General Practice Research Guides

These guides are designed to support practitioners, students, and researchers in navigating key areas of general practice research. They provide curated resources, best-practice methodologies, and up-to-date insights to help ensure evidence-based approaches to primary care studies.

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Disclaimer: The information provided in these guides is intended as general guidance only. Policies, procedures, and evidence in healthcare research can change rapidly, and users are encouraged to verify details with official or current sources before acting on them.

Setting up practice

• Getting your practice ready to do research
• Research training
• Understand the role of PICs
• Understand roles and terminology

Responding to EOIs

• Responding to an EOI

Setting up study

• Site selection and initiation visit
• Assess, arrange and confirm CC
• Contracts
• Finance
• Data Protection

Running study

• Following protocol
• Receiving consent
• Staff
• Amendments

End of study

• Study closedown
• Retention of documents