Research & Scholarly Activity

Dr. Kerry McBrien

The Department places important value on research and scholarship that leads to improved patient care and health outcomes. The Department encourages and fosters work in four priority areas:

• Medical Education
• Indigenous Health
• Health Services
• Health Equity

We are proud of the work that our faculty are leading and encourage you to visit individual faculty and project pages to learn more about the activities being undertaken within the department. We encourage all members of our department to participate in scholarship work and we provide opportunities to develop research and scholarly skills through a variety of academic activities.

Our resident scholarship activities ensure that residents acquire the skills to meaningfully contribute to quality improvement in a clinical setting. They are further supported to develop research skills and have the opportunity to use elective time to engage in research-related activities. The residency curriculum includes evidence-based medicine teaching; journal clubs; required quality improvement projects (QI); and an annual Research & Scholarship Day. We are happy to support faculty in a number of research-related tasks, including facilitating grant submission, manuscript editing, and management of research staff and funding, hiring, and arranging meetings.

We welcome collaborations in the area of Family Medicine research and we are happy to answer any questions.

- Dr. Kerry McBrien
Research & Scholarship Director
kamcbrie@ucalgary.ca