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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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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
Rural Physician Shortage
DFM Professor Featured In New Book
Robert | Family Medicine Nov 10, 2020
Mark is featured in a new book on the subject. Check out the blurb from the Dean of the School of Medicine announcing the book's release and Deutchman's contribution:**Mark Deutchman, MD, professor of family medicine and associate dean for rural health, is featured in “Profiles of Rural Medical Educators,” a book of conversations with leading experts about addressing ways to reverse physician shortages in rural communities.
Mark is one of 16 medical educators discussing the challenges and strategies of improving care and attracting physicians to rural communities. Mark has been a successful program builder and he is a conscientious and persistent advocate for our School’s rural track, which is one of the best in the country.
Mark’s thoughtful answers to the questions are worth reading, particularly this advice: “My values are guided by these principles of the Jewish faith that I was born into: We are born pure and free to choose our own actions and are personally responsible for them. We must participate in completing the task of creation; this means that we should leave the earth better than it was when we entered it. We should treat others as we would like to be treated.”**
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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