How to Start a SIG
If you have an idea for a SIG, you need to submit an application form to SAPC Executive. The proposal must come from an SAPC member. Your application should detail why the topic is relevant to primary care/academic primary care, and why establishing a SIG would be supportive/necessary to take the work forward.
Complete the application form here
Applications are reviewed by the SIG lead (currently Dr. Rachel Spencer) before being presented for approval at the next SAPC Executive meeting.
Established SIGs will be required to submit an annual report on their activities by April each year. Reports will be posted on to the individual SIG webpage.
Groups will only be eligible to apply for an annual bursary once they have been established for a year/submitted one annual report.
I am an academic GP and my research interest is in all aspects of patient safety in primary care, I have been involved in mixed-methods safety research for the last 15 years. I can advise clinical academics on the transition to research independence and balancing career demands. As a former NIHR advanced fellow and sitting panel member for HSDR I can advise those seeking funding via these routes. I can offer a mid-career perspective to anybody who is interested in an academic career in primary care. I work in a multi-disciplinary directorate with many non-clinicians who I have guided and advised informally and was formerly the unit training and development lead. I have experience as a clinical academic mentor to clinical trainees who are coming up through academic GP training or thinking of undertaking a PhD. I have also supervised NIHR Academic Clinical Fellows externally.
I have been in post-doctoral roles at Warwick Medical School since 2019 and I sit within Warwick Applied Health where I lead our Primary Care theme. I have been a member of the Society of Academic Primary Care executive committee since 2021. I am also a part-time salaried GP in Coventry. In 2018 I was the West Midlands CRN First 5 research champion promoting research in practice to young GPs across the region. I completed my doctoral work with Professor Anthony Avery at the University of Nottingham between 2014 and 2018. Prior to this I was an academic GP trainee funded by the NIHR from 2011-2013 in Nottingham.
