Family Medicine Research Network (FMRN)
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The Family Medicine Research Network (FMRN) is a practice-based research network formed in 2010 by SCRI and family medicine physicians in Singapore. FMRN members provide care in representative practices in the community and are networked to collaborate and conduct clinical research.
As conventional sites for conducting clinical research have been hospitals and their relevant clinical research units, a practice-based research network such as the FMRN presents a different and unique research opportunity. Given that the primary healthcare setting has a vast amount of untapped clinical material in the form of daily patient contact, and is where most illnesses first present, primary healthcare is emerging as a key clinical research resource that can contribute significantly to the generation of valuable evidence-based medical data for many chronic diseases.
The FMRN seeks to engage and empower family medicine physicians in Singapore and Asia Pacific to participate in high quality, evidence-based clinical research, enabling them to be part of the scientific development of modern medicine advancements.
