RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Building Family/General Practice Research Capacity
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP S35
OP S40
DO 10.1370/afm.146
VO 2
IS suppl 2
A1 Chris Del Mar
A1 Deborah Askew
YR 2004
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/2/suppl_2/S35.abstract
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.