Abstract
The Academic Pediatric Association (APA, formerly the Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
first encouraged multi-institutional collaborative research among its members over
30 years ago. Individual APA members subsequently went on to figure prominently in
establishing formal research networks. These enduring collaborations have been established
to conduct investigations in a variety of generalist contexts. At present, 4 generalist
networks—Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), the Pediatric Emergency Care
Applied Research Network (PECARN), the COntinuity Research NETwork (CORNET), and Pediatric
Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS)—have a track record of extensive achievement
in generating new knowledge aimed at improving the health and health care of children.
This review details the history, accomplishments, and future directions of these networks
and summarizes the common themes, strengths, challenges, and opportunities inherent
in pediatric generalist network research.
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: January 31, 2011
Accepted:
November 6,
2010
Received:
July 29,
2010
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