Family Medicine 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ

What happens in the doctor’s office begins with research. The latest health-care research informs all aspects of patient care, whether that’s treatment of chronic illness, the management of age-related conditions or simply the best way to patch up road burn.

When you choose to pursue research during your residency, you’ll be contributing to better patient care, better patient outcomes and participating in cutting-edge research.

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Areas

We do research in a number of areas, including:

  • Clinical research
  • Educational research
  • Health services and systems 
  • Indigenous health
  • And many more, including care of the elderly, Black health, anti-racism in medicine as well as community and private sector engagement.

Explore Areas of 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ

Once a year, we celebrate the research that is done within the department at our Annual Family Medicine 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Day. Featured above, the 2025 DFM Resident Award for Patient Centeredness presented to Dr. Rachel Hamilton.

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Supports and Contact

Have a question about research? Reach out to our research team! Our team has a broad range of expertise and experience and is happy to help you navigate your next steps. For general inquiries, email fmresearch@ualberta.ca.

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Additional 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Supports

Ethics Review

All research projects must receive ethics review. Find out more.

ARISE (91ÒùĸÊÓƵ 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Information Services)

Ethics applications are all done electronically. Find out how to use ARISE.

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Office

This office provides support to Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry researchers.

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Services Office

This office provides support for the whole UofA research community.

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Policies and Guidelines

Find the policies and guidelines around research at the U of A.

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Mission & Values

Mission

  • Promote, support, create, and disseminate research knowledge and scholarly activity in the discipline of family medicine.
  • Increase research capacity in the Department of Family Medicine.
  • Enhance the research skills of faculty members, residents and students.

Values

  • Excellence and quality in research and scholarly activity
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration on research projects
  • The highest ethical standards in the conduct of research projects
  • The diversity of general family practice and the research questions that arise.