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Interested in conducting research at the Family Medicine Center?

Thank you for your interest in conducting research in the Department of Family Medicine. As a primary care clinic and teaching institution, we understand that research is vital in generating and furthering our knowledge of health and health practices.听

This pursuit of knowledge must be balanced with considerations for our patients, staff, and the clinic. The Department must follow University, state, and federal rules and laws in conducting research. For these reasons, the Department requires all investigators proposing to undertake studies in The 黑料网 Family Medicine Center to follow the review process outlined below. Some studies may not require review鈥� efforts solely exercised in quality assurance or utilization review do not require review unless findings may be published or presented as 鈥渞esearch.鈥� 听However, a review is needed if your study involves patients, records, staff, or the facilities of Family Medicine.

To help facilitate your study, we encourage you to review the information below regarding resources such as faculty, staff, and space. This will help determine if we are a good fit for your study.

Number of patients (annually)

Numbers of faculty and staff

DFM Programs

Disseminating your study

Getting the word out is critical for the success of your study. At the Family Medicine Center we can advertise your study on digital media boards or with a printout. More details are in the research application below. FMC faculty or staff support for sending MyChart messages to patients for study recruitment is not readily available. Studies that recruit exclusively through MyChart are less likely to be approved.听

Regarding data access

DFM adheres to 黑料网 system policies regarding patient data. FMC faculty or staff support for retrieving patient data or generating patient lists from Epic is not readily available.听We cannot provide direct access to Patient Health Information; even aggregated data on quality metrics (e.g., vaccination rates) is too sensitive to share.听 You will need access to this through the and a request. Data for only the FMC population can be requested from those sites.

Facilities

黑料网 Family Medicine Center has three locations, , , and . We have limited space and suggest that you use faculty/staff as a proxy to provide information and secure space at locations other than our clinics. All this depends, of course, on the nature of the request.

General requirements

1. All studies proposing active recruitment of FMC patients听must听involve a department faculty member as a co-investigator. This individual will help assure the study鈥檚 applicability to Family Medicine and smooth execution within the practice. We have learned through years of experience that studies lacking a Family Medicine co-investigator are rarely successful in meeting recruitment goals. A list of Department research faculty members can be found
2. Generally, full monetary compensation is expected by the Department for the staff and clinician鈥檚 time and other costs required in study participation.听 Studies that are small, unobtrusive, and initiated by students or residents may not require compensation.
3. Before the study may begin, a letter of approval or exemption must be provided from the .
4. Whenever possible, Department physicians should be informed when their patients are approached for inclusion in a study.听 Physicians should be provided with information on the nature of the study and terms of participation.听 Physicians should also be apprised of their patient鈥檚 progress in the study and informed of study-derived information relevant to ongoing care.
5. Studies approved for the FMC may acknowledge to participants and others that it has been reviewed and approved by the 黑料网 Department of Family Medicine. Still, it may听notmake claims of endorsement by the Department.

Review process

Studies proposed for the FMC will be evaluated in terms of their perceived importance, the likelihood of answering their research questions, ethical soundness, compliance with the policies of the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, 黑料网, state and federal laws, and the anticipated impact and costs for the FMC, its patients, and staff.

Reviews typically take two weeks but can take up to 1 month if there is a high application load.听 Appeals of unfavorable decisions may be made to the Director of FMC Studies. Further appeals may be made to the Chair of the Department.

Sampling of publications from research conducted at the Family Medicine Center

Armistead LT, Hughes TD, Larson CK, Busby-Whitehead J, Ferreri SP. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2021 Jan-Feb;61(1):e16-e18. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2020.08.038. Epub 2020 Sep 12. PMID: 32933865.

Niznik JD, Ferreri SP, Armistead LT, Kelley CJ, Schlusser C, Hughes T, Henage CB, Busby-Whitehead J, Roberts E. Drugs Aging. 2022 Sep;39(9):739-748. doi: 10.1007/s40266-022-00967-6. Epub 2022 Jul 28. PMID: 35896779; PMCID: PMC9330848.

Henage CB, Ferreri SP, Schlusser C, Hughes TD, Armistead LT, Kelley CJ, Niznik JD, Busby-Whitehead J, Roberts E. Pharmacy (Basel). 2021 Jun 24;9(3):117. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy9030117. PMID: 34202707; PMCID: PMC8293315.

Niznik JD, Ferreri SP, Armistead LT, Kelley CJ, Schlusser C, Hughes T, Henage CB, Busby-Whitehead J, Roberts E. . Drugs Aging. 2022 Sep;39(9):739-748. doi: 10.1007/s40266-022-00967-6. Epub 2022 Jul 28. PMID: 35896779; PMCID: PMC9330848.

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