Katherine L Margo - Faculty Biosketch

Katherine L Margo, M.D.

Emeritus Associate Professor CE of Family Medicine and Community Health

Associate Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives

Senior Fellow, Penn Medicine Program for LGBT Health

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Department: Family Medicine and Community Health

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University of Pennsylvania Health System
3a Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
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3a 39th and Market St
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283

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Email:
margok@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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13 Education:
21 9 B.A. 14 (Biology) c
2c Swarthmore College , 1974.
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4a SUNY Upstate Medical Center at Syracuse, New York, 1978.
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Links
6d Society of Teachers of Family Medicine website
7e Alliance for Clinical Education website
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6b American Academy of Family Physicians website
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6b American Balint Society website
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 5d Intern in Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY, 1978-1978.
24 77 Intern in Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1978-1979.
24 60 Resident in Family Medicine, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, NY, 1979-1982.
24 9f Teaching Medical Interviewing Faculty Development Course, American Academy on Physician and Patient, Rochester, NY and Boston, MA, 1991-1992.
24 8d National Institute for Program Director Development Fellowship, Association Family Practice Residency Directors, 1996-1997.
24 be Duke Faculty Development Fellowship, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC - series of four, 4 day workshops over three years, 1998-2000.
24 76 Credentialed as Balint Group Leader at Credentialling Workshop, American Balint Society , 1999-1999.
24 f6 Addressing the Needs of the Underserved Faculty Development Program, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of California, San Diego - year long fellowship consisting of project and three weekends, 2006-2006.
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17 Certifications
28 48 Certification-American Board of Family Practice, 1982.
28 4b Re-certification-American Board of Family Practice, 1990.
28 4b Re-certification-American Board of Family Practice, 1997.
28 4b Re-certification-American Board of Family Medicine, 2004.
28 4a Recertification American Board of Family Medicine, 2014.
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Description of Research Expertise

22 Medical Education
1a Community Medicine
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Description of Clinical Expertise

1d Primary care
1e Evidence Based Medicine
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Description of Other Expertise

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Selected Publications

10c Anthony D, Jerpbak CM, Margo KL, Power DV, Slatt Lm, Tarn DM: "Do we pay our community preceptors?: Results from a CERA clerkship directors’ survey" Family Medicine 46(3): 167-73, March 2014.

12f Scott SM, Schifferdecker KE, Anthony D, Chao J, Chessman AW, Margo KL, Seagrave, M, Leong SL: Contemporary Teaching Strategies of Exemplary Community Preceptors - Is Technology Helping? Family Medicine 46(10): 776, Nov-Dec 2014.

15b Hammoud M, Margo KL, Christner JG, Fisher J, Fischer SH, Pangaro L: Opportunities and Challenges in Integrating Electronic Health Records into Undergraduate Medical Education: a National Survey of Clerkship Directors. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 24(3): 219, July 2012.

cc Hammoud MM, Dalymple JL, Christner JG, Stewart RA, Fisher J, Margo KL, Ali II, Briscoe GW, Pangaro LN: Medical Student Documentation in Electronic Health 36 Records: A Collaborative Statement From the Alliance 68 for Clinical Education. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 24(3): 257, July 2012.

140 Margo KL, Gazewood J, Jerpbak C, Burge S, Usatine R.: Clerkship Directors’ Characteristics, Scholarship, and Support: A Summary of Published Surveys from Seven Medical Specialties. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 21(2), April 2009 Notes:

138 Corcoran AM, True G, Charles N, Margo KL: Geriatric Palliative Care: Do Medical Student Narrative Reflections After a Hospice Clinical Experience Link to Geriatric Competencies? Gerontology & Geriatrics Education online 00:1-12, June 2013.

ad Margo KL, Brazeau C, Jerpbak C: Letter to the editor. Academic Medicine 83(12): 1121, December 2008.

e1 Margo KL, Gazewood J, Jerpbak C, Usatine R. : How do Clerkship Directors from Core Specialties Compare? Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Fall 2006.

e5 Margo KL: Review:Custom-made foot orthoses for the treatment of foot pain [Comment] ACP Journal Club. American College of Physicians, 149(6), December 2008.

6c Cronholm PF, Margo KL, Bazelon G, Bream K, Bennett IM, Barg FK, 2 b3 : Student Attitudes: Potential Barriers to Implementing a Successful Community Medicine Field Activity. Family Medicine 41(1): 22-27, January 2009.

108 Margo KL, Chumley H. : Journal Watch from ACE (Alliance for Clinical Education): Review of Medical Education Articles in Family Medicine Journals. Teach Learn Med. 18(1): 82-86, Winter 2006.

125 Nicholson JM, Caughey A, Stenson MH, Cronholm P, Kellar L, Bennett I, Margo KM, Straton J: Active management of risk in multiparous pregnancy at term: association between a higher preventive labor induction rate and improved birth outcomes. 47 American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Editor's Choice" 68 200(3): 250.e1-13, March 2009 Notes: Accepted for Publication for March 2009 Issue.

115 Margo KL: Journal Watch From ACE (Alliance for Clinical Education) Annual Review of Medical Education Articles in Family Medicine Journals 2007-2008. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 21(2), Spring 2009.

13b Fincher FE ed, Cox S, DaRosa DA, Lynn DJ, Margo KL, Morgenstern BZ, Pangaro LN, Sierles FA co-ed. : Guidebook for Clerkship Directors. \{Guidebook for Clerkship Directors}. Alliance for Clinical Education Omaha, NE. Third Ed., 2005.

10f Deen D. and Margo K.L. : Nutrition and The primary care clinician (Chapter 1). The Complete Guide to Nutrition in Primary Care. Deen D., Hark L. (eds.). Blackwell Publishing Page: 3-12, 2007.

bb Margo KL, Winn R.: Testosterone treatments: Why, when, and how? American Family Physician 73: 1591-1598, May 2006.

b0 Margo KL. : Spinal manipulative Therapy for Low Back Pain. American Family Physician 71: 464-465, 2005.

106 Margo KL: Chapter 16: Management of Menopausal Symptoms. The ACP Handbook of Women's Health. Fife RS,Schrager SB (eds.). American College of Physicians, March 2009 Notes: Due out in March.

168 Margo KL. : Commentary on “Lumbar fusion did not differ from cognitive therapy plus exercise for reducing disability and pain in chronic low back pain" Evidence-Based Medicine 2004 9:51. Comment on: Borx JI, Sorensen R, Friis A et al. Spine 2003; 28: 1913-1921. Page: 1913-1921, 2003.

108 Sadovsky R, Dhindsa S, Margo KL.: Testosterone deficiency: Which patients should you screen and treat? A dialogue Jan 30, 2007. Supplement to The Journal of Family Practice. January 2007.

c7 Margo KL.: Psychological interventions for non-cardiac chest pain. American Family Physician 72(9): 1701-1702, November 2005.

74 Margo K.L., Masten T.: Back pain. Manual of Family Practice 14 Taylor R.B. 5f (eds.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2nd ed.: 67-70, 2002.

d6 Margo, KL and Larsen, S.: Orthopedic Emergencies. Office Emergencies. Bowman MA, Baxt W (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company Page: 143-154, 2002.

b7 Margo, K.L.: DEET is the most effective mosquito repellent Journal of Family Practice 1: 822, October 2002.

10f Margo, KL: Review: back exercise interventions prevent self-reported episodes of back problems in adults but ergonomic education does not (comment). Evidence-Based Medicine 14(4): 117, August 2009.

10f Margo, Katherine L: ACP Journal Club. Review: Corticosteroids improve short-term outcomes but worsen longer-term outcomes in some types of tendinopathy. Ann Intern Med. 15(154(2)): JC2-4, Feb 2011.

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