TY - JOUR T1 - Building Family/General Practice Research Capacity JF - The Annals of Family Medicine JO - Ann Fam Med SP - S35 LP - S40 DO - 10.1370/afm.146 VL - 2 IS - suppl 2 AU - Chris Del Mar AU - Deborah Askew Y1 - 2004/05/01 UR - http://www.annfammed.org/content/2/suppl_2/S35.abstract N2 - 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. ER -