Spring 2027

Research and Independent Study Elective in Family Medicine

Independent research elective in Family Medicine where students work with a faculty mentor to conduct, complete, or extend primary care research projects.

offering recorded2–8 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Mark Beamsley

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Formulate a hypothesis or specific objective if study does not involve hypothesis generating research.

  • Conduct a thorough literature review as it pertains to the specific scholarly project.

  • Select and apply, and/or understand statistical methodologies as appropriate for the proposed scholarly project.

  • Interpret results correctly and in context of previous findings from literature review.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813

FAMMED 910

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Professors

Spring 2027
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MARK BEAMSLEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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IND 045Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 006Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 062Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 002Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 003Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 091Classroom Instruction0 / 10
IND 011Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 007Classroom Instruction0 / 50

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Student experience

the class

In-depth exposure to the principles of research in Family Medicine and primary care or to enable students who have already become involved in research in Family Medicine to complete or extend their work. Working with a faculty mentor, examine both the content and process of primary care research. Refine research questions, interview research participants, complete computer-based literature searches and complete critical literature reviews. Demonstrate understanding of research ethics, design, development, computer database management, statistical analysis and oral and written presentation.

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Topics

  • Principles of research in Family Medicine and primary care.
  • Research ethics, design, development, database management, and statistical analysis.
  • Interpreting results in the context of prior literature.

Skills

  • Research design, participant interviewing, computer-based literature search, and critical literature review.
  • Research ethics, database management, statistical analysis, and oral/written presentation.
  • Formulating hypotheses or specific objectives for non-hypothesis-generating studies.

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UW–Madison

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FAMMED 910 · Spring 2027

Research and Independent Study Elective in Family Medicine

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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