Academics

AFM residents The Abington Family Medicine Residency is an academic program in a community hospital setting combining the rigor and intellectual excitement of academic medicine with the joy of taking care of patients in a community setting. Residents work with experienced faculty in contributing to the medical literature and continuing medical education activities on a regional and a national basis.

Resident doing simulation Recent projects that residents have contributed to include traditional publications such as book chapters, journal articles, and scientific meeting lectures as well as new media including online CME and PDA. Residents have presented at regional meetings for organizations including American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, Family Medicine Education Consortium, and Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians.

There are regular and ongoing opportunities to be involved with scholarly work at Abington Family Medicine. We believe in scholarly projects that are meaningful and done at a high enough quality to warrant publication. Diving deep into a topic is intellectually stimulating and seeing your name in print is an exciting accomplishment. The range of scholarly work produced in our program includes guideline reviews, general review articles, real-world data analysis, and book chapters as well as online educational programs.

Recent Resident Scholarly Activity

2021

Healio – Ace the Case “ A 40-Year-Old Man With an Episode of Witnessed Syncope While at Work” Azzolino, C., Shah, M. March 2021.

Lazarus, K., Belogorodsky, D., Chuong, T., Style, A., Shah, M. “Provider Comfort and Utilization of OMT in Practice: Assessment of Resident Comfort Using OMT Before and After Educational Intervention.” PAFP Virtual Spring CME Conference, Annual Business Meeting and Research Day. March 13, 2021.

Skolnik, Neil, and Victoria Persampiere. “The Cures Act: Is the ‘Cure’ Worse than the Disease?” MDedge Family Medicine, MedScape, 17 June 2021, www.mdedge.com/familymedicine/article/241547/business-medicine/cures-act-cure-worse-disease.

Skolnik NS, Style AJ. Importance of Early Screening and Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Ther. 2021 Jun;12(6):1613-1630. doi: 10.1007/s13300-021-01050-w. Epub 2021 Apr 29. PMID: 33914300; PMCID: PMC8179861.

2020

Healio Case: “A 48-Year-Old Man With Chronic Cough” Russell J, Chuong T. June 2020

Skolnik N, Sciblo C, Peters D, Azzolino C, Katz M, Gooberman E. Three lessons these doctors learned in caring for COVID-19 patients | Expert Opinion. The Philadelphia Inquirer May 7, 2020

Skolnik, Neil, et al. “COVID-19: Frequently Asked Clinical Questions.” MDedge Family Medicine, 27 Apr. 2020, www.mdedge.com/familymedicine/article/221279/coronavirus-updates/covid-19-frequently-asked-clinical-questions.

Healio- Ace the Case “Hypertension in Patient with Type 2 Diabetes” Russell J, Flanagan S. February 2020

Healio Ace the Case: “A 17-Year-Old with Hypertension and Edema” Russell J, Shrestha A. January 2020

Hurst JR, Skolnik N, Hansen GJ, et al. Understanding the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations on patient health and quality of life. Eur J Intern Med. 2020;73:1-6. doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2019.12.014

Skolnik NS, Nguyen TS, Shrestha A, Ray R, Corbridge TC, Brunton SA. Current evidence for COPD management with dual long-acting muscarinic antagonist/long-acting β₂-agonist bronchodilators. Postgrad Med. 2020;132(2):198-205. doi:10.1080/00325481.2019.1702834