Getting started in primary care research: choosing among six practical research approaches

Family Medicine and Community Health
Michael D Fetters

Abstract

While many primary care practitioners want to conduct research, many also struggle with getting started. This article's purpose is to assist emerging researchers in identifying a topic of interest, to try the 'fit' of feasible research approaches and commit to a research approach. The article addresses six objectives: (1) identify how important primary care research comes from clinical stories; (2) recognise how clinical stories become the source of research topics; (3) discern how the research process resembles the care of patients; (4) distinguish the essential features of six research approaches feasible for primary care researchers; (5) evaluate the fit of the six research approaches featured in this special issue; and (6) develop a list of steps that need to be taken to implement primary care research projects. Using 'HPV (human papilloma) vaccination' as a hypothetical topic, the article illustrates how an emerging researcher can complete the worksheets. Using the HPV topic, a worksheet illustration shows how to complete the worksheets, and examples from the literature illustrate how actual studies have used six feasible research approaches for primary care: (1) survey research, (2) semistructured qualitative interviews, ...Continue Reading

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Mar 11, 2020·Family Medicine and Community Health·Michael D Fetters, Timothy C Guetterman
Mar 10, 2020·Family Medicine and Community Health·Michael D Fetters, Timothy C Guetterman

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