Family Medicine Research at the Forefront
Advancement, opportunity, and collaboration describe the research and scholarship efforts in the Ohio State University Department of Family Medicine. Our faculty members are engaged in a broad range of multidisciplinary efforts to bolster advances in the practice, the teaching, and the research of family medicine. Our successes are demonstrated by professional presentations, publications, and grant support.
Consider that:
- Recent successes of our faculty are linked to efforts to establish and maintain the Ohio State Primary Care Research Institute. This collaborative effort includes not only family medicine faculty researchers but as well faculty researchers from the divisions of general internal medicine and ambulatory pediatrics plus from numerous other departments and colleges throughout the university. Community-based professionals also contribute to this multi-pronged approach to advance the quantity and quality of primary care research.
- Our faculty's involvement in clinical research through the Ohio State Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (OSU-PCPBRN) promises to advance knowledge about many aspects of primary care, for example, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, seasonal affective disorder, diabetes, etc. The OSU-PCPBRN includes the Department of Family Medicine practices, General Internal Medicine clinics, Children's Hospital Close-to-Home health centers, and the Columbus Neighborhood Health Centers.
- Investigator-initiated research drives the Department toward its goal of being a nationally and internationally recognized leader in research and scholarship.
- Industry-sponsored research is an important foundational element of the Department's research efforts, especially from a clinical perspective.
- Educational initiatives and research continue to produce state-of-the-art curriculum, teaching strategies, and learning techniques that advance medical education at many levels: medical student education, residency training, and continuing medical education.
