Physician perspectives on incentives to participate in practice-based research: a greater rochester practice-based research network (GR-PBRN) study.
OBJECTIVE
To understand factors associated with primary care physician research participation in a practice-based research network (PBRN) and to compare perspectives by specialty.


METHODS
We surveyed primary care internists, family physicians, and pediatricians in Monroe County, New York, regarding their past experience with research and incentives to participate in practice-based research. We performed descriptive and tabular analyses to assess perceptions and used chi(2) and analysis of variance to compare perceptions across the 3 specialties.


RESULTS
The response rate was 33%. The most frequently endorsed aspects of collaboration were the opportunity to enact quality improvement (78%), contribution to clinical knowledge (75%), and intellectual stimulation (65%). Significant differences among the primary care specialties were found in 2 aspects: ((1)) internists were more likely to endorse additional source of income as "important," and family medicine physicians were more likely to cite the opportunity to shape research questions, projects, and journal articles as "important."


CONCLUSIONS
Physicians across all 3 specialties cited the opportunity to enact quality improvement and contribution to clinical knowledge as important incentives to participating in practice-based research. This supports the importance of strengthening the interface between research and quality improvement in PBRN projects. Further study is needed to assess reasons for differences among specialties if PBRNs are to become successful in research involving adult patients.
Gibson
Karen
K
Center for Community Health, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14607, USA. Karen_gibson@urmc.rochester.edu
Szilagyi
Peter
P
Swanger
Carlos M
CM
Campbell
Thomas
T
McInerny
Thomas
T
Duckett
Joseph
J
Guido
Joseph J
JJ
Fiscella
Kevin
K
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005194:Family Practice; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D009042:Motivation; D009518:New York; D010372:Pediatrics; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards