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We envision an international network … engaged in a virtual learning community … asking and answering clinical questions from practice … integrating this content into multiple information systems.
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FPIN currently has 123 family medicine residency programs from 7 founding member departments and 79 organizational member programs. In addition, FPIN is proud to include a librarian community of nearly 100 medical librarians.
We envision an international network of academic programs linked to thousands of practices engaged in a virtual learning community of clinicians, librarians, informaticians, and computer scientists asking and answering clinical questions from practice, writing content and keeping it up to date, and integrating this content into multiple information systems. We imagine all family physicians learning the clinical scholarship involved in translating research into practice, and participating in the generation of new clinical and informatics knowledge through a network of practice-based research networks.
Our community is self-sustaining through our voluntary intellectual and leadership contributions and membership dues. Our administrative, editorial and information technology infrastructure is supported by revenue from commercial publishers for clinical content that we author, peer review and edit. Our research laboratory consists of the practices of our members and provides opportunities for independent and collaborative research.
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