Why Join CORNET
Why Join CORNET
If you haven't already done so, we invite you to join CORNET. Membership will allow you and your continuity resident's opportunities to collaborate and network with colleagues nationally, receive mentorship in research, develop important research agendas, and collaborate with others to improve patient care and resident education. You must be an APA member to be involved. Participating in a study allows you to get involved with research at a national level, gain expertise and have fun.
Currently 94 pediatric training programs are enrolled in CORNET which includes 44% of all training programs nationally, 110 clinical practice sites and more than 4,500 categorical pediatric residents who provide care at these practice sites to over 600,000 pediatric patients. CORNET practices continue to provide care to a high proportion of black, Hispanic and Medicaid patients when compared to practices that participated in the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.
- Ability to be involved in research that is practical, relevant and important to their practice site
- Opportunity to participate in clinical research
- Ability to participate in a process that is often larger than the sum of its parts.
- Development of camaraderie between practice sites
- Ability for networking with colleagues
- Ability for clinician to attend national meetings
- Ability for national and regional recognition
- Press releases to local newspaper highlighting practitioner’s involvement
- National and regional recognition can lead to promotion
- Part-time faculty appointment to affiliated academic institution
- Practice incentives that can be used to reimburse additional staff for administrative help with the study or to purchase items relevant to practice
- Parents may have enhanced satisfaction in receiving care from a practice actively involved in relevant research
- Gain experience in participating in research
- Regular meetings that enhance communication between nursing, administrators, and practitioners at the practice site
