Research Issues in Family Medicine & Primary Care

This course provides a broad overview of the principles and methods used in family and community medicine/primary care research.

Develop an approach to address family and community medicine/primary care research questions using appropriate research methods;
Understand what the different research paradigms are and how they impact the development of the research question;
Understand the types of research designs used in primary care research;
Understand the threats to validity of different study designs, and become familiar with and apply the methods used to enhance the validity of clinical research;
Produce a complete concise draft of a research protocol;
Apply ethical principles in the development of their research protocol;
Help others in the class to develop these skills and protocols;
Provide feedback that will improve the course and its material.

Assignment 1: Review of a Research Paper	5%
Assignment 2: Matching research questions with appropriate design	15%
Assignment 3: Outline of proposed study	15%
Assignment 4: Research Protocol	40%
Final presentation	15%
Class participation	10%

For more information, please contact:
Email: familymed.grad@utoronto.ca
Tel: (416) 978-1914