Primary Care Research Project Part 2 (GENP40001)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject students will be able to:

• Understand the role and process of scientific research in primary care.
• Identify, summarise, review and critically appraise main bodies of published research in an area of primary care.
• Formulate a primary care research question(s) based upon a synthesis of the published research evidence.
• Design and justify an appropriate research design to answer a research question in primary care.
• Conduct supervised research in a specific area of primary care research.
• Generate original results.
• Develop an understanding of the issues involved in translating clinical research results to the primary care setting.
• Communicate the method and findings of a research project in oral and written form to an expert audience.
• Communicate scientific knowledge in a manner that may contribute to a paper for a peer reviewed journal.