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The premier primary care research meetingin the United Kingdom and Ireland, the Society of Academic Primary Care (SAPC) meeting, was hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin from 6th to 8th July 2016.
Here is a round up in the CMAJ of some of the talks that caught Domhnall MacAuley's attention.
SAPC announces new affiliation with the Journal of Comorbidity bringing new benefits to our members
We are delighted to announce that three SAPC members have been elected as new Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
SAPC is delighted to announce that the 2016 winner of the SAPC-RCGP Yvonne Carter Award for outstanding new researcher is Dr Kamal Mahtani.
SAPC announces the names of our three new Exec members who will join us from July 2016-2019
Warwick Medical School are proud to be hosting the 2016 Annual Education, Research and Innovation Symposium at Warwick University, in partnership with the RCGP Midlands Faculty. This is a must-attend event for students, GP registrars and GPs providing a chance to learn more about how to energise your career by getting involved in education, research and innovation.
This interactive day will provide many opportunities for participation.
SAPC's response to the CMAJ provocation that it is difficult to see a future for academic general practice. SAPC outlines why we need Academic Primary Care, Now more than ever
The inaugural winner of the SAPC annual Dangerous Ideas soapbox competition offered an example of blue sky thinking making a difference in primary care. Scott Murray argued that since death is a fact of life, we need to spend more time talking about death. Research from the academic primary care community supports five reasons why “bringing death back to life” would be good for patients, practitioners, the NHS and wider society.
This SAPC Hot Topic article responded to the recent report by Professor Graham Watt calling for greater recognition of the importance of blue sky research in primary care.
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 integrate and support the needs of a diverse group. This report describes the start of ongoing work by SAPC to identify and support the specific needs of Primary Health Care scientists (the PHoCuS group).