Building a Culture of Curiosity in Family Medicine to Increase Research Capacity

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Summary of the top-down and grass-root approaches of building a culture of curiosity.
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Ensemble of related components to sustain a culture of curiosity.

Table 1.

Culture of Evaluation Rules¹⁰

Old Rules	New Rules
Evaluation is reactive: If facts arise, then evaluate.	Evaluation is proactive: Actively search for the small facts to accomplish a large goal.
Designs evaluation questions and measures later.	Determine what questions are significant? What are the tools needed to answer the questions?
Setting up the survey questions by myself without having adequate experience and expertise.	Ask for help from experts. Involve information technology to set up the surveys.
I conduct research by myself.	Embrace or encourage teamwork
I analyze the data by myself.	Ask for assistance, such as a biostatistician, to analyze the results of significance. Also, seek qualitative methods expertise.
Research faculty and general faculty work separately.	Research and general faculty work under a common platform, which is shared across the department.
The department has a minimum threshold that needs to be fulfilled as a faculty or resident.	Reputable achievements will be formally evaluated for career advancement, including successful residency.