NAPCRG-North American Primary Care Research Group

01/29/2026

REMINDER: Join us for Finding Strength in Community: Identifying Strategies to Sustain Participatory Health Research During Times of Uncertainty.

It's not too late to register!

🗓 Date: January 29, 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00–1:00 PM CT
🤝 Bonus: The webinar link will open 30 minutes early at 11:30 AM CT for informal networking and a brief PHR overview, if your schedule allows.
🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eAPPibDW

01/21/2026

It’s here! The complete Chairs’ Learning Series is now live.

Designed for family medicine department chairs, this four-part series, moderated by Peter Seidenberg, MD, MSOL, Department Chair at LSU Health Shreveport and Chair of the ADFM Research Development Committee, equips you with practical tools to strengthen research capacity in your department.

Ecosystem – Position your department within research networks
Infrastructure – Build systems and people that sustain scholarship
Regulation – Navigate compliance with confidence
Funding – Secure and grow research resources

Choose your format: webinar, audio, slides, or white paper, learn your way, at your pace.

Developed by ADFM’s Research Development Committee and the Research Directors & Chairs Group, this series delivers promising practices aligned with the National Family Medicine Strategic Plan for Research

Access the full series now under on the ADFM here:

The Chair Curriculum was developed to support current and future family medicine chairs in building a strong culture of research and scholarship within their departments. Research in family medicine is essential to answering the questions that matter most to patients, care teams, and communities, wh...

01/20/2026

Join us for Finding Strength in Community: Identifying Strategies to Sustain Participatory Health Research During Times of Uncertainty, a webinar where we will explore how current events are disrupting PHR, and generate field-tested strategies to help sustain participation in complex and uncertain environments.

🗓 Date: January 29, 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00–1:00 PM CT
🤝 Bonus: The webinar link will open 30 minutes early at 11:30 AM CT for informal networking and a brief PHR overview, if your schedule allows.
🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eAPPibDW

01/15/2026

REMINDER: Join us on January 15, 2026 at 1:00PM CT for a Trainee Talks webinar titled: "What is a research paradigm anyway? And which ones align with qualitative studies?"

-> It's not too late! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eUVh4R4e

12/30/2025

Join us for our next Trainee Talks webinar on January 15, 2026 at 1:00PM CT titled: "What is a research paradigm anyway? And which ones align with qualitative studies?"

🔗 Register here: https://www.pathlms.com/napcrg/webinars/87439

12/24/2025

✨ Wishing our members and community a joyful holiday season! Please note our office will be closed for the holidays and will reopen on January 5, 2026. Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to serving you in the new year.

12/10/2025

Join us for the Past President's Webinar on December 11 at 6:00AM CT. Dr. Tim olde Hartman will be discussing "From Curiosity to Science: Bridging Practice and Research in Family Medicine." You won't want to miss it!

🔗 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fTGJ8uDaTOOF5u-FeIQ7GQ #/registration

12/10/2025

The Regulation session of the Chairs’ Learning Series is now available! Learn how to navigate compliance, oversight, and regulatory structures while enabling meaningful scholarship in your department.

Hear from our distinguished panelists:
Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA, Northwell/Hofstra
Richelle Koopman, MD, University of Missouri
Peter Seidenberg, MD, MSOL, LSU Health Shreveport, Moderator and Panelist

Watch the session and access companion materials here: https://adfm.org/chairlearning
Stay tuned for upcoming sessions in the series, each designed to advance your department's research leadership and impact.

The Chair Curriculum was developed to support current and future family medicine chairs in building a strong culture of research and scholarship within their departments. Research in family medicine is essential to answering the questions that matter most to patients, care teams, and communities, wh...

11/25/2025

Join us Dec 9th for a PaCE Tea Time Chat! This will be an interactive conversation exploring what successful patient engagement looks like through real-world examples and exploring how these experiences have transformed studies, strengthened outcomes, and redefined the research process. Register today using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2FMgi8n0RrebNAbvwsMZ0A

11/20/2025

We're getting closer! We cannot wait to see all our valued members at the 53rd Annual Meeting in Atlanta starting tomorrow! For information on travel, the schedule, presentations and more, visit https://napcrg.org/conferences/annual/annualmeeting/. See you soon!

11/18/2025

Surprise! The 2027 NAPCRG Annual Meeting will be in Vancouver, BC. Join us for another conference of engaging and empowering primary care research networking and innovation. Stay tuned for more details, we can't wait to see you at our 55th Annual Meeting!

11/17/2025

On behalf of the NAPCRG community, we extend our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Tim olde Hartman for his outstanding leadership and service as NAPCRG President this past year. Your vision, dedication, and commitment to advancing primary care research have left a lasting impact on our organization and its members. We deeply appreciate the time, energy, and passion you invested in guiding NAPCRG’s mission forward. Please drop a comment sharing a fond memory or a thank you for Dr. olde Hartman!