Festive greetings after a year of change
A message from your Co Chairs:
Festive greetings after a year of change
Another year is coming to an end, and it’s a chance to reflect on what has been a time of important change in SAPC.
Our Blog
A periodic look into what the team at SAPC is upto.
Mentor biography
Dr Rachel Spencer
Special Interest Groups for SAPC
A blog to let you all know all about what is going on with the SIGs and how important they are to the success of your society.
BMJ opinion piece-teaching about gambling harms at medical school
A blog post by Dr Jenny Blythe
SAPC ASM 2022 - reflections from two early career researchers
A blog by Dr Nicola Cooper-Moss and Dr Hassan Awan
5th August 2022
Primary Care Mental Health Conference Weds 25th May 2022, Manchester
Primary care is the first point of contact for people experiencing mental health problems, and high quality research into this area remains a huge priority. The Primary Care Mental Health (PCMH) research conference has run for a number of years now, and has for the last couple of years been supported by SAPC and the Mental Health Special Interest Group.
Reflections from the not-so-grim North
Around a year ago, I wrote some reflections on my experience of the SAPC Annual Scientific Meeting. From my somewhat damp basement. It was something I really enjoyed, and a testament to the huge amount of hard work put in to organising it by colleagues in Leeds. This year, the conference was also in the North of England – this time in Preston. But more importantly – in real life.
AI in primary care: linking clinical and data science academics
Hello, I am Eduard, a clinical academic and GP in Liverpool with a cardiology background interest in ageing, multimorbidity and frailty. I believe that artificial intelligence (AI) has huge potential for supporting primary care. I keep waiting but have also worked with data scientists designing a number of research projects. This has changed my simplistic perception of this field and made me reflect on how to work better together.
SAPC and AAAPC: a new collaboration
11th March 2022
Greener Healthcare: a golden opportunity for primary care
11th March 2022
Hi! I’m Aarti. I work as a GP in Sheffield and four years ago I founded Greener Practice, the UK’s primary care sustainability network. I have 12 years’ experience working as a clinical academic and a few months ago I was appointed to work a day a week as Humber Coast and Vale ICS’s Net Zero NHS clinical lead.