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Inclusive partnership
Research and Innovation
National leaders in practice-based, community participatory, and practice redesign and improvement research.
Jodi Holtrop, PhD, MCHES
Vice Chair for Research
Welcome to the Department of Family Medicine - Research & Innovation.
Our research mission is simple: To improve community health and well-being through high-quality research in patient-centered family medicine using holistic and integrative models of health.
We are innovators and experts in the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge through translational and practice-based research.
We serve as the primary resource for family medicine practices, by providing knowledge, health information technology and practice transformation tools and guidance to satisfy the Quadruple Aim of improving the health of populations, enhancing the experience of care for individuals, reducing the per capita cost of health care, and attaining joy in work.
We continuously push to expand the reach of our practice-based research networks to more effectively support practices, share information, develop and sustain a dynamic learning community and bring value to our stakeholders by answering their questions.
We are here for you, your community, and your health.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Health Equity Research
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Moving from documenting to dismantling health inequities____
Use of appropriate theoretical models and frameworks, such as a public health critical race praxis
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A proactive, comprehensive, and continuous appraisal of how equity may disproportionately affect oppressed people
DFM Fellow Honored
National Award Spotlights Work On Provider Well-Being
Robert | Family Medicine Nov 10, 2020
Matthew “Robbie” Robert Martin, MD, is a new fourth-year fellow in the Department of Family Medicine (DFM). And, like any good over-achiever, he’s already garnering national attention for his work!
Dr. Martin has won the 2021 David C. Leach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The award was created in 2008 to honor former ACGME Executive Director David C. Leach, MD, and his contributions to resident education and physician well-being.
Martin won for his work promoting resident well-being while he, himself, was a resident at Denver’s Saint Joseph’s Family Medicine Residency.
Now as a DFM fellow, he is continuing that work researching evidence-based burnout prevention for providers and promoting overall well-being for physicians.Through his fellowship, Martin hopes to develop a foundation for teaching about the importance of provider well-being (the practice of medicine is extremely stressful) and to translate that into effective advocacy for providers at a systems level. He says that physicians need more support in order to provide the best care to their patients.
Robbie plans to accept his award during the virtual ACGME Conference in February 2021.
A few more tidbits:
** Dr. Martin practices at Stride Community Health Center in Aurora.
** He is a fluent Spanish speaker.
** He is eager to hear anything from anyone regarding provider well-being – stories, thoughts, ideas – just let him know.
Contact:
Jodi Holtrop, PhD, MCHES
Vice Chair for Research
jodi.holtrop@cuanschutz.edu
Carlee Kreisel, MPH
Research Services Specialist
carlee.kreisel@cuanschutz.edu
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