10.15-10.45 Thursday 20th July 2023, Hilton Metropole Brighton Papers for SAPC AGM 2023 can be downloaded below. Printed copies will be available at the AGM. Agenda Paper A draft minutes of AGM 1st July 2022 Paper B Officers' report Paper Ci Treasurer's report Paper Cii Finance statement Paper D HOTs report

Are you interested in becoming a mentee with SAPC? The Mentorship scheme has been established by the primary healthcare scientists (PHoCuS) group (non-medical members) and the SAPC Executive to develop an increased number of primary health care scientists capable of operating at a world-class level and able to become the academic leaders of the future.

https://sapc.ac.uk/file/sapc-2018-form-mentors-docx The aim of the SAPC Mentorship Programme is to support academic colleagues working in departments of Primary Care. The Programme was established initially to help primary health care scientists (non-GPs), who, because of their heterogeneous core disciplines have no other single support scheme. We are delighted that SAPC is now able to extend the scheme to GP members. The mentorship scheme is designed to have a positive impact on career aspirations and development for such professionals and enhance their research productivity and leadership. In order to build a clear pathway, and community of mentorship practice, it is essential that the scheme is led and delivered by the most experienced researchers and clinical leaders from similar backgrounds.

http://www.bris.ac.uk/primaryhealthcare/news/2016/debbie-sharp.html We have a mentoring scheme for academics that allows us to help enhance your career. Details of the mentors and their areas of interest are described

I am really excited to welcome you all to this year’s annual scientific meeting, which we are hosting for the first time ever in Brighton. This is SAPC’s second in-person conference since the restrictions necessitated by the covid-19 pandemic have been lifted, and we hope to make it a very special and memorable experience for all. The theme of the conference this year is Informed and Inclusive Primary Care. Recent years have seen the gap between the least and most well-off in society widen, and this is reflected in a wide range of metrics that illustrate the impact of this inequity in the...

The annual SAPC conference showcases the latest research and education in academic primary care. Submission deadline is 28th February 2023. We invite you to submit work in the following formats: Presentations: short orals (10 minute slots: 6 mins presentation and 4 mins Q&A) or ePosters - review criteria Submission form Interactive workshops and review criteria Creative enquiry submission - review criteria Conference programme and themes The Scientific Committee is particularly keen to receive abstracts which complement the conference theme: Informed and inclusive primary care We...

13.00-13.50 Wednesday 6th July 2022, Harrington Building Lecture Theatre, Victoria Road, Preston PR1 . Papers for SAPC AGM 2022 can be downloaded below. Printed copies will be available at the AGM. Agenda Paper A draft minutes of AGM 1st July 2021 (virtual) Paper B Officers' report Paper Ci Treasurer's report Paper Cii Finance statement Paper D HODs report Paper E HOTs report

Weds 7th September 2022, 09:00-10:00 London BST Facilitator: Chris Dowrick The aim of this workshop is to explore how literary reading may ameliorate our personal and vicarious experiences of suicide. It will consider how literature enables us to acknowledge the deeply inconsolable, to ‘think’ reality when ordinary human thought falls short, to allow for the possibility of imagining the ‘shabby, confused, agonised crisis which is the common reality of suicide’ and to develop empathy towards individuals who seek it. The intended outcome is to expand participants’ understanding of the recursive...

SAPC is committed to working inclusively with and for our community. This year, we have established a specific stream of work to look into equality, diversity and inclusion within SAPC and in academic primary care more broadly. The first step of this was to draft a strategy, which we share below. This is the first draft and we would like to consult our membership and seek your feedback. A word document is available to download and use accessibly or with tracked changes at the bottom of this page. Please email Office@sapc.ac.uk with any comments or feedback by 20th June 2022. Equality,...

Want to be part of a vibrant dynamic crew supporting, shaping and championing the field of academic primary care? There are a number of upcoming changes in the SAPC Executive team, SAPC Executive , which means that we are advertising for a number of roles. Rupert Payne , currently a general member of the executive, who will become co-chair at the AGM on 6th July along with Duncan Shrewsbury . Jo Protheroe is stepping down from the role of Treasurer after 10 years but will remain on the exec until the end of her current elected term of three years which will be in July 2023. Suzanne Richards...