 2019

Hirsh M, Morris C, “Does frenotomy improve feeding outcomes in newborn infants with ankyloglossia?” May 2019

Yu D, Paul K, “What are the risks of subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy?” May 2019

Garbus M, Melo M, “Are topical NSAIDs an effective treatment of knee and hand osteoarthritis in adults?” January 2019

Weiner R, Paul K, “Is the combination of naltrexone and buproprion effective for wright loss in obese adults?” December 2018

Lang E, Morris C, “What is the role of immunotherapy in treatment of peanut allergy” July 2018

Powell C, Volk B, “Do antibiotics improve outcomes in the management of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis?” December 2017

Tierney M, Paul K, “Do SGLT-2 inhibitors improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes?” December 2017

Nguyen H, Paul K, “In patients with irritable bowel syndrome, does a diet low in FODMAPs reduce gastrointestinal symptoms?” July 2017

Mackey A, Hoock J, “Are statins beneficial for primary prevention in adults with an elevated hs-CRP and an intermediate Framingham CVD risk score?” June 2017

Sutton M, Volk B, "Are alternative therapies effective for treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis?" December 2016

Lundstedt S, Morris C, "What is the best way to confirm a medication abortion is complete?" October 2016

Davis T, Volk B, "Are probiotics effective in the prevention of upper respiratory infections in children?" October 2016

Doepker B, Scull G, "Is self-swabbing for gonorrhea and chlamydia an acceptable method for STD screening in MSM?" September 2016

Chang T, Scull G, “In otherwise healthy patients with chronic inorganic constipation, are there adverse effects from long-term daily use of polyethylene glycol?” August 2016

Firestein T, Hoock J, "Does the delivery position affect the frequency or severity of perineal laceration in primiparous women?" August 2016

Morris C, Paul K, Safranek S, "Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy for Acute Respiratory Infections", American Family Physician, July 2016

Farrar A, Volk B, "Does calcium supplementation in adults increase the risk of kidney stones?" April 2016

Femiano D, Morris C, "Does supplementation with zinc magnesium aspartate (ZMA) increase levels of serum testosterone in men?" March 2015

Sylte D, Scull G, "What dietary choices have been shown to decrease risk of developing gout?" September 2015

Brooking T, Scull G, "What is the best pharmacologic therapy for dermatophyte skin infections?" April 2014

Other resident and faculty publications

Sundar KR, “Choose Your Battles”, Family Medicine, March 2019

Sundar KR, “The Best Year of Angela’s Life”, The Permanente Journal, October 2018

Sundar KR, “Universal Screening for Social Needs in a Primary Care Clinic: A Quality Improvement Approach Using the Your Current Life Situation Survey”, The Permanente Journal, October 2018

Becker B, “Common Foot Problems: Over-the-Counter Treatments and Home Care”, American Family Physician, September 2018

Mackey M, “Identifying Homelessness as a Medical Condition”, WAFP Advocacy Resolution, July 2017

Hsu J, Wilhelm N, Lewis L, Herman E, "Economic Evidence for US Asthma Self-Management Education and Home-Based Interventions", Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, September 2016

Devoe J, Barnes K, Morris C, Campbell K, Morris-Singer A, Westfall J, Grumbach K, "The Personal Doctoring Manifesto: a Perspective from the Keystone IV Conference", Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, August 2016

Chen F, Bliss E, Dunn A, Edgoose J, Elliott T, Maxwell L, Morris C, Phillips R, "The Generation In-Between: a Perspective from the Keystone IV Conference", Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, August 2016

Childress M, Becker B, "Non-operative Management of Cervical Radiculopathy", American Family Physician, May 2016

Becker B, Ligaments, Chapter Eleven in Birrer and O'Connor's "Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Physician", October 2015

Young S, Becker B, The Evidence Behind Injection Therapy in Sports Medicine (Audio Podcast), British Journal of Sports Medicine, July 2015

Recent presentations

Morris C, Ford P, “Clinic First Symposium Panel”, AAFP Program Director’s Workshop, April 2019, Kansas City, MO

Morris C, Wilhelm N, Tam M, “Evaluating Racial Bias in the Residency Application Review Process”, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, April 2019, Toronto, ON

Linde, Tom. Best Approach: KP Care for Multiple Generations – Waikoloa, Hawaii. Planning committee member and co-facilitator for 4-day CME. April 2019. Presentations included “Adverse Events: Preparing, Coping and Supporting colleagues”.

Ying P, Hoock J, Sundar KR, Tam M, “Residency Promoting Inclusion, Diversity and Equity: Curricular Changes to Reduce Racial Discrimination Within Medicine”, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, April 2019, Toronto, ON

Sundar KR, Ayer M, Hoock J, “Caring for Homeless Youth: A Successful Community Residency Partnership Built on Service and Learning”, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, April 2019, Toronto, ON

Linde, Tom and Scull, Grant “Somatization and Illness Anxiety: Strategic Engagement in Challenging Encounters” at Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine, Chicago, IL, October 2018

Morris C, Ford P, “No More Blocks; Four-year experience with a fully longitudinal curriculum” AAFP Program Director’s Workshop, April 2018, Kansas City, MO

Paul K, Morris C, “Continuity of Care: How should we measure it” AAFP Program Director’s Workshop, April 2018, Kansas City, MO

Hoock J, “From Nutritional Supplements to Permaculture Gardening: The First 1000 Days of Life”, AAFP Global Health Summit, October 2018, Jacksonville, FL

Scull G, "The Opioid Epidemic and the Family Physician", King County Academy of Family Physicians, March 2017, Bellevue, WA

Scull G, "Collaborative Dyad Partnerships", Group Health Cooperative Regional Leadership Meeting, October 2016, Seattle, WA

Hoock J, "So You Want to Volunteer Abroad?", University of Washington School of Medicine, July 2016, Seattle, WA

Becker B, "Knee Cases", Group Health Cooperative Sports Medicine CME Conference, May 2016, Seattle, WA

Morris C, “Training for Excellence: A Study of High Functioning Primary Care Models in Teaching Settings” AAMC Annual Meeting, November 2016, Seattle, WA

Kim J, Baker K, Shaver J, Sullivan L, Wilson E, Morris C, Rodriguez H, "Teacher-Led Traits and Actions that Enable Transformational Educational and Practice Improvement in Family Medicine", Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, April 2016, Minneapolis, MN

Morris, C, "Innovative Longitudinal Residency Training: Not Just a Change in Schedule", AAFP Program Director's Workshop, April 2016, Kansas City, MO

Wong J, "Pregnancy Terminations", Women's Health for Primary Care CME, February 2016, SeaTac, WA

Morris C, "Provoking Primary Care", AAFP Committee on Education, February 2016, Kansas City, MO

Linde T, "Somatization and Health Anxiety", Group Health Staff Video Conference, January 2016

Hoock J, "Yes We Can: Using Open EMR to Document Primary Health Care and Track Health Programs in Rural Guatemalan Villages", AAFP Global Health Workshop, October 2015, Denver, CO

Becker B, "Back, Shoulder, and Knee Pain", Group Health Cooperative Primary Care CME Conference, September 2015, Seattle WA

Morris C, "Egosyntonism and the Personal Physician", Keystone IV, June 2015, Keystone, CO

Kim J, Sullivan L, Gayman J, Morris C, "Does System-Based Training in the PCMH Era Provide a Positive Learning Experience to Medical Students?", Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, April 2015, Orlando, FL

Morris C, Hern T, "Innovative Longitudinal Training: Two Residency Programs Blow Up Their Block Schedules", Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, April 2015, Orlando, FL

Morris C, "The Best Tool in the Box: Using EHRs to Improve Patient Care", University of Washington School of Medicine, October 2014, Seattle, WA

Hoock J, Morris C, Lee C, Kim J, Heidrich F, "Teaching "Virtual Visits" In a Patient-Centered Medical Home: The Future Is Now", Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, May 2013, Baltimore, MD

Hoock J, Kim J, Morris C, "Silver Lining in ACGME Milestones: Our Faculty Discovered the Iterative Process of Education and Evaluation", Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, May 2013, Baltimore, MD

Morris C, "Innovations in Residency Models", American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Program Director's Workshop, April 2013, Kansas City, MO

Scholarly work and advocacy

Published works/presentations by our residents

Articles about our training model

Help desk answers and clinical Inquiries in Evidence Based Practice

Other resident and faculty publications

Recent presentations

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