title: OAFP starts practice-based resource/research network.
abstract: The Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians, in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, has established a primary care practice-based research network with thirteen family practice offices currently participating. The practices are connected to each other and to the Health Sciences Center campuses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa by electronic mail and have begun their first research project involving the diagnosis and treatment of brown recluse spider bites in the primary care setting.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Mold
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Barton
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009825:Oklahoma; D012106:Research