Clinically Useful Family Medicine Research

Abstract

What is next for family medicine? After the long, rough road since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, other topics are again receiving renewed attention. Family medicine researchers continue to consider issues important to our patients and practices. There is a collection of clinical research on children’s health care. One article outlines practical actions to move medical academia past racism. The need for physician trust in patients is also often overlooked. Other articles address how to improve the practice of family medicine and a framework for thinking about legal and ethical issues in sports medicine. Three in-depth clinical reviews cover lumps and bumps of wrists and hands, spondylosis/ spondylolistheses, and vitamin D association with specific disease entities.