Dr. Michael H. Farrell

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Medical College of Wisconsin
Medicine
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
General Medicine, General Pediatrics
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (414) 456-8381
Fax: (414) 456-6689
Pager: (414) 407-0122
mfarrell@mcw.edu

Qualifications

Medical College of Wisconsin, Bioethics and Communication, 2004.
non-degree, Marquette University, Communication, 2004.
University of Michigan, Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program - 'Med-Peds', 1997.
M.D., Saint Louis University, Medicine, 1993.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Psychology, 1989.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Molecular Biology, 1989.

Expertise and Research Interests

- Assessment of communication quality and competence
- Medical decision making (by both patients and physicians)
- Optimizing complex risk communication in a brief encounter
- Genetic screening tests
- Neonatal screening
- Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
- Medical ethics
- Quality improvement (QI)


Other Expertise

- Decision support information technology
- Medical errors
- Medical education
- Beta blockers in chronic heart failure
- Cystic fibrosis (esp. screening methods)
- Immunizations for adults (especially for hospital inpatients)
- Med-Peds and research (what is thefate of med-peds graduates who do research?)
- Adolescent and college medicine

University of Michigan, Health Services Research Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical, 1999

Future Research

Quality of communication for PSA counseling
Quality of communication for genetic testing and after neonatal screening
Psychosocial outcomes after newborn genetic screening
Evaluation of a scholarly activities (research) curriculum for residents

Industrial Relevance

Risk communication (informed consent) for patients and research subjects
Reducing lawsuits by bettering communication
Assessing effectiveness/quality/competency of communicators and informed consent

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Ambulatory Care, Bioethics, Child or Maternal Health, Health Services Delivery, Internal Medicine, Interpersonal Communication, Medical Decision Making, Medical Education, Medical Ethics, Medical Genetics, Pediatrics, Quality of Life Program.

Additional Terms:

Clinical Ethics, Communication, Medical Decision-making, Medical Education, Patient Decision-making, Provider Patient Communication, Quality of Care Assessment.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Basic, Basic, Basic)

Memberships

Ambulatory Pediatric Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy on Communication in Healthcare
American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities
Society of General Internal Medicine

Honors and Awards

2003-2006, Loan Repayment Program, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Pediatric research
1997-1999, Clinical Scholars Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Michigan, Medical Decision-making and Health Services Research

Previous Positions

1999-2001, Clinical Coordinator, Qualidigm - C-PRO
1999-2004, Assistant Professor, Yale University, School of Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, General Medicine, General Pediatrics
1997-1999, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of Michigan, Medical School, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Quality of Communication after Newborn Genetic Screening (1K01HL072530-01), Jul 1, 2003 to Jun 30, 2008.
  • ACP-ASIM Foundation: A Training Program to Improve Informed Decision Making, 2001 to 2002.
  • Yale Bioethics Fellowship (Affiliated): Qualitative Study of Critical Events in Training: The Development of Professionalism and Ethical/Moral Behavior in Residents, 2001 to 2002.
  • Department of Defense: Evaluation of decision support tools, 2000 to 2001.

Publications

  • Farrell MH, Farrell PM, Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis: Ensuring More Good than Harm, Journal of Pediatrics, December 2003
  • Rosenbaum JR, Bradley EH, Holmboe ES, Farrell MH, Krumholz HM, Sources of Conflict in Medical Housestaff Training, American Journal of Medicine, 2003
  • Bobadilla J,Farrell MH, Farrell PM, Screening for cystic fibrosis with CFTR multi-mutation analysis, Advances in Pediatrics, 49, July 2002
  • Farrell MH, Murphy MA, Schneider CE, How underlying patient beliefs can affect physician-patient communication about prostate-specific antigen testing, Effective Clinical Practice, 5(3), 120-9, May 2002
  • Foody JM, Farrell MH, Krumholz HM, beta-Blocker therapy in heart failure: scientific review, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 287(7), 883-9, February 2002 Abstract
  • Farrell MH, Foody JM, Krumholz HM, beta-Blockers in heart failure: clinical applications, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 287(7), 890-7, February 2002 Abstract
  • Farrell M, Certain L, Farrell P, Genetic counseling and risk communication services of newborn screening programs, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 155(2), 120-6, February 2001 Abstract
  • Schneider CE, Farrell MH, Information, Decisions, and the Limits of Informed Consent, Law and Medicine: Current Legal Issues 2000, 3, 107-126, 2000

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Last Updated: 9/30/2006

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