Job Description

Dr. Harrison is Course Director for Doctoring 3, a yearlong program that provides didactics as well as a Longitudinal Clerkship for third-year medical students. She is also the Family Medicine Clerkship Director for the Tallahassee Regional Campus, supervising both the third-year Family Medicine Clerkship and the fourth-year Advanced Family Medicine Clerkship. She serves as a small-group facilitator for Doctoring 1, 2 and 3, and also provides occasional lectures for Doctoring 1 and 3, Medicine & Behavior, and the Honors Medical Seminar. She also teaches in the Clinical Learning Center for both Doctoring 1 and Doctoring 2. Dr. Harrison provides patient care and precepts medical students at Jefferson County Health Department, Neighborhood Health Services and Refuge House. Dr. Harrison has developed a free clinic at Refuge House in Tallahassee. She is the faculty advisor for the FSU chapter of American Medical Women's Association (AMWA).

Biosketch

Prior to joining the FSU College of Medicine in April 2005, Dr. Harrison was a faculty member at the Tallahassee Memorial Family Practice Residency Program. She graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle and completed her Family Medicine Residency at Valley Medical Center, an affiliate of the University of Washington Family Medicine Residency Network. Following her training, Dr. Harrison spent 10 years in Walla Walla, Wash., practicing the full spectrum of family medicine, including obstetrics. During that time she served as Department Chair of Pediatrics and Obstetrics at St. Mary Medical Center. Dr. Harrison was involved in clinical teaching while in private practice through the University of Washington MEDEX program and Whitworth College.

Education

Predoctoral Director's Development Institute, 2008 Faculty Development Fellowship: Addressing the Healthcare Needs of the Underserved, 2006 Family Medicine Residency of Valley Medical Center, 1990-1993 M.D., University of Washington, 1990 B.S., Zoology, University of Idaho, 1983

Service

Refuge House, Medical Director and Volunteer Physician Capital Medical Society, Access to Care Committee and CME Committee Florida Academy of Family Physicians, Education Committee Panhandle Fetal & Infant Mortality Review, Case Review Team

Honors/Awards

Guardian of the Mission Award, FSU Faculty Council, 2009 Faculty Member of the Year, FSU Medical Student Council, 2008 AMWA awarded FSU College of Medicine Organization of the Year, 2008 AMWA awarded FSU Graduate Organization of the Year, 2008 Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians, 2005 Medical Scientist Research Training Program, 1987

Memberships

American Academy of Family Physicians Florida Academy of Family Physicians American Medical Women's Association Florida Medical Association Capital Medical Society Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Academy on Violence and Abuse

Research Focus

Domestic Violence Breastfeeding Women's Health

Publications

Dysmenorrhea. Family Medicine: Ambulatory Care & Prevention, 2009. Using a Longitudinal Curriculum to Address Continuity, Chronic Care and Collaboration for M3s. January 2008 Effects of Soy Protein-Based Formula in Full-Term Infants. AFP, January 2008 What Do I Do With All This Log Data? STFM Messenger, February 2007 Geographic Disparities in Breastfeeding: Rural vs. Urban. January 2007 When Trouble Hits Home. FSU MED, Summer 2006 A Partnership for Safety: Learning About Intimate Partner Violence & Improving Access to Care. June 2006