• LedfordChristy J WCJWFrom the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB);, Jacqueline B Britz, Melinda L McKew, Mia V von Gal, Neha Balachandran, L A Middleton, and Dean A Seehusen.
• From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB); Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (MLM, MVG, NB, LAM). christy.ledford@augusta.edu.
• J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Nov 15.

IntroductionThe 1985 Hames Consortium convened family medicine researchers to identify outstanding questions in their practice.MethodIn this descriptive review, we collected, codified, and analyzed available literature to describe the availability of evidence to answer these questions.ResultsOf 136 total questions, researchers rated 33 questions as not at all answered (24.2%), 49 questions as somewhat answered (36.0%), 37 as mostly answered (27.2%), and 17 as fully answered - will implement in practice (12.5%). Notably, 2 of the categories with the highest number of total questions, community oriented primary care and the value of comprehensive care, had the highest percentage of unanswered questions.DiscussionThe Hames 100 questions and categories themselves demonstrate the values and purpose of family medicine research and can serve as a powerful tool to discuss the future of family medicine research. The varied questions illustrate the broad scope of interest of family physicians in 1985, which remains just as relevant today. Our findings indicate that relatively few questions were fully answered, with even fewer questions answered in family medicine journals.© Copyright by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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