The mission of the PBRN Resource Center is to promote academic-community clinician relationships by building successful Practice-Based Research Networks in South Texas. To fulfill this mission, the PBRN Resource Center provides infrastructure development, training, research development and consultation to investigators and PBRN community members. Services include:
PBRN Infrastructure Assistance
- Facilitate the development of PBRNs, regardless of discipline
- Connect PBRNs to the broader Community Engagement program within the Institute for the Integration of Medicine and Science
- Respond to questions from PBRN staff and members and search for answers
- Provide guidance, tools, and templates on how to form a Practice-Based Research Network (infrastructure, by-laws, job descriptions, meetings, board structure)
- Provide funding opportunity updates
- Link you to other PBRNs of similar disciplines across the nation
- Assist in the evaluation of the progress of your network
Training
- Provide Humans Subjects Protection Training to Network members and office staff
- Coordinate training of office staff on research methods in the practice
- Enhance scholarship in research skills with clinicians
Marketing
- Encourage academic investigators and community clinicians to participate in research
- Promote interdisciplinary research across networks
- Provide website support for your network content
- Advertise your network with community members and other academic investigators
- Provide input on your marketing plan and recruitment efforts
Do you want to learn more about PBRNs and how you can participate? Contact the PBRN Resource Center today at IIMS-CE@uthscsa.edu.