Applied Genetics
The genetics group was formed in 2012 to create a forum for sharing information and news in genetics in primary care. It was renamed Applied genetics in 2022.
Special interest groups
SAPC hosts and supports a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs). SIGs are an important part of our work to achieve impact through collaboration
Dr Rachel Spencer is our SIGs lead. Here she describes how we support our SIGs and how you can get involved.
To find out more about setting up a new SIG, click here
Click on each of the titles below to read more about the SIGs that we currently support
Behaviour Change
To promote research incorporating health behaviour change in primary care.
Compassion
To raise awareness of compassion in health care and its implications for health care education in primary care.
Continuity of Care
Aims
Relational continuity, or the ongoing interpersonal and therapeutic relationship between a clinician and a patient built up over time, has been described as a ‘cornerstone of general practice’. Continuity is increasingly conceptualised beyond just relational continuity, and can include informational and episodic continuity, and distributed work across a multidisciplinary team.
The aims of this group are to bring together UK primary care researchers working on continuity of care its different conceptualisations in practice and to promote research on this topic.
Conversation analysis
To promote conversation-analytic research within primary care.
Dermatology
To promote research into the prevention, diagnosis and management of the skin problems commonly seen in primary care
Digital Technologies in Primary Care
@DigitalTechPC Bringing together researchers and clinicians interested in the application of digital technologies in the delivery of primary care.
Education research
A community of people whose interests range across teaching and research expertise in primary care.
Health Literacy
To raise the profile of Health Literacy in the UK; and to share skills, ideas and develop new research in the field of HL in the UK and internationally
Inclusion Health/ Deep End research
Our group aims to create a ‘community of interest’ of primary care researchers doing work related to marginalised groups (Inclusion health) or in areas of concentrated socioeconomic disadvantage (Deep End).