Table 1.

The Original Mission and Goals of CERA

The mission of CERA is:

To guide the specialty by providing leadership and vision in the arena of medical education research

To set a standard within family medicine for medical education research that is rigorous and generalizable

To facilitate collaboration between medical education researchers

To provide mentoring and education to junior researchers

The goals of CERA are:

Increase research and scholarly activity among members of CAFM organizations by providing infrastructure and consultation

Improve the process for surveying constituents with better questions and fewer surveys

Facilitate scholarship by creating a clearinghouse of data that CAFM members and family medicine residents can access

CAFM = Council of Academic Family Medicine; CERA = Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance