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Summer Research Students - Summer 2003

Current Student Projects

Department of Family Medicine faculty have designed several research projects for medical students. In addition, students can design their own research projects. Students who have an idea for a research project in Family Medicine should contact Dr. Arthur Hartz to discuss this project. Current projects are listed below.

Student(s)	Mentor	Research Topic
Tom Didier	Clare Kreiter, PhD	Evaluating the utility of an adjusted GPA in medical school admissions
Sarah Cotter	Patient factors influencing control in Type II Diabetics
Leah Kasparek	Dr. Mark Graber	The use of haloperidol versus promethazine for benign headache pain in the emergency department
Chris Wyatt	Dr. Mark Graber	The cost of inter-hospital patient transfer communication breakdowns
Brad Hess	Dr. Barcey Levy	Identification of physician and patient barriers for colon cancer screening
Rebecca Sand	Dr. Barcey Levy	Study to indentify barriers and facilitators to colon cancer screening from the patient-and provider-specific perspectives in rural northwest Iowa
Rebecca Oswald	Dr. Gerald Jogerst	Exploring Iowa family practice physicians' perceptions of elder abuse reporting

To apply for a project, visit http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/osac/research/index.html

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