Journal of Regional Medical Campuses

Building Novel Research Capacity in a Regional Medical Campus Emergency Medicine Program: 1.0 Origins and Partnerships

N. Shira Brown, BMT MD FCFP CCFP(EM)

Karl Stobbe MD CCFP(EM)

Maynard Luterman BA,MSc, MDCM, CCFP

Suneel Upadhye, MD MSc FRCPC

Christopher Henderson, BSc

Larry W. Chambers PhD, FACE, FFPH (Hon) (UK), FCAHS

David Heywood MD CCFP(EM)

Amber Graystone MD MSc CCFP(EM)

Salim Ahmed MD, MBBS, CCFP

Corrine Davies-Schinkel, RN MSc

McMaster University

Amanda Bell, MD, MSc, CCFP, FCFP

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jrmc.v3i2.3198

Keywords: Regional Campus, Community Care, Research

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Abstract

The Emergency Medicine Researchers of Niagara (EMRoN) program is an evolving research incubator with the Niagara Regional Campus (NRC) of McMaster University’s Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine and Niagara Health (NH) that is becoming a productive research organization aligned with the strategic priorities of its partner organizations (NRC and NH). EMRoN is committed to advancing local community health care standards and sharing best practices with provincial and national peers.  In its first two years of operation EMRoN has achieved success in new structures, processes and outcomes that position it well to be a fulsome research organization for years to come.