《家庭醫學年鑒》是一份經過同行評審的新研究期刊，旨在支持那些產生和使用有關衛生和初級衛生保健的新知識的人的跨學科學習社區。它產生于日益增長的促進基本初級保健職能和關系的知識庫的需要。這些關系包括以整合、個性化和優先考慮衛生保健以減輕疾病負擔的方式照顧個人、家庭和社區。家庭實踐和初級保健學科需要一個論壇來發展綜合的知識體系和以科學、實踐和不同的認識方式為基礎的通才范式。年鑒的目標就是成為這樣一個論壇。該年鑒以臨床、生物醫學、社會和衛生服務科學的原創研究為特色。方法論和理論方面的貢獻為該領域未來的研究奠定了基礎。所選的系統綜述利用明確的方法來綜合已知的內容，并超越已知的內容——推進理論或方法，或確定新的研究方向。來自臨床醫生、患者、家庭、社區和決策者的反思文章描述了個人對疾病、健康和全科醫療的看法。年鑒以在線互動討論小組TRACK(對年鑒知識社區的專題回應)為特色。TRACK為讀者提供了一個積極參與討論每篇已發表文章含義的機會。除了特定于文章的討論之外，開放論壇還為讀者提供了介紹其他重要主題的機制。這個開放的論壇還允許調查人員迅速公布新發現，并從那些可能受到工作影響的人那里收集意見。在線討論的某些方面將在《年鑒》后續期刊的定期編輯專題《On TRACK》中綜合討論。有限數量的投稿將以信件的形式發表給編輯。

The Annals of Family Medicine is a new peer-reviewed research journal that aims to support a transdisciplinary learning community of those who generate and use new knowledge about health and primary health care. It is born out of the growing need to advance the knowledge base for the fundamental primary care functions and relationships. These relationships involve caring for individuals, families, and communities in ways that integrate, personalize, and prioritize health care to reduce the burden of illness. Family practice and the primary care disciplines need a forum to develop an integrated body of knowledge and a generalist paradigm that is grounded in science, practice and different ways of knowing. The Annals aims to be such a forum. The Annals features original research from the clinical, biomedical, social and health services sciences. Contributions on methodology and theory develop the underpinning for future research that advances the field. Selected systematic reviews draw on explicit methods to synthesize what is known and to move beyond - to advance theory or methods, or to identify new research directions. Essays from reflective clinicians, patients, families, communities, and policymakers portray a personal perspective on illness, health, and generalist health care. The Annals features interactive online discussion groups called TRACK (Topical Response to the Annals Community of Knowledge). TRACK provides an opportunity for readers to actively engage in discussion of the implications of each published article. In addition to article-specific discussions, an open forum provides a mechanism for readers to introduce other important topics. This open forum also allows investigators to quickly publicize emerging findings and to gather input from those who are potentially affected by their work. Select aspects of the online discussions will be synthesized in subsequent issues of the Annals in a regular editorial feature called On TRACK. A limited number of submissions will be published as letters to the editor.