The North Toronto Primary Care Research Network (Nortren) is a dynamic collaboration between community-based family physicians and academic health services researchers. Its purpose is to gain timely and relevant answers to questions and problems deriving from clinical practice, by linking practitioners with people who have the appropriate methodological expertise in the design and development of clinical studies.

Dr. Michelle Greiver

The aims of Nortren are:

- To provide methodological, administrative and technical support for family physicians and others conducting research in primary care
- To develop a network of family physicians interested in collaborating in multiple site studies
- To develop research expertise among community-based physicians
- To facilitate a culture of enquiry and critical awareness in primary care practice
- To function as a resource for research education and training
- To contribute to a culture of multidisciplinarity in primary care