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Building Family/General Practice Research Capacity

Centre for General Practice, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Chris Del Mar, MD, FRACGP, FAFPHM, Centre for General Practice, The University of Queensland, Medical School, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland 4006 Australia, C.DelMar{at}CGP.uq.edu.au

To promote the range of interventions for building family/general practice (family medicine) research capacity, we describe successful international examples. Such examples of interventions that build research capacity focus on diseases and illness research, as well as process research; monitor the output of research in family/general practice (family medicine); increase the number of family medicine research journals; encourage and enable research skills acquisition (including making it part of professional training); strengthen the academic base; and promote research networks and collaborations. The responsibility for these interventions lies with the government, colleges and academies, and universities. There are exciting and varied methods of building research capacity in family medicine.

Key Words: Family practice • research • evidence-based practice • research capacity building

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