Why Research in Family Medicine? A Superfluous Question

Why Research in Family Medicine ?

The ultimate answer to the question, “Why research in family medicine?” is to provide better care for our patients. Through research we want to improve quality of primary care by improving our understanding and practice of it. This research will inevitably be specifi c for family medicine as family medicine is a specifi c discipline. In this article we fi rst explore what makes family medicine ...

Subspecialties in family medicine: a question of values.

1231 Subspecialties in family medicine: a question of values Dr Shadd’s argument in favour of palliative care as a subspecialty1 hinges on a tautology: that any area of medicine is either a specialty or subspecialty or not. His argument can be reduced to the following statements: • Family medicine is a specialty (as declared by the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 2007). • All specialt...

Celebrating family medicine research.

In this issue of Canadian Family Physician (CFP) we celebrate the growth and diversity of family medicine research in Canada. In the past 2 decades, Canada’s family medicine research enterprise has grown remarkably. Many academic family medicine departments across the country have developed strong core groups of funded family-physician and allied-health researchers with stable infrastructure an...

Research in family medicine in developing countries.

The output of family medicine research in developing countries varies vastly from country to country and also within countries. Most research originates from academic departments of family medicine or from collaborative initiatives with researchers in developed countries. There is generally a paucity of researchers, resources, and expertise. Many factors affecting the research output in primary...

In-Depth Interviewing in Family Medicine Research