Vol 33(9):673-768
How to undertake research in general practice
Navaz Hiramanek, BSc (Med), MBBS, MPH, FRACGP, is a general practitioner, Lane Cove, and Clinical Associate Lecturer, University of Sydney, New South Wales.
C Bridges-Webb, MD, FRACGP, is Director, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners NSW Projects, Research and Development Unit, New South Wales.
There is increasing recognition of the importance of research in general practice with the commonwealth government now providing funding to build capacity in primary health care research.
Historically general practice has focussed on practice rather than research. This has left clinicians and policy makers without a strong scientific base upon which to make decisions. Although most general practitioners consider general practice research findings to be useful and that general practice needs a relevant and applicable evidence base, they prefer clinical experience in their own context to research evidence from other disciplines when making clinical decisions.
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