Research interests of family physicians applying for research training

BMC Medical Education

Research

Cory B. Lutgen¹  Christina M. Hester¹  Cheri Tabel¹  Sharon Hunt¹  Elisabeth Callen¹  Natabhona M. Mabachi¹  Angela M. Lanigan¹  Lars E. Peterson²  Amanda Weidner³  Jennifer K. Carroll⁴  Kolawole S. Okuyemi⁵  Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant⁶  Richard Edward Smith⁷  Natalia Loskutova⁸  Gretchen Irwin⁹  Warren A. Jones^1,10 

[1] American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS, USA;American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA;Association of Departments of Family Medicine, Leawood, KS, USA;Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, 12631 East 17th Ave Box F496, 80045, Aurora, CO, USA;Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;Family & Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA;Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA;University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA;University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, KS, USA;University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, USA;The Jones Group of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, USA;

关键词: Research;    Family physicians;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-023-04562-0

 received in 2022-08-10, accepted in 2023-07-31,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThere is an ongoing need for research to support the practice of high quality family medicine. The Family Medicine Discovers Rapid Cycle Scientific Discovery and Innovation (FMD RapSDI) program is designed to build capacity for family medicine scientific discovery and innovation in the United States. Our objective was to describe the applicants and research questions submitted to the RapSDI program in 2019 and 2020.MethodsDescriptive analysis for applicant characteristics and rapid qualitative analysis using principles of grounded theory and content analysis to examine the research questions and associated themes. We examined differences by year of application submission and the applicant’s career stage.ResultsSixty-five family physicians submitted 70 applications to the RapSDI program; 45 in 2019 and 25 in 2020. 41% of applicants were in practice for five years or less (n = 27), 18% (n = 12) were in in practice 6–10 years, and 40% (n = 26) were ≥ 11 years in practice. With significant diversity in questions, the most common themes were studies of new innovations (n = 20, 28%), interventions to reduce cost (n = 20, 28%), improving screening or diagnosis (n = 19, 27%), ways to address mental or behavioral health (n = 18, 26%), and improving care for vulnerable populations (n = 18, 26%).ConclusionApplicants proposed a range of research questions and described why family medicine is optimally suited to address the questions. Applicants had a desire to develop knowledge to help other family physicians, their patients, and their communities. Findings from this study can help inform other family medicine research capacity building initiatives.

【 授权许可】

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