Community Health and Family Medicine 2026

Specialty Respect at UF COM

Name
Dr. Danielle Nelson

Email
danielle.nelson@ufl.edu

Phone
(857) 492-2356

Faculty Department/Division
Community Health & Family Medicine

This project is primarily:
CQI

Research Project Description:
There is a growing body of literature on how specialty disrespect impacts medical students’ choice of medical specialty. I would like to expand on work done at University of Michigan, Georgetown and elsewhere to survey students at different levels of medical training on their experience of specialty disrespect and do an intervention which would introduce the concept and have people sign pledges to not participate in disrespecting comments. If interested this could be followed up in your 4th year to see if there has been an improvement. See these websites for more information: https://meded.georgetown.edu/diversityequityandinclusion/studentorganizations/specialty-respect/
https://www.stfm.org/conferences/1093/sessions/16489
https://www.stfm.org/conferences/1093/sessions/16140

Does this project have an international component or travel?
No

Gaps in Perimenopause Care

Name
Dr. Danielle Nelson

Email
danielle.nelson@ufl.edu

Phone
(857) 492-2356

Faculty Department/Division
Community Health & Family Medicine

This project is primarily:
Clinical

Research Project Description:
There is a significant knowledge gap in the care of perimenopausal patients. The student would use IDR or Cosmos data to determine what percentage of women with common perimenopausal complaints are prescribed hormone treatment and differences between primary care specialties such as family medicine, internal medicine and OB/GYN and even regional practice differences. This could help highlight the need for more education in order to expand treatment of these common complaints at the medical school and CME level.

Does this project have an international component or travel?
No