Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Webinar Features 3 Journal of American Board of Family Medicine Practice-based Research (PBR) Articles

In March 2015 the Practice-based Research Network (PBRN) Resource Center of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality hosted a special webinar featuring 3 articles from the 2014 Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) special practice-based research issue. Moderated by Rebecca Roper, MS, MPH, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality PBRN Initiative, the webinar featured Drs. Larry A. Green, MD, from the University of Colorado, Denver; James J. Werner, PhD, from Case Western Reserve University; and Rebecca S. Etz, PhD, from the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, who presented research based on their JABFM publications.^1⇓–3 The discussion focused on ways in which PBRNs may improve their infrastructure, aptitude, workforce, and reputation through a variety of learning opportunities both within individual PBRNs and across PBRN consortia.

The recorded webinar can be accessed at http://pbrn.ahrq.gov/events/contextual-relevancy-and-research-collaborations-pbrns-foster-partnerships-pragmatic-prompt.

In addition, links to each of the JABFM articles discussed in the webinar can be accessed from the JABFM website:

1. Etz RS, Hahn KA, Gonzalez MM, Crabtree BF, Stange KC. Practice-based innovations: more relevant and transportable than NIH-funded studies.¹ Available from: http://jabfm.org/content/27/6/738.full.

2. Green LA. Who will establish a proper data model for family medicine and primary care?² Available from: http://jabfm.org/content/27/6/736.full.

3. Werner JJ, Stange KC. Praxis-based research networks: an emerging paradigm for research that is rigorous, relevant, and inclusive.³ Available from: http://jabfm.org/content/27/6/730.full.