December Teaching newsletter published
The December newsletter from the Centre for Academic Primary Care Teaching office is now available to download
News in 2012
PhD studentship available
Applications are invited for a NIHR School for Primary Care Research (NSPCR) PhD studentship in the Centre for Academic Primary Care.
November teaching newsletter now available
The November teaching newsletter is now available to download and share.
Fran Carroll awarded best Faculty PhD thesis
Congratulations to Fran Carroll won has the prize in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.
Academic Clinical Fellow posts 2013
Applications for 2 Academic Clinical Fellow posts in the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, are invited.
October teaching newsletter now available
The October Primary Health Care teaching newsletter is now available.
Better end of life care reduces hospital admissions
Patients who use new end of life services in Somerset and North Somerset are less likely to be admitted to hospital or to die in hospital at the end of their lives.
July teaching newsletter
Have you booked your teaching for 2011-12? Have you considered becoming a ‘Core Teaching Practice’? Would you like to become an academic mentor?
Progressions and fellowship award
Congratulations to Dr Trevor Thompson on his progression to Reader in Healthcare Education, Dr Katrina Turner on her progression to Senior Lecturer and to Dr Rachel Johnson on being awarded her GP Clinical Fellowship by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.
Effective methods for reducing unplanned hospital admissions
Study identifies the most effective methods for reducing unplanned hospital admissions
GP Teaching awards
Congratulations to this year's winners of the GP Teaching awards
RCGP domestic violence guidelines
The Centre for academic primary care has helped develop national guidance for general practice on responding to domestic abuse.
Avoidable hospital admissions: myth or reality?
Dr Sarah Purdy will present a summary of her research on risk factors for unplanned admission, interventions aimed at reducing unplanned admission and the views of professionals and patients.
Researcher vacancy
Applications are invited to join the Predictors of Onset, Persistence and Psychological Impact of Childhood Eczema (POPPIE) study team as a Research Associate/Research Assistant.
Promotions
Maggie Evans and Ceire Costelloe have progressed to being Research Fellows.
NIHR ST3 entry ACF in General Practice
Applications are invited from second-year general practice specialty trainees (in ST2 year) who wish to undertake clinical academic training. Funding is now available to allow trainees to extend their training by a year, allowing part-time attachment to a University department during the ST3 and ST4 years.
Junior researcher prize
Dr Lucy Pocock won the junior researcher prize for her presentation at the South West meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care in Torquay for her work on End of Life Care.
PhD studentship
PhD studentship is available from the Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol. This highly successful multidisciplinary Unit would welcome applications from individuals from a range of research background.
The value of ECGs in evaluating chest pain
In the UK, the exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most common initial test for the evaluation of stable chest pain and has been used widely for almost half a century. However, recent NICE guidelines recommend that it should not be used to diagnose or exclude stable angina in patient assessments. New research published in the BMJ Open finds that the test has other uses that transcend its technical contribution to diagnosis.
Senior Research Fellow post
The Academic Unit of Primary Health Care seeks to appoint an outstanding researcher who has an established track record in leading and conducting research on important questions relating to primary health care.