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	Institution: STANFORD Univ Med Center  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 2 No. 10, October 1993   Archives  •  Online Features Original Contributions  This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal Diagnostic and Screening Procedures in Family Practice Past, Present, and Future Use William R. Phillips, MD, MPH Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(10):1051-1057. Abstract Objective This report documents the experience, current practices, and plans of family physicians regarding their use of clinical procedures in diagnosis, screening, and prevention. Design A mailed survey of family physicians asked who offered or planned to add a variety of clinical procedures in their practices. Participants Active members of the Washington Academy of Family Physicians. Main Outcome Measures Does the physician include the procedure in his or her current practice or plan to add it in the future? Results Questionnaires were returned by 790 (82%) of 963 physicians, with 750 usable responses. Eighty-four percent of respondents were male and 68% had trained for at least 3 years. The median age of respondents was 40 years. Procedures performed by most respondents included the following: Papanicolaou's smear (97%), electrocardiography (80% performed it and 71% interpreted the results), endometrial biopsy (66%), pulmonary function test (61%), rigid sigmoidoscopy (58%), chest roentgenogram interpretation (54%), flexible sigmoidoscopy (52%), performing chest roentgenography (51%), and endocervical curettage (51%). Procedures most often planned to be added by respondents included flexible sigmoidoscopy (59%), colposcopy (30%), endometrial biopsy (23%), pulmonary function test (18%), smoking cessation groups (16%), exercise tolerance test (14%), and fine-needle aspiration biopsy (14%). Forty-two percent of respondents volunteered to teach these procedures to their colleagues. Conclusions Family practice includes a wide variety of procedures used in diagnosis, screening, and prevention. Family physicians are eager to add procedures to their practices and to teach their colleagues the procedures they know. Author Affiliations From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle. THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES Colposcopy for Family Physicians Harper Arch Fam Med 1994;3:400-401. ABSTRACT   Colposcopy Dilemma in Washington Ferris Arch Fam Med 1994;3:401-402. ABSTRACT   Growth of Diagnostic Skills in Family Practice Rodney Arch Fam Med 1994;3:399-400. ABSTRACT   Procedures in Family Practice: What's Best for Your Patients and for You Dietrich Arch Fam Med 1993;2:1028-1030. ABSTRACT   HOME | CURRENT ISSUE | PAST ISSUES | TOPIC COLLECTIONS | CME | PHYSICIAN JOBS | HELP CONDITIONS OF USE | PRIVACY POLICY | CONTACT US | SITE MAP   © 1993 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.