| Name: | Kevin A. Pearce |
| Position Type: | Professorship |
| Appointment Start Date: | 10/02/99 |
| Appointment End Date: | |
| Area of Specialty: | Family Medicine |
| Summary Vita: | Professor in Family & Community Medicine, founding director of KY Ambulatory Network(KAN), KY primary care practice based research network. Extensive experience in clinical trials and practice-based research. |
| Highest Degree: | M.D. |
| Professional Affiliations: | Ky Chair for: National Stroke Association's campaign to reduce the burden of stroke. officer - national level Journal Reviewer : Annals of Family Medicine Physician office quality initiative, Healthcare Excel - National level Chair, KAFP Winter Seminar Program District Director - KAFP, District Director of District 10 - KAFP, |
| Primary Research Focus: | Rural Primary Care research network amoung rural family MD's in Kentucky |
| Key Contributions: | 98 community primary care practicitioners and all 8 family practice residencies in KY. Other collaborative are with Univ. of Wisconsin, Indiana, Case Western Research, Univ of Louisville, KY academy of family physiicans and the American Academy of Family Practice |
| Publications: | Information seeking behaviors of practioners in a primary care practice-based research network. What is an intracluster correlation coefficient? Critical concepts of novice practice-based research network researchers? How and Why to Study the Practice Content of a Practice-based research network. Physician roles in improving cardiovascular health: counseling patients and involvement in the community. |