Family Practice Inquiries Network http://www.fpin.org/
Our residency is probably not going to be renewing its membership with FPIN.
It's the group that runs the Help Desk Answers and Clinical Inquiries publications. And, this is a program that encourages research and publication that got some use in the previous academic year. It is pretty costly to the program (I think about $4000/year) and it was only a small percentage of residents who were utilizing the program. Since it was possible to get published (kind of) quickly, it has that benefit for residents who are trying to get a publication done in order to fix up their CV for fellowship or whatever.
From my standpoint, I'm a little weak on this issue since I've never used FPIN, I haven't had anything published during residency, and I'm not up for a fellowship.
So, if you have personal experience with FPIN, have an opinion about the program, would like to share thoughts on other potential replacement programs, or were counting on FPIN to get a publication together for a fellowship application please add your thoughts here.
Update:
ReplyDeleteThe department is looking into the possibility of pursuing individual memberships to FPIN. I've heard from 3 people who are interested or in the process of submitting research to FPIN.