AAFP's National Research Network and the Robert Graham Center in Washington were involved in more than 15 research presentations at the recent annual meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group, says Robert Phillips, M.D., director of the Graham Center.
AAFP-Generated Research Highlighted at NAPCRG Meeting
By Jane Stoever
11/17/2005
"This high level of involvement is a real tribute to the investments made by the Academy in research in the past 10 years," says Phillips. "The Academy has become a major contributor to scholarly work in primary care and health care in general."
A surge in family medicine research led to the largest numbers of abstracts and papers ever submitted for NAPCRG's recent annual meeting, says Wilson Pace, M.D., director of the NRN.
"About 95 percent of the NAPCRG presenters (each year) are from family medicine," says Pace. "It was heartening to see the research efforts of the AAFP recognized this year with both a distinguished paper and an extended paper. The meeting also allowed co-investigators working with the NRN from the United States and Canada a chance to meet and work on ongoing projects."
To give a sense of the breadth of topics the NRN and the Graham Center are tackling, here's information about some of their presentations at the NAPCRG meeting.
A surge in family medicine research led to the largest numbers of abstracts and papers ever submitted for NAPCRG's recent annual meeting, says Wilson Pace, M.D., director of the NRN.
"About 95 percent of the NAPCRG presenters (each year) are from family medicine," says Pace. "It was heartening to see the research efforts of the AAFP recognized this year with both a distinguished paper and an extended paper. The meeting also allowed co-investigators working with the NRN from the United States and Canada a chance to meet and work on ongoing projects."
To give a sense of the breadth of topics the NRN and the Graham Center are tackling, here's information about some of their presentations at the NAPCRG meeting.
- "Learning From Different Lenses: Reports of Medical Errors in Primary Care by Clinicians, Staff and Patients," a study by the Graham Center and the NRN, received the honor of being named a distinguished paper presentation. Other safety-related papers by the two groups were "Errors in the Testing Process in Primary Care" and "Mitigation of Harm and Recovery From Testing Process Errors."
- "Management of Type-2 Diabetes in the Primary Care Setting: A Practice-Based Research Network Study" was an NRN extended paper presentation.
- "Can We Do Office Spirometry and Do the Results Impact the Care of Asthma and COPD?" was an office/practice management presentation from a study by the NRN.
- "The Testing Process in Family Medicine: Problems, Solutions and Barriers as Seen by Physicians and Their Staffs" was a report on an NRN focus group study.
- Among presentations on health disparities was the Graham Center's paper "Constructing Health Care Deprivation Indexes to Explain Access Barriers."
- An NRN staff member helped present "Effective Communication Techniques Within Practice-Based Research Networks: A Collaborative Workshop.
Under the heading of "patient education" was the poster session "Patient Advocacy and Health Communication in Primary Care: A Clinical Trial Within the AAFP National Research Network."
Graham Center staff members also helped present these poster presentations, of which they were co-authors:
Graham Center staff members also helped present these poster presentations, of which they were co-authors:
- "Before You Advocate, Do Your Sensitivity Analysis: The Evidence for Reforming the Medicare Physician Fee System";
- "Mapping the Health Care Safety Net: The Contribution of the Largest Community Health Center in the District of Columbia";
- "The Relationship Between Breast Symptoms & Breast Cancer in Dutch Family Practice"; and
- "A Study of Malpractice Costs and Financial Solvency Relative to State Tort Reform Environments."
The NAPCRG meeting was Oct. 16 - 18 in Quebec City.
