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Publication of Research Presented at STFM and NAPCRG Conferences
Robert E. Post , and colleagues
Background Presentations of original research are a key strategy in disseminating new knowledge in academic medicine. To help the knowledge base move forward, it is important that presentations of original research be published in peer-reviewed journals. This study evaluates the proportion of presentations at recent primary care research conferences that have become publications.
What This Study Found More than one-third of all original research presentations from the meetings of the North American Primary Care Research Group and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine eventually become publications, according to an analysis of 1,329 oral and poster presentations from the 2007 and 2008 annual conferences. A mean time of about 15 months from presentation to publication for family medicine is comparable to that of other fields. Less than two out of every five publications were in a family medicine journal, indicating breadth in family medicine research.
Implications
- That two-thirds of research presentations at major academic family medicine meetings appear not to transition to peer-reviewed publications, the authors assert, suggests room for improvement in developing and disseminating scholarship.
- Barriers to the discipline's promotion of research development include lack of faculty protected time, lack of mentorship, and lack of specific funding for family medicine research.