SAPC News & current events

Getting on in academic primary care

At the 2015 Annual Conference, we launched a new series of SAPC preconference career workshops - offering practical support for the challenges of our daily work. We ran two workshops this year: 'Getting on in academic primary care' was co-hosted by...

APC making a difference: improving routine diagnosis of hypertension in primary care

SAPC champions expertise in Academic Primary Care driving improvements in primary care provision. The 2014 Research Excellence Framework review of University based academic work celebrated several examples of APC making a diference. One example was...

APC making a difference: tackling domestic violence

SAPC champions expertise in education and research driving constant improvement in primary care provision. The impact of our work was celebrated in the latest University Research Excellence review. The IRIS study run by the University of Bristol...

Dangerous Ideas Soapbox winner 2014

Resistant superbugs and the potential of the microbiome Our 2014 soapbox winners proposed that we address the global threat of antibiotic resistance with the Krapsule!

Yvonne Carter Award 2016 now open for applications

An annual award of £1000 is offered to support the international development of promising researchers in primary care. It is intended to enable the award winner to have the opportunity to develop international networks and partnerships by meeting...

What to do when a journalist calls…

This new workshop at SAPC ASM 2015 led by Jeremy Horwood, SAPC Communications Officer from Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), University of Bristol and Nadya Anscombe, freelance journalist and Communications Officer for CAPC, aimed to provide...

SAPC announces our new Chair for 2016-2019

SAPC is delighted to announce that our new Chair from July 2016 will be Professor Kate O’Donnell. Kate is Professor of Primary Care Research & Development in Glasgow. She leads research in to the organisation and delivery of primary care,...

SAPC Hot Topic: Developing primary care educational research

Education and teaching lie at the heart of excellence in primary care. In this Hot Topic piece , Dr Sophie Park and colleagues discuss the importance of educational research in tackling the challenges and opportunities offered by a changing primary...

The importance of Health Literacy in primary care

Health literacy describes the ability to access, understand and use health information, including being able to navigate health services. In this latest SAPC Hot Topic article , Dr Jo Protheroe and Professor Gill Rowlands outline why research in...

SAPC Hot Topic: Supporting the diversity of the APC workforce - recognising Primary Health Care Scientists

Academic primary care derives its strength from its multidisciplinary makeup, which provides the balance of methodological and topic expertise to support work which is relevant and timely. Diversity supports impact, but also creates a challenge to...