STFM Northeast Region Meeting   Collaborative Projects   Innovations   Awards   Submission Info Award Winners   About Us Past Award Winners 2005 Mid-Career Faculty Achievement Award Winner: Doug Knutson MD Department of Family Medicine School of Medicine Ohio State University 2231 N. High Street Columbus, Ohio  43201 Knutson.l@osu.edu We are pleased to offer this award to Doug Knutson, MD.  The following material presents excerpts from his letter of nomination. Dr. Knutson is a faculty member in The Ohio State University Department of Family Medicine.  He has quite an impressive array of books, published articles and professional presentations which demonstrate the significant contributions he has made to the field of family medicine.  From a numbers perspective, his writings include:  two chapters in edited books, eleven peer-reviewed publications, one published abstract and twenty-one papers in proceedings.  In addition, Dr. Knutson has two first-author manuscripts under review at the current time.  To support his research and scholarship, Dr. Knutson has secured two grant projects as Principal Investigator and four grant projects as Co-Investigator - he has one application pending on which he is the proposed Principal Investigator. As part of a federally-funded training grant project focused on medical student education, Dr. Knutson led a team of content and technical personnel to develop The Physical Examination, distance learning materials designed to be delivered either as a stand-alone CD-ROM or via the internet.  This course offers eight interactive learning modules.  Each module uses multiple visual and aural technology features to bring to life the basic anatomy and physiology relevant to the physical examination.  Once the anatomy and physiology in each module are mastered, students learn the physical examination techniques appropriate to each system.  This sequence is designed to maximize learning. Dr. Knutson's early career focus has been on the education and training of future physicians, both medical students and residents.  A number of indicators, namely awards and formal recognition of his teaching ability, exist to demonstrate the value placed in Dr. Knutson's contributions to the Department and the College.  These include: September, 2000 - Ohio State Department of Family  Medicine SOAR Award August, 2001 - Outstanding Teaching Award for the  Problem-Based Learning Program at Ohio State May, 2002 - Department of Family Medicine's  Excellence in Training Award June, 2003 - Department of Family Medicine's  Residency Program's Family Physicians Teacher of the Year May, 2004 - Ohio State University College of  Medicine and Public Health's Distinguished Educator Award June, 2004 - Department of Family Medicine  Residency Program's Family Physician of the Year Award Dr. Knutson's research and scholarly work relate to the use of innovative medical education methods and techniques.  His major focus involves bringing clinical realism to medical education in the pre-clinical years, through the use of computer simulations, cases and more recently, standardized patients.  This focus continues with his work with medical clerkship students and with residents.  As a tenure-track clinical educator, Dr. Knutson has as a goal to develop and test innovative methods, comparing them to more traditional teaching techniques.  Recently, Dr. Knutson has been named Director of the Ohio State Family Medicine Residency Program.   2005 Lifetime Faculty Achievement Award Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD Family Medicine Residency Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts Allen.Shaughnessy@Tufts.edu Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD - Tufts University Family Medicine Residency, Malden, Massachusetts, Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston.  Dr. Shaughnessy joined the faculty in 2004, though he has been teaching in family medicine residency programs since 1986.  He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Medical University of South Carolina.  He has completed a faculty development fellowship and the federal government's Department of Health and Human Services Primary Care Health Policy Fellowship.  He is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and is a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Dr. Shaughnessy has been active in research and evidence-based medicine.  He has written over 120 papers in the areas of pharmacology, family practice education, prescription-writing, and medical information management that have been published in journals such as the Journal of Family Practice, JAMA, British Medical Journal, and American Family Physician.  He is the series editor for the American Family Physician's STEPS series of new drug reviews, and co-editor, with fellow faculty member (and spouse) Dr. Gordon, of the Clinical Pharmacology series. Along with Dr. David Slawson, he has developed the concepts of Information Mastery.  They also developed the concept of "Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters" (POEMs).  A leader in medical information management, Dr. Shaughnessy conducts presentations and workshops across the United States and has also presented workshops in Spain, England, and Wales.  In 2002, he and Dr. Slawson were awarded the Innovative Program Award by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine for their work on Information Mastery.