SAPC News & current events

SAPC ASM 2016 in Dublin - highlights and video interviews

The premier primary care research meetingin the United Kingdom and Ireland, the Society of Academic Primary Care (SAPC) meeting, was hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin from 6th to 8th July 2016. Here is a round up in the...

SAPC announces new affiliation with the Journal of Comorbidity

SAPC announces new affiliation with the Journal of Comorbidity bringing new benefits to our members

Three members of SAPC elected as Fellows of Academy of Medical Sciences

We are delighted to announce that three SAPC members have been elected as new Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences . Professor Kamlesh Khunti is Professor of Primary Care Diabetes & Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester...

2016 SAPC-RCGP Yvonne Carter Award winner announced

SAPC is delighted to announce that the 2016 winner of the SAPC-RCGP Yvonne Carter Award for outstanding new researcher is Dr Kamal Mahtani.

Welcome to 3 new SAPC Exec members

SAPC announces the names of our three new Exec members who will join us from July 2016-2019

2016 Annual Education, Research and Innovation Symposium

Warwick Medical School are proud to be hosting the 2016 Annual Education, Research and Innovation Symposium at Warwick University, in partnership with the RCGP Midlands Faculty. This is a must-attend event for students, GP registrars and GPs...

Future directions for Academic General Practice: SAPC responds

SAPC's response to the CMAJ provocation that it is difficult to see a future for academic general practice. SAPC outlines why we need Academic Primary Care, Now more than ever

The changing primary care research landscape

In this latest SAPC Hot Topic article , Sarah Mosedale and Paul Wallace provide an overview of NHS organisational changes focusing on the implications and opportunities for academic primary care. In particular, the importance of describing a clear...

Driving primary care improvement through education: introducing the HOTs group

Teaching lies at the heart of SAPC’s vision to advance primary care through education and research. Indeed SAPC started life as the Association of University Teachers of General Practice . In this Hot Topic report , Joe Rosenthal, Bob McKinley andr...

SAPC Hot Topic: reflections on the 2011 ASM

Here , primary care academics reflect on moments from the 2011 SAPC Conference which made them “stop and think” – in ways in which the conference showcased SAPC goal to advance primary care through education and research. Attendees highlighted the...