(PRiMER), was accepted for full participation in PubMed Central (PMC), an archive of
biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the US National Institutes of Health's …

3. Lucan SC, Bazemore AW, Phillips RL, Xierali I, Petterson S, Teevan B. Greater family
medicine presence at NIH could improve research relevance and reach. Robert Graham …

On March 1, 2010, I became the 4th editor in the 31-year history of the journal Family
Medicine. Since then, I have been asked dozens of times to describe what changes are in …

Abstract The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) is an organization made up of
educators devoted to teaching family medicine to learners of all levels. This multidisciplinary …

Nicholas Pimlott MD PhD CCFP FCFP, SCIENTIFIC EDITOR Peter Thomlison PUBLISHER
Canadian Family Physician (CFP), the official publication of the College of Family …

If you have ever wondered how to get started with a quality improvement project or how to
pick the right statistical test for your data, or how to get your first research manuscript …

Peer review is a necessary and important component of scholarly publication. When done
well, it benefits both the reviewer and authors and improves the science itself. However, the …

In family medicine, we talk about clinical pearls—clinically-relevant lessons we learn
through experience or observation. Clinical pearls are small bits of information that are …

BACKGROUND As stated in the Future of Family Medicine report,“participation in the
generation of new knowledge must become integral to the activities of all family physicians …

This letter comes to you hoping to emphasize how important trained peer reviewers are for
the scientific workflow of academic journals. Normally, between 1 and 3 independent …