BUILDING RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP CAPACITY IN DEPARTMENTS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: A NEW JOINT ADFM-NAPCRG INITIATIVE

Transformative growth in the capacity of family medicine and primary care research and scholarship in the United States and Canada is crucial.1 Far greater capacity is needed to: generate the necessary knowledge; design, evaluate, and disseminate the innovations; and inform the implementation of sustainable systems change that will move us closer to better health, better health care, and affordable cost (The Triple Aim).1 Family medicine research encompasses clinical, health services, prevention, population health, health policy, community-based participatory research, educational innovation and evaluation, synthesis and dissemination of evidence, and the science of implementation. Each of these domains is necessary for the efficient and effective translation of biological discovery and new technology development into ethically sound practice and policy.