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 practice advice and tips on how to work with journalist to best deliver research messages. The workshop explored what questions to ask when first approached by a journalist to help decide if to undertake an interview, how to best communicate complex subjects to a wider audience, advice on interview techniques to stay in control of the conversation...

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 and collaborating with researchers in other countries or attending and presenting work at an international research meeting. Professor Yvonne Carter CBE was an outstanding and inspirational leader who had a remarkable impact on academic general practice and this award was instituted to commemorate her outstanding contribution to primary care research...

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 Primary Care team aimed to tackle domestic violence through a novel training and support package for primary care.Domestic violence (DV) has a devastating public health, clinical and economic impact on women. It is also a major breach of human rights. IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety), a University of Bristol led randomised...

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 this study from the Primary Care team at the University of Birmingham. High blood pressure (or hypertension) is the major cause of stroke and other cardiovascular disease, and is one of the most important preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in developed and developing countries. In the UK it affects half the population over 60 and costs...

Third prize at the 2014 SAPC Dangerous Ideas Soapbox went to Mica Skilton, a 3rd year medical student at Birmingham University. She argued that much of Undergraduate GP skills training could be replaced by an app. She describes her ideas for this new Virtual GP venture in the British Journal of General Practice.

Second prize in the 2014 SAPC Dangerous Ideas soapbox went to Robert Fleetcroft and Amanda Howe, who gave us a role play to show us why they believe Significant Event reviews would be better if the patient was present. Read their report of their idea in the British Journal of General Practice.

SAPC is part of an international collaboration to enhance capacity for academic primary care. This report describes work undertaken with the Australian Association for Academic Primary Care ( AAAPC ) and the Primary Health Care Research and Information Service ( PHCRIS ) to identify enablers and barriers to careers in APC in Australia. The report was published in the Australian Journal of Primary Health. Findings echo issues in the UK report and are being used to inform shared strategic planning. For more information, contact Dr Chris Barton .

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!

Academic primary care improves primary care. To maximise impact from academic primary care, we need a strong workforce. This report forms part of SAPC’s ongoing work to examine barriers and enablers to careers in academic primary care. It makes recommendations for work needed to maximise the potential for academic primary care to make a difference. For further information, contact Dr Nathan Hill (SAPC Secretary) .