MSA - Mentored Scholarly Activity
Considering Doing Research with Us?
Research in primary care most often incorporates two fundamental strategies:
- improving how our health care is rendered, i.e., health care services research and health policy development
- improving quality of care and outcomes by
studying in the practice setting, through practice-based research networks
Why Do Research with Family Medicine?
- Research through practice-based research networks.
- Gain new insight into the ambulatory care setting.
- Find out what takes place in the setting where most people receive their
care.
- Find out how to improve care at the level of the clinical setting.
- Understand your patients.
- Ask and answer important questions.
- Contribute to evidence-based research and knowledge.
- Learn how to do research in your clinical setting.
- Publish your research.
- Fulfill your MSA requirements.
What Research Opportunities Are There in Family Medicine?
- High Plains Research Network (HPRN) focuses on
providing excellent rural health care
- Colorado Research Network (CaReNet) seeks to
improve health care of disadvantaged populations
- Building Investigative Practices for Better
Health Outcomes (BIGHORN) seeks to enhance the
quality, safety, efficiency, and accessibility of
health care
- These networks emphasize patient safety,
practice redesign, and practice behavior change.
Effectiveness and Outcomes Research
- Colorado Health Outcomes program (COHO)
conducts and evaluates interventions that improve
population health and the overall quality of health.
- Compare costs and effectiveness associated with
pharmaceuticals and devices.
Healthcare Informatics
- Study health information exchange.
- DARTNet - the Distributed Network for Ambulatory
Research in Therapeutics - examines innovative uses
for electronic health records to advance primary
care and for research and surveillance.
Health Policy
- Study public health. For example, help with an annual
assessment of the performance of a state
tobacco control program.
- Community research: work with communities
(such as the Greater Stapleton area) to improve
population health with community leaders and
residents
- Examine health behavior counseling costs and
reimbursement.
Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN)
- Help develop resources unique to the needs of
family physicians.
- Co-author a PEPID answer through a critical
appraisal of literature.
- Work with FPIN authors and editors to keep
medical content up to date.
- Contribute to Palm or Pocket PC tools for
primary care physicians for point-of-care use.
Learn More About DFM Research
Review our list of recent
publications.