Family Medicine Interest Group
FMIG 2008-2009 Co-Leaders
FMIG Faculty Advisors
Joanne Wilkinson is a graduate of Brown University, Brown Medical School and the Brown University/Memorial Hospital family medicine residency. Prior to starting her fellowship, she worked in a variety of clinical settings for six years, including owning her own private practice in Rhode Island. She also served as a clinical assistant professor of family medicine at Brown. Her research interests include the primary care of patients with disabilities, especially intellectual disabilities, and the use of prayer for health and complementary and alternative medicine. Her teaching interests include physical diagnosis, medical interviewing, medical problem-solving and the use of creative writing as a reflective tool in medical education. In her spare time she enjoys writing, rowing, and hiking, and is a voracious reader.
FMIG Coordinator
Become the next wave of FMIG Student Leaders! New FMIG Leaders, second year students, are recruited in February and appointed in April. Your responsibilities as an FMIG Co-Leader are to promote awareness and interest in family medicine through development of the FMIG event calendar for the year; recruit for and promote FMIG events through email correspondence, flyers, and in-person; procure funding, establish and balance budgets, facilitate events and organize meetings. You will have the opportunity to attend state and national conferences with other FMIG members from around the country, and network with family medicine physicians at BUMC and other institutions. |
