Ronald Schneeweiss, MBChB Professor, Family Medicine Family Medicine Residency Medical Student Education Section e-mail

Teaching Interests & Roles

Dr. Schneeweiss is involved in teaching the broad spectrum of clinical family medicine
with a particular interest in hypnosis and complementary and alternative therapies. He is
dedicated to ensuring that University of Washington medical students have a better
appreciation for the mind-body connection in illness and healing; a broader
understanding of alternative healing approaches; and insights on how to practice
Integrative Medicine in their future careers as physicians.

Research Interests & Roles

His main research interest is in educational interventions to achieve the teaching goals
noted above. In particular he is collaborating on pilot research about the outcomes of
mind-body training for stress reduction and the effectiveness of hypnosis in clinical
practice.

Current Projects

He is the PI of a NCCAM funded R25 educational grant that will end in June 2007.

He is the PI of the UW subcontract on an NCCAM R25 education grant awarded to
Bastyr University (funding pending).

Testing the feasibility of using the N-of-1 methodology for investigating dietary
supplements in collaboration with the Bastyr Center for Natural Health.

Selected Publications

Schneeweiss R, Rosenblatt RA, Cherkin DC, Kirkwood CR, Hart LG: Diagnosis
clusters: A new tool for analyzing the content of ambulatory medical care. Medical
Care, 21:105, 1983.

Rosenblatt RA, Cherkin DC, Schneeweiss R, Hart LG: The content of ambulatory
medical care in the United States: An interspecialty comparison. NEJM 309:892_897,
1983.

Schneeweiss R, Cherkin DC, Hart LG, et al: Diagnosis clusters - adapted for the
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-90-CM) and the International
Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care (ICHPPC-2). Journal of Family
Practice 22:69-72, 1986.

Schneeweiss R, Hart LG: The diagnostic content of ambulatory primary care:
Implications for reimbursement. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 11:13-22,
1988.

Schneeweiss R, Ellsbury K, Hart LG, Geyman JP: The economic impact and
multiplier effect of a family practice clinic on an academic medical center. JAMA
262:370-375, 1989.

Riley K, Myers W, Schneeweiss R: Recruiting physicians for rural practice:
Suggestions for success. West J Med 155:500-504, 1991.

Schneeweiss R, Ramsey PG, Jonsen A. Reflections on the scholarship of teaching.
Academic Medicine, 72-6: 481-482, June, 1997.

Thompson MJ, Skillman SM, Schneeweiss R, Hart, LG, Johnson K. The University of
Washington Pacific Island Continuing Clinical Education (PICCEP) Project: Guam
conference on the structure and content of CCE programs in the U.S.-associated
jurisdictions. Pac Health Dialog 2002; 9:119-122.

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