RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pathways to Physician Scientist Careers in Family Medicine
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP S49
OP S52
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230485R1
VO 37
IS Supplement2
A1 Bennett, Ian M.
A1 Mainous, Arch
A1 Harper, Diane
A1 Chang, Tammy
A1 Jimbo, Masahito
A1 Schneider, F. David
A1 Seehusen, Dean A.
A1 Okuyeme, Kola
YR 2024
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/37/Supplement2/S49.abstract
AB Physician-scientists are an essential part of the medical research enterprise, but are underrepresented in the specialty of Family Medicine. The capacity to build an evidence base informed by the needs of a particular specialty is an essential role of researchers in academic departments at schools of medicine. When the number of primary care researchers is limited, research on critical health care issues specific to primary care will also be limited. Well-established pathways for the successful cultivation of physician researchers include the identification and recruitment of aspiring researchers at the college and medical school levels. Major investments in their training are needed to support them over significant periods of time, including through research-oriented residency tracks, focused fellowships, and rigorous mentored career development awards lasting well into the first decade of a postresidency career. Successful models for pieces of this pathway are present in some departments of family medicine but should be enhanced in a systematic manner, and need to be established in a much greater number of departments. Disseminating this model of the physician-scientist pathway across academic departments will be necessary to significantly expand the number of successful family medicine physician-scientists.