PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chris Del Mar
AU  - Deborah Askew
TI  - Building Family/General Practice Research Capacity
AID  - 10.1370/afm.146
DP  - 2004 May 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - S35--S40
VI  - 2
IP  - suppl 2
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/2/suppl_2/S35.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/2/suppl_2/S35.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2004 May 01; 2
AB  - 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.