Raquel S. Watkins, M.D., M.S.

Scientific Publications

   
Invited Workshops
  National
  Workshop Faculty. Evidence-Based Medicine for the Practicing Clinician, (pre course) National Association of Inpatient Physicians. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Sept. 21, 2000.
  Workshop Faculty. Weaving Evidence-Based Medicine into Your Clinical Teaching. Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. 18th Annual Chief Residents' Workshop. Atlanta , Georgia. March 2001
        Workshop Faculty. Bedside Teaching: Going Beyond the Barriers. Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. Atlanta, Georgia. March 2001.
  • Evaluation Report: 57 Participants/Mean 4.14 on 5 point scale with 9% rating fair, 11% as good, 40% excellent, 40% outstanding. Comments: "Workshop on bedside teaching was effectively run. Very Attractive, Good use of role play/demonstration for audience participation. Good facilitating of exchange of ideas from participants and no grandstanding -i.e. "Our way is the best way". Very impressive.
  Workshop Faculty. Weaving Evidence-Based Medicine into Your Clinical Teaching. Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. 19th Annual Chief Residents Workshop. Philadelphia April 2002.
Workshop Faculty. Evidence-Based Medicine for the Practicing Clinician, Society of General Internal Medicine 25th annual meeting Atlanta, Georgia. May 2002.
Workshop Faculty. Using Personal Digital Assistants to Improve Medical Care. Society of General Internal Medicine 26th annual meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia. April 2003.
Workshop Faculty. Beyond Journal Club: Weaving Evidence-Based Medicine into Your Clinical Teaching. Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. 20th Annual Chief Residents Workshop. San-Diego, Ca. March 2003.
Local
The Interactive Shoulder and Knee workshop. General Internal Medicine Faculty Development seminar. November 2001.
The Interactive Shoulder and Knee workshop. Internal Medicine Residents Primary Care Seminar. December 2001.
The Interactive Shoulder Workshop. Third Year Medicine Clerkship Rotation. Jan. 2002
Workshop Faculty. Teaching, Leading, Practicing EBM: A Workshop for Educators and Practitioners of Evidence-based Medicine. Duke University School of Medicine. April 2003.
Diagnosing Peanut allergy using skin prick and RAST. Practice Based Learning and Improvement. July 2005
An unusual presentation of pediatric sarcoid? Practice Based Learning and Improvement. November, 2005
Sublingual Immunotherapy: Risks and Benefits. October, 2005
Long term benefits of grass pollen immunotherapy. December, 2005
Clinical uses of Monoclonal antibodies. January, 2006
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: Review. January, 2006
Insulin Allergy- diagnosis and treatment: Review. January, 2006
T regulatory Cells: Review. Jan, 2006
An unusual presentation of cystic fibrosis. Feb. 2006
Hereditary Angioedema: Strategies for diagnosis and treatment. Feb. 2006
Systemic Mastocytosis. April 2006
Severe asthma. May 2006
Immunotherapy Scripts: Getting Started. July 2006
Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome: Current Reviews August 2006
Environmental Control. August 2006
Toll Like Receptors. Current Reviews. August 2006
Hymenoptera Immunotherapy - Standard, Rush or Ultrarush? Sept. 2006
Mast Cell Signaling. Oct. 2006
Hemophagocytosis lymphohistiocytosis: Diagnosis, treatment and management. Dec. 2006
Natural history of asthma in children. Dec. 2006
Autoantibody mediated diseases. Jan. 2007
Immunodeficiency conference- reviewing isohemagglutinins and vaccine titers. Jan. 2007
Inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune diseases Jan. 2007
Bronchodilators Feb 2007
Pollen identification March 2007
Exercise induced asthma March 2007
T-cell medicated immunity April 2008
Gut Immunology April 2008
 
Invited Lectures
Pap Smears: Revisiting sampling technique and the abnormal Pap smear. Internal Medicine Faculty development seminar. Sept. 2001.
The Adult Health Exam: Screening and Immunizations. Internal Medicine Residents Ambulatory Skills Seminar. February 2002.
Perioperative Medical Management. Wake Forest University Board Review Course. June 2002
National Public Radio. Voices and Viewpoints. Denise Franklin. Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions. July 9, 2004.
Wake Forest University- Pediatric Grand Rounds – What Residents don’t know about Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions. Oct. 2004
CNN’s Lou Dobbs: Navigating information and marketing: How should Physicians deal with Pharmaceutical Representatives and their marketing tactics? Jan. 14, 2005.
Medicine as a Profession: Wake Forest University 2nd year curriculum: Ethics and Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions. Dec. 2003,2004,2005
Phase V Curriculum: Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Candid Discussions on Physicians and Industry Relationships. May 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
WXII-12. Spring allergies segment. April 2008 Video Link
 
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Watkins RS, Case D, Bonds D. Quality of Pap Smears by Internists: Exploring the Influence of Gender, Status, and Practice site. J Gen Intern Med. 2001; Vol. 16: Supplement 1: April 2001
Watkins RS, Sinclair C, Kimberly J, Zorn M, Wilson MC. What do Residents need to know about "Free Lunches"? J Gen Intern Med. 2002; Vol 17: Supplement1: April 2002.
Bonds D, Mychaleckyj J, Watkins RS. Women's Health Ambulatory Skills: Do Internists Feel Prepared? Med. Educ. Online 2002; 7:7. Link
Kimberly JR, Watkins RS. Your blood's no good here: A less common cause for rejecting a potential blood donor. J Gen Intern Med. 2003; Vol. 18: supplement 1: April 2003.
Watkins RS, Moran W. Competency Based Learning: The Impact of Targeted Resident Education and Feedback on Pap smear Adequacy Rates. J Gen Intern Med. 2004 May;19(5 Pt 2):545-8.
Watkins RS. GIM PDA Media Review: 5 minute clinical consults. J Gen Intern Med. 2004; Vol. 19 (3):291-2.
Watkins RS, Kimberly JR. What Residents Don’t Know about Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions. Acad Med. 2004 May;79(5):432-7.
Wofford J, Mansfield R, Watkins RS. Patient characteristics and clinical management of patients with shoulder pain in U.S. primary care settings: Secondary data analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2005, 6:4
Watkins RS, Peters SP. COPD and Asthma: Similarities and Differences. WAO online synopsis. In press.
 
Abstracts / Poster Presentations
Wilson MC, Watkins RS, Richardson WS. How well prepared are our Chief Residents to Practice and Teach Evidence Based Medicine. 24th Annual Meeting of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. Philadelphia, PA. April 11, 2000 ('Top 5 abstract competition award)
Watkins RS, Clyburn B, Hunt D, Schlessinger S, Wilson MC. Attitudes and Appetites of New Interns for Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions. 27th Annual Meeting of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. San Diego, CA. April 1, 2003 (Top 4 abstract competition award)
Watkins RS, Wilson MD, Richardson S. Chief Residents’ Skills with Evidence-based medicine: Still Hazy after all these years. 27th SGIM Annual Meeting. Chicago 2004.
CH Griffith, JF Wilson, SA Haist, University of Kentucky; C Hoesley, S Cohen (UAB), R Wong (Loma Linda), H Harrell (Florida), B Bognar (South Florida), TA Albritton (Georgia), R Kovach (Southern Illinois), P Hemmer (USUHS), G Ferenchick, O Pryor (Michigan State), B Houghton (Creighton), E Friedman (Mt. Sinai), T Loftus (SUNY-Syracuse), D Lambert (Rochester), R Watkins (Wake Forest), T Painter (Pittsburgh), M Fagan (Brown), M Udden (Baylor). What Structural Aspects of an Internal Medicine Clerkship are associated with enhanced student examination performance? Research In Medical Education Conference. November 2004.
Watkins RS, MacDowell AL. Cystic Fibrosis Masquerading as Immunodeficiency. Abstract Poster Presentation. Nov. 2006 American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
Watkins RS. 14 year old with ill-defined immunodeficiency. Clinical Immunology Society Immunodeficiency Workshop Oral Abstract Presentation. November 2006, Miami Florida
Watkins RS, MacDowell AL, Fontana-Penn M, De Ravin S, Malech H. 14 Year old with ill-defined immunodeficiency. Abstract Accepted. April 2007 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting.
Watkins RS, Hogan P, Goff D. Cholesterol Guideline Adherence in Internal Medicine Residents. Abstract and Thesis preparation selected for Oral Presentation -November 2006. 14th Annual National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Cardiovascular Diversity Research Supplement Awardee Session.
Watkins RS, Moore W, Peters SP, Myers D, Bleecker E. Racial Differences in Asthma Related Quality of Life in the Severe Asthma Research Program. Abstract presented at ATS 2008 international meeting-Toronto Canada.
 
Grants
Watkins, RS. Center for Healthcare Research and Quality Grant. Project: The Effect of a Targeted Resident Physician Education Program on Pap Smear Adequacy Rates. 2002-2003
Watkins, RS. Wake Forest University Foundation Fund for Leadership and Ethics. Curriculum Project: Implementing and evaluating a curriculum to teach internal medicine residents about the ethics and effects of physician-pharmaceutical industry interactions. 2002-2004
Watkins RS. NHLBI Postdoctoral Supplement to R01. Mentored Project- Mentor David Goff, MD, PhD : Personal Digital Assistant Devices in Guideline Adherence in Resident Physicians. 2003-2007