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Initial engagement Interested department contacts BRC for information on a consultation
Experienced BRC consultant performs the initial exploratory consult at no charge in order to understand the context, goals, and needs of the client
Written exploratory report is given to the client for review and edit
Client decides if consultation is still desired and in what form (e.g., virtual vs in-person; multi-day extensive review with follow up vs regular virtual meetings)
Full consultation Identify consultant(s) – not necessarily the same person who performed the initial exploratory engagement; may provide more than one consultant option and allow client to choose
Develop contract with specific goals of consultation, form it will take, timeline, cost, and deliverables
Consultation happens and chosen consultant provides regular update reports to the consultation workgroup and staff
Develop initial report and get feedback from client
Develop final report with specific action options for client to consider implementing
Schedule follow up virtual contact to provide any further assistance to client in implementing an action plan
Evaluation of consultation Consultant shares final report with evaluation group
Evaluation group sends evaluation survey sent to client within 2 to 3 weeks of completion of consultation
Interviews with client about outcomes as needed
Based on the client feedback, an evaluation report is prepared and shared with the consultant as well as the consultation workgroup and staff
Characteristic Number of fellows (n = 26) Gender identity Woman 15 (58%) Man 11 (42%) Location United States 24 (92%) Canada 2 (8%) Educational background MD/DO/MBBS 10 (38%) PhD 14 (54%) Dual degree 2 (8%) Institution type University 22 (85%) Community-affiliated 4 (15%) - Table 3.
List of Building Research Capacity (BRC) Presentations from Inception of BRC through 2023
Year Conference Title 2016 NAPCRG BRC Launch - Building a culture of inquiry in departments and residency programs 2016 NAPCRG Role of leadership and senior management in facilitating or impeding scholarship and research development 2017 ADFM Joy in Research: The Role of the Administrator-Chair Partnership in Inspiring Research 2017 STFM Creating a Culture of Inquiry in Academic Family Medicine 2017 NAPCRG Means to Meaningful Mentorship 2018 ADFM What Does Building Research Capacity Mean to Departments of Family Medicine: A BRC Dialogue 2018 STFM Should Family Medicine Educators be Expected to Do Research: A Point-Counterpoint Debate 2018 STFM I Am Not a Researcher: Why Should I Do Research? How Participation in Research Makes ME a Better Family Medicine Educator 2018 NAPCRG Promoting Research and Scholarship in Family Medicine: Finding the Time and Money to Support It: A Building Research Capacity (BRC) Workshop 2019 ADFM Key Chair Decisions in Building Research and Scholarship Capacity 2019 STFM Quality Improvement Projects as Research: A Building Research Capacity (BRC) How-To Workshop 2019 NAPCRG A BRC Forum: How to Do Feasible and Gratifying Research by Aligning with Clinical, Quality and Operational Priorities 2019 NAPCRG Building Research Capacity: Gathering US and Canada Chair and Research Leader Priorities and Practical Strategies 2020 ADFM The Leader’s Guide to Decision-Making When Building Research and Scholarship Capacity (preconference workshop) 2020 STFM Creating Great Educational Research Projects - A Building Research Capacity (BRC) Session 2020 NAPCRG Strategies to Address Research Challenges and Opportunities in the Midst of a Global Pandemic: A BRC Workshop 2020 NAPCRG Building Research Capacity: From Priorities and Strategies to Department Actions (preconference workshop) 2020 FMEC Building Research Capacity: From Priorities and Strategies to Action 2021 ADFM Research in the Era of Crises: COVID, Health Equity, Population Health, or Making a More Equitable Research Enterprise (preconference workshop) 2022 ADFM Creating a Strategic
Plan for Research in Your Department2022 STFM Fulfilling Your Program’s Scholarship Requirements Through Readily Available Resources and Creative
Strategies2022 NAPCRG Utilizing Research Indicators to Boost Your Department’s Effectiveness 2023 ADFM Building Research Capacity: Change Management, A Tool for Meeting your Department’s Research Goals 2023 STFM Increasing Research Capacity: How Much Is Right for You? 2023 NAPCRG SPARC Presentations: Strategic Plans to Advance Research Capacity by graduates of the Building Research Capacity Fellowship 2023 NAPCRG The Joy of Research: Discovering, Rediscovering, and Growing It 2023 NAPCRG Strategies to Keep Your (Post-Pandemic) Research Moving Forward Abbreviations: PCRG, North American Primary Care Research Group; ADFM, Association of Departments of Family Medicine; FM, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine; EC, Future of Medical Education in Canada.