Warren J Ferguson

Summary

Affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Culture, language, and the doctor-patient relationship
    Warren J Ferguson
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts, Worchester 01655, USA
    Fam Med 34:353-61. 2002
  2. ncbi Developing culturally competent community faculty: a model program
    Warren J Ferguson
    Community Faculty Development Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
    Acad Med 78:1221-8. 2003
  3. ncbi Family medicine residency characteristics associated with practice in a health professions shortage area
    Warren J Ferguson
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    Fam Med 41:405-10. 2009
  4. ncbi Weaving public health education into the fabric of a family medicine residency
    Stacy E Potts
    UMass Worcester Family Medicine Residency, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
    Am J Prev Med 41:S256-63. 2011
  5. ncbi Community health worker encounter forms: a tool to guide and document patient visits and worker performance
    Celeste A Lemay
    University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:e70-5. 2012
  6. ncbi Community health workers assisting patients with diabetes in self-management
    J Lee Hargraves
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
    J Ambul Care Manage 35:15-26. 2012
  7. ncbi Community preceptors' views of their identities as teachers
    Susan Starr
    Department of Pediatrics and the Community Faculty Development Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
    Acad Med 78:820-5. 2003
  8. ncbi Recruitment and retention of primary care physicians at community health centers: a survey of Massachusetts physicians
    Judith A Savageau
    Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 22:817-35. 2011
  9. ncbi Professional language interpretation and inpatient length of stay and readmission rates
    Mary Lindholm
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 27:1294-9. 2012
  10. ncbi Lessons learned from a collaborative to improve care for patients with diabetes in 17 community health centers, Massachusetts, 2006
    Celeste A Lemay
    University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave N, Benedict Bldg, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A83. 2010

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Culture, language, and the doctor-patient relationship
    Warren J Ferguson
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts, Worchester 01655, USA
    Fam Med 34:353-61. 2002
    ..This review's goal was to determine how differences between physicians and patients in race, ethnicity and language influence the quality of the physician-patient relationship...
  2. ncbi Developing culturally competent community faculty: a model program
    Warren J Ferguson
    Community Faculty Development Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
    Acad Med 78:1221-8. 2003
    ..In summary, cultural competency training has been successfully integrated into an existing faculty-development program for community-based preceptors...
  3. ncbi Family medicine residency characteristics associated with practice in a health professions shortage area
    Warren J Ferguson
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    Fam Med 41:405-10. 2009
    ..We analyzed relationships between ambulatory training site and likelihood of practice in health professions shortage areas (HPSAs)...
  4. ncbi Weaving public health education into the fabric of a family medicine residency
    Stacy E Potts
    UMass Worcester Family Medicine Residency, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
    Am J Prev Med 41:S256-63. 2011
    ..This paper describes the integration of public health and prevention education into a family medicine residency to help residents acquire the fundamental skills necessary to improve a population's health...
  5. ncbi Community health worker encounter forms: a tool to guide and document patient visits and worker performance
    Celeste A Lemay
    University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:e70-5. 2012
    ..We explored the benefits of using community health worker (CHW) encounter forms to collect data on patient interactions and assessed the effectiveness of these forms in guiding and directing interactions...
  6. ncbi Community health workers assisting patients with diabetes in self-management
    J Lee Hargraves
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
    J Ambul Care Manage 35:15-26. 2012
    ....
  7. ncbi Community preceptors' views of their identities as teachers
    Susan Starr
    Department of Pediatrics and the Community Faculty Development Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
    Acad Med 78:820-5. 2003
    ..Identifying factors that enhance teacher identity may be helpful for the recruitment and retention of high-quality community faculty...
  8. ncbi Recruitment and retention of primary care physicians at community health centers: a survey of Massachusetts physicians
    Judith A Savageau
    Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 22:817-35. 2011
    ..Once a commitment is made to caring for CHC patients, if this commitment is sustained, retention is good...
  9. ncbi Professional language interpretation and inpatient length of stay and readmission rates
    Mary Lindholm
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 27:1294-9. 2012
    ..Among hospitalized patients, these barriers may lead to higher readmission rates and longer hospitalizations. Trained interpreters help overcome communication barriers; however, interpreter usage among patients is suboptimal...
  10. ncbi Lessons learned from a collaborative to improve care for patients with diabetes in 17 community health centers, Massachusetts, 2006
    Celeste A Lemay
    University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave N, Benedict Bldg, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A83. 2010
    ..Our goal was to identify facilitators of and barriers to success reported by teams that participated in this collaborative...