PRiMER

Peer-Reviewed Reports in Medical Education Research (PRiMER) is an open-access scholarly journal of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. As a companion to other STFM journals, PRiMER is focused on publishing small, rigorously designed original research briefs in medical education and health workforce policy, as well as learner research.

PRiMER is a PubMed Central full participation journal, and all articles published in PRiMER are indexed in PubMed. 

E-ISSN: 2575-7873

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Recent Articles


— EDITORIAL —

Pursuing Quality

Christopher P. Morley, PhD

Published: 9/15/2026

Citation: 10.22454/PRiMER.2026.575398

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— RESEARCH BRIEF —

Comparative Outcomes of ChatGPT Versus Faculty-Facilitated Simulation Design by Medical Students

Chad N. Taniguchi, MD | Keely Myers, MD | Erin Jyo, MD | Kyle Ishikawa, MS | Benjamin W. Berg, MD | Jannet Lee-Jayaram, MD

Published: 9/10/2026

Citation: 10.22454/PRiMER.2026.243533

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— LEARNER RESEARCH —

Glycemic Outcomes Associated With GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Shortages in Type 2 Diabetes

Zhimin Fu, PharmD | Megan Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP | Jenna Garlock, PharmD, BCPS, MBA

Published: 9/10/2026

Citation: 10.22454/PRiMER.2026.826203

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— RESEARCH BRIEF —

Bound in Breadth: Linking a Rural Health Pathway to Family Medicine Careers

Rowan Magnuson, BA | Suzanne Cashman, DSc | Nicholas Hajj, MD | James Laford, BS | Philip G. Day, PhD

Published: 9/10/2026

Citation: 10.22454/PRiMER.2026.835027

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— LEARNER RESEARCH —

A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Low-Value Opioid Utilization for Acute Low Back Pain, 2019-2021

Jamie K. Turner, MPH | Christopher T. Grubb, PhD | Jacqueline B. Britz, MD | Samantha M. Harden | Alexandra L. Hanlon, PhD | John W. Epling, MD, MSEd | Michelle S. Rockwell, PhD, RD

Published: 9/10/2026

Citation: 10.22454/PRiMER.2026.419119

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