Benefits of a preceptor focus group: a model of interaction among academic and community faculty.

(Fam Med 2003;35(2):84-5.) Editor’s Note: In this month’s column, Jeff Suzewits, DO, MPH; Julie Robbs, MA; and Amber Barnhart, MD, of the Department of Family Medicine at Southern Illinois University discuss a model for interaction among university faculty and community physician preceptors. I welcome your comments about this feature, which is also published on the STFM Web site at www.stfm.org. I also encourage all predoctoral directors to make copies of this feature and distribute it to their preceptors (with the appropriate Family Medicine citation). Send your submissions to [email protected]. William Huang, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, 5510 Greenbriar, Houston, TX 77005-2638. 713-798-6271. Fax: 713-7988472. Submissions should be no longer than 3–4 double-spaced pages. References can be used but are not required. Count each table or figure as one page of text.