Resistant superbugs and the potential of the microbiome Our 2014 soapbox winners proposed that we address the global threat of antibiotic resistance with the Krapsule!

An annual award of £1000 is offered to support the international development of promising researchers in primary care. It is intended to enable the award winner to have the opportunity to develop international networks and partnerships by meeting...

This new workshop at SAPC ASM 2015 led by Jeremy Horwood, SAPC Communications Officer from Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), University of Bristol and Nadya Anscombe, freelance journalist and Communications Officer for CAPC, aimed to provide...

Health literacy describes the ability to access, understand and use health information, including being able to navigate health services. In this latest SAPC Hot Topic article , Dr Jo Protheroe and Professor Gill Rowlands outline why research in...

Academic primary care derives its strength from its multidisciplinary makeup, which provides the balance of methodological and topic expertise to support work which is relevant and timely. Diversity supports impact, but also creates a challenge to...

Academic primary care improves primary care. To maximise impact from academic primary care, we need a strong workforce. This report forms part of SAPC’s ongoing work to examine barriers and enablers to careers in academic primary care. It makes...

This qualitative scoping study exploring career paths of current members of the academic primary care community. The study spoke with staff at various career stages, including people with research and education roles. Both clinicians and Primary...

Second prize in the 2014 SAPC Dangerous Ideas soapbox went to Robert Fleetcroft and Amanda Howe, who gave us a role play to show us why they believe Significant Event reviews would be better if the patient was present. Read their report of their...

Third prize at the 2014 SAPC Dangerous Ideas Soapbox went to Mica Skilton, a 3rd year medical student at Birmingham University. She argued that much of Undergraduate GP skills training could be replaced by an app. She describes her ideas for this...