Honorary GP teacher contract
A new honorary GP teacher contract will help to raise the standard of undergraduate teaching.
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GPs needed for a focus group on complementary and alternative medicine
Researchers at the Centre for Academic Primary Care are looking for GPs to take part in a focus group for a research project on the use of complementary and alternative medicine in general practice.
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.
CAPC researcher wins poster prize
Mairead Murphy, a PhD student funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research, has won the Best Poster Prize at the University of Bristol's 6th Population Health Annual Symposium.
Visiting Professor Award
Professor Feder is to host one of the highly prestigious IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professorships
SAPC awards
Sandra Hollinghurst and Alison Gregory from PHC win awards at the South West meeting of SAPC.
3D study meets recruitment target of more than 1380 patients
The 3D study, led by CAPC researchers and aimed at improving the management of patients with multiple long-term health problems, has successfully recruited more than 1380 patients in just six months.
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.