Table 2. CERA-Specific FINER Framework to Evaluate the Research Question.

FINER Criteria for Research Question Development
Feasibility	The question can be addressed given a 10-question survey. Feasible: Understand the perceived level of importance, knowledge, and level of comfort that family physicians feel discussing menstrual health. Not feasible: Understand the value of menstrual health discussions with family medicine patients.
Interesting	The question should be intriguing to the investigative team and audience. Interesting: What are the effects of grade appeals on the clerkship director? Not interesting: What is the pathway to anesthesia residency completion?
Novel	The question and hypothesis should not have been studied previously. Review the prior CERA survey data and complete a brief literature review to identify publications and research in a similar area.
Ethical	The hypotheses and questions asked uphold the safety and well-being of the population being studied. Questions that could place a chair, program director, or member of STFM at risk of being harmed (often psychologically) are not accepted by CERA.
Relevance	The research should add to the science of family medicine. Relevance evolves; at the publication of this article, vaccine uptake in primary care is key. A relevant question may be, “What are the barriers to adult vaccination uptake (eg, shingles, pneumococcal) in patients aged 60+ in a family medicine clinic?”

Abbreviations: CERA, Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance; FINER, feasibility, interesting, novel, ethical, relevance; STFM, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine