Family & Community Medicine
Family & Community Medicine
Stanford Family Medicine strives to engage in and promote primary care and prevention research focused on local, regional, national and international health issues. Faculty in the O'Connor Family Medicine Residency, Primary Care Associate Program, Stanford Geriatric Education Center, Stanford Family Medicine Clinic, Area Health Education Center and others conduct research in chronic care, personalized medicine, epidemiology, ethnogeriatrics, education, integrative medicine and community health.
Family & Community Medicine News
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Chinese, American experts explore precision health, big data at symposium
More than 300 health researchers from China and the United States convened at Stanford to share their knowledge of precision health, mobile health devices, population health, genomics and cancer.
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Tool for assessing neighborhood health wins international award
This mobile app, honored by the Center for Active Design, enables citizens to educate city planners about neighborhood impediments to healthy living.
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Pilot project aims to help heart-failure patients self-manage
A pilot project that monitors heart-failure patients at home is a joint effort of Stanford Health Care’s heart failure team and Aging Adult Services Program.
Upcoming Courses
Conferences and Workshops
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02/27/2016
International Humanitarian Aid Skills Course
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge - Stanford, CA
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03/18/2016
The 16th Multidisciplinary Management of Cancers: A Case-based Approach
Silverado Resort and Spa - Napa, CA
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05/21/2016
Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge - Stanford, CA
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06/10/2016
CARDIA: Athletes, Sudden Death, Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
Silverado Resort and Spa - Napa, CA
New courses are added regularly— please check back often
Online Courses
- Dementia and Diversity in Primary Care: A Primer - Guidelines, Ethnic Differences, and Assessment
- Safe Opioid Prescribing and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS)
- Prescription Drug Misuse and Addiction: Compassionate Care for a Complex Problem
- Screening and Assessing Depression in Primary Care Settings: Clinical and Ethical Considerations
- Managing Shoulder Pain in the Clinic: What to Look for and When to Intervene
- You’ve Called 911, Now What? A Simplified, Evidence-based Approach to Six Life-Threatening Office Emergencies
- Congenital Hypothyroidism: What Every Primary Care Provider Needs to Know
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