FrancescaColecraftDwamenaMD

Internal Medicine • East Lansing, MI

Professor, Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine

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Office
138 Service Rd
Ste A225
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone+1 517-353-4941

Fax+1 517-432-3145

Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1992
Howard University College of MedicineClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 1995 - 2026
GA State Medical License 1992 - 1997
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

352 citations
Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations: A systematic review
Simon Lewin, Zoe Skea, Vikki Entwistle, Merrick Zwarenstein, Judy Dick
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2001-01-01
82 citations
Treating patients with medically unexplained symptoms in primary care.
Robert C. Smith, Catherine Lein, Clare E. Collins, Judith S. Lyles, Barbara A. Given
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2003-06-01
20 citations
Shared Decision Making Guidance Reminders in Practice (SDM-GRIP)
Margaret Holmes-Rovner, Karen Kelly-Blake, Francesca C. Dwamena, Katherine Dontje, Rebecca C. Henry
Patient Education and Counseling. 2011-11-01

Lectures

Communicating Effectively When You Don't Want To
2019 ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Philadelphia - 4/13/2019
Reclaiming Meaning and Reducing Burnout by Making Empathic Connections
2019 ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Philadelphia - 4/13/2019

Other

Patient-centered interviewing
Dwamena FC, Fortin AH, Smith RC
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/patient-centered-interviewing
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-02
The difficult patient encounter
Dwamena FC, Fortin AH, Smith RC
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/the-difficult-patient-encounter
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-02-16
Primary care management of medically unexplained symptoms
Dwamena FC, Smith RC
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/primary-care-management-of-medically-unexplained-symptoms
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-06