Family and Community Medicine - Research in Family Medicine

Catalog description

This elective is designed to provide learners with the opportunity to conduct a scholarly activity pertinent to family medicine, and to better understand the process of family medicine research, quality improvement/patient safety, and dissemination of scholarly work. The learner, in consultation with a department clinical faculty member and faculty researcher, will design and conduct a research or quality improvement project, write a review article for publication, create an oral or poster presentation for dissemination, and/or perform another scholarly activity of interest. Because of the length of this elective, the learner should plan on conducting background work prior to the start of the elective and finishing the work after the time designated for the elective concludes. The learner may also be assigned readings pertinent to the conduct of scholarly activity in family medicine prior to the start of the elective. At the conclusion of the elective, the learner will give a brief presentation to the faculty over their experience. Student performance will be evaluated based on the type of project selected. Prerequisite: Department Approval.