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Barbara LaTowsky Sheline

Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine
Duke Box 3886, Durham, NC 27710
2100 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


A typology of longitudinal integrated clerkships.

Journal Article Med Educ · September 2016 CONTEXT: Longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs) represent a model of the structural redesign of clinical education that is growing in the USA, Canada, Australia and South Africa. By contrast with time-limited traditional block rotations, medical student ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Primary Care Leadership Track at the Duke University School of Medicine: creating change agents to improve population health.

Journal Article Acad Med · October 2014 PROBLEM: Physicians need training in community engagement, leadership, and population health to prepare them to work with partners within the community and to adapt medical care to address population health needs. APPROACH: With an overall goal of training ... Full text Link to item Cite

Population health initiatives for primary care at Duke University School of Medicine.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2014 To help shape the future of health care in North Carolina, Duke University School of Medicine has implemented several new initiatives aimed at providing primary care providers with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to improve population health ... Full text Link to item Cite

Course on care of patients with chronic illness: patient-centered medical home model.

Journal Article Educ Health (Abingdon) · 2014 BACKGROUND: In the United States, the Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an emerging concept in primary care that is guiding clinical reorganization to meet the needs of patients with chronic illness. We developed a one-semester curriculum to teach th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Teaching population health: a competency map approach to education.

Journal Article Acad Med · May 2013 A 2012 Institute of Medicine report is the latest in the growing number of calls to incorporate a population health approach in health professionals' training. Over the last decade, Duke University, particularly its Department of Community and Family Medic ... Full text Link to item Cite

The primary care program at Duke.

Journal Article Acad Med · May 1995 Full text Link to item Cite