Member Newsletter
NAPCRG News is an electronic member newsletter published several times throughout year.
January 2024 Newsletter
President's Message
Time to get involved!
Have you been attending NAPCRG for years and do you consider NAPCRG your professional home?
OR
Did you recently discover NAPCRG and become immediately captivated by its culture of curiosity and supportive research community?
In any case, NAPCRG needs you.
The call for committee member and board of director positions is now open until March 4, 2024.
How does this work and can I really help to shape NAPCRG’s future?
If you are a NAPCRG member, you can self-nominate and send us a copy of your CV. The directions are on the website. If you are applying to a Committee Chair/Board position, you also need to send two letters of recommendation, so start now and leave yourself some time to gather these.
Our leadership comes from our membership and represents our members. Here is how that worked for me. I had attended NAPCRG for several years, loved it, and was interested in being on a committee. I applied and was accepted. I showed up to committee meetings, both during the year and at the Annual Meeting. I did things as a member of the committee. When the Committee Chair finished her term, I applied to be the Committee Chair. As Chair of the committee, I was a member of the Board of Directors. Again, I showed up. I did things. (Leadership is many things, but an important first step is showing up and doing things.) I finished two terms as Committee Chair and a member of the Board of Directors. I enjoyed my time as Committee Chair and I had done some good things for the organization. Someone asked me to apply to be Treasurer. I did, and all of a sudden I am in charge of the finances and then there is a pandemic and I am trying to balance the books during Covid! Having done that, it was suggested that I should aspire to lead NAPCRG, so I applied again, and here I am…
If you love NAPCRG, consider contributing some time to your favorite organization. What can you do to sustain, grow, and improve NAPCRG? We won’t know until you try. And I know that we have members who can take us to places that I can’t even yet imagine.
In serving NAPCRG, you will be richly rewarded not only with entries on your CV, but with deeper international connections with interesting people. And you will be transformed by working with amazing people toward a common goal.
Ready to give it a try? Start here!
I think you will be glad you did.
Dr. Richelle Koopman, MD, MS, NAPCRG President
Board and Committee Call for Nominations for 2024-2025 Now Open
As we enter a new year, we invite you to share your time and talents with NAPCRG in a leadership role, to help us advance the work of our organization we share. The Call for Nominations to serve on the Board of Directors and Committees for the next term is now open until March 4, 2024. You can nominate yourself or nominate a colleague, and please remember that a current membership is required to serve.
Open Board of Directors positions for 2024-2025
(Term lasts two years unless indicated otherwise)
While time commitments vary, Board members can expect to attend two meetings annually, plus email and conference call communications. Please note that submissions for Board positions require that you submit a completed nomination form, a curriculum vitae, conflict of interest form and two signed letters of recommendation. You must also be a current member of NAPCRG.
- Vice President/President/Immediate Past President (Board Chair) – three-year term: one year as Vice President, one year as President, and one year as Immediate Past President/Board Chair
- Chair & Vice Chair, Trainee Committee (one-year term for each position in a succession from one position to the next.)
- Patient Representative, CA (the patient representative is nominated by the PaCE committee.)
Learn more about NAPCRG's Board
Open Committee positions for 2024-2025
(Term lasts two years unless indicated otherwise)
Committees meet at minimum twice annually and more as needed. Meetings may be held virtually or in person at the NAPCRG Annual Meeting. Committee nominations require that you submit a completed nomination form, a curriculum vitae and a conflict of interest form. You must also be a current member of NAPCRG.
- Awards Committee
- Governance Committee
- International Committee
- PaCE Committee
- Program Committee – Annual Meeting
- Research Advocacy Committee
- Trainee Committee
Learn more about NAPCRG's committees
More information on the nomination process, job descriptions and the nomination form can be found on the NAPCRG website.
The deadline to submit a nomination is March 4, 2024. Complete your nomination today, and should you have questions, please contact us at napcrgoffice@napcrg.org.
Meetings and Events
PBRN 2024 Celebrates Past, Present and Future of PBRNs
NAPCRG’s Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Conference is an annual event welcoming PBRN researchers from the United States, Canada and many other nations to come together to share strategies, methods and results. This year’s conference will be in Reston, Virginia (US) June 17-18, with the theme of “PBRNs - Past, Present and Future.” Deadline extended: The Call for Papers ends Feb. 5, 2024.
Submit your proposal to present at PBRN 2024, and check out these submission tips.
NEW IN 2024
This year we’re looking specifically for oral presentations with a focus on patient-engaged research within PBRNs. When submitting your abstract, please identify it as patient-engaged research to be considered for an opportunity to present to the entire conference in a special session.
The conference agenda includes two full days of programming around PBRN innovations and research projects on diverse topics of interest to community clinicians, practice facilitators/study coordinators and network leadership in the primary care research field, in addition to mentoring and networking opportunities. Topics will be across several research categories, including behavioral health, chronic care management, PBRN infrastructure, prevention, technology, training, COVID-19 and more.
2023 Annual Meeting Abstracts Published on Annals
The Annals of Family Medicine has published the abstracts of completed research (presentations and posters) from NAPCRG’s 51st Annual Meeting, and you can view those abstracts here.
If you have any questions, please email conference@napcrg.org.
Opportunities to Engage:
Research, Scholarship, Leadership
CASFM Medical Education Session with Dr. Rosario Rodriguez
NAPCRG's Subcommittee for Medical Education for CASFM (Committee on Advancing the Science of Family Medicine) invites you to join us for an online discussion with Dr. Charo Rodriguez, MD, PhD, a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. This free one-hour event will take place Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Noon EST. Look for more details in your inbox soon!
The mission of CASFM is to promote and actively contribute scholarship that advances the science of family medicine for the betterment of patients and their communities. It assures that the development, translation and implementation of new knowledge rapidly becomes part of the fabric of family medicine through internally led writing initiatives such as white papers and manuscripts.
Seeking patients and caregivers to guide research in primary care
The OCHIN Patient Engagement Panel is seeking new members to broaden its reach and representation as they advise on research and the way it involves and impacts patients and caregivers. PEP members share their lived experiences as patients, family members, caregivers, community members and advocates to improve all aspects of research from developing study questions through sharing what teams learn to deliver equitable, feasible and sustainable outcomes for community health centers and the people they serve.
PEP members do not need any prior research experience or training. The PEP meets for 1.5 hours every other month (February, April, June, August, October and December). Meetings are held remotely by Zoom, and PEP members are compensated for their time.
If you or someone you know are interested in making research and health care more person-centered and have experience getting care in community health center settings in the United States, please fill out the interest form or email Laken Harrel, harrell@ochin.org.
Other News
Get Ready for WONCA 2024 in Dublin
WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors) is preparing for its 2024 conference in Dublin, Ireland, September 25-28, and now’s the time to prepare your submissions and your travel. Abstract submission for the WONCA Europe Conference opens Feb. 1, and registration opens March 1. Learn more about the conference here.
Career and Training Opportunities
Career Opportunities: Open Positions
Job seekers can view positions by clicking on links to find additional information or apply. More information is available for institutions interested in advertising available positions to our members.
Family Medicine Physician - Mayo Clinic Department of Family Medicine
The Department of Family Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, invites board-certified or board-eligible Family Physicians to apply for a full-time position. Learn more...
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Associate/Full Professor (HSCP or ClinX) - University of California Davis School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine
The Department of Family and Community Medicine is recruiting for a full-time faculty member and leader in the Professor of Clinical X or Health Sciences Clinical Professor series at the Associate or Full Professor rank, to serve as the Department’s inaugural Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs. Learn more…
Open Rank Tenure Track / Tenured Faculty Position(s) - Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies
Applicants should have a demonstrated ability to develop and lead a program of research in tobacco treatment/ dependence, tobacco control, and/or tobacco regulatory science. Learn more…
Assistant Professor / Director of Family Medicine Research - SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
SUNY Upstate Medical University’s the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (PHPM) are presently seeking to recruit a jointly appointed faculty member. Learn more…
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