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Scottish School of Primary Care

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The Scottish School of Primary Care (SSPC) is an organisation that co-ordinates a programme of research and training of primary care in Scotland. The Co-Directors are Professor Jill Hubbard and Professor Lindsey Pope.

History

The School was launched in 2000.[1] It was formed in response to a report produced by the Scottish Forum for Academic General Practice..[2]

It is a virtual organisation comprising all academic departments in Scotland that have a significant research output in the primary care domain.[3] It supported nurses and midwives involvement in research by being involed in promoting both capacity and capability building.[4] By 2007 there were 1700 people involved in this virtual organisation, including Scottish academics with an interest in primary care research and clinicians who have an involvement with research alongside their normal clinical work.[5] As of 2024, members include the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, Stirling, Strathclyde, St Andrews and Robert Gordon University.[6]

A programme of work at the school led to the publication of landmark paper on multimorbidity in 2012.[7][8]

By 2017, Scottish Government was funding the school to be involved in the evaluation the primary care transformation projects and to help establish collections of primary care evidence.[9]

In 2007, Frank Sullivan was appointed Director. In September 2015, John Gillies took up the position of Depute Director. The school has been led by two Co-Directors since early 2021: Professor Gill Hubbard (University of Highlands and Islands) and Professor Lindsey Pope (University of Glasgow).[10]

References

  1. ^ "Scots launch primary care school". The Pharmaceutical Journal. 264 (7100): 868. 10 June 2000.
  2. ^ Christie, Bryan (10 July 1999). "Report calls for GP research in Scotland". BMJ. 319 (7202): 76. doi:10.1136/bmj.319.7202.76b.
  3. ^ Mercer, SW; Gillies, J; Gunn, J; Fortin, M; van den Akker, M; Smith, SM (2017). "The Journal of Comorbidity Affiliates with the Scottish School of Primary Care". Journal of Comorbidity. 7 (1): 112–113. doi:10.15256/joc.2017.7.121.
  4. ^ Campbell, Susan E; McCloughan, Lucy; Watson, Margaret (2013). "Primary care nursing research and the Scottish School of Primary Care". British Journal of Community Nursing. 10 (10). doi:10.12968/bjcn.2005.10.10.19860.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Frank; Butler, Chris; Cupples, Margaret; Kinmonth, Ann-Louise (24 May 2007). "Primary care research networks in the United Kingdom". BMJ. 334: 1093. doi:10.1136/bmj.39190.648785.80. PMC 1877913.
  6. ^ "About us". Scottish School of Primary Care. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. ^ Gilles, John (15 May 2012). "Viewpoint - Multimorbidity and its challenge to general practice". GP. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Glasgow and Dundee scientists award for Lancet study". BBC News. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  9. ^ Guthrie, Bruce; Gillies, John; Calderwood, Catherine; Smith, Gregor; Mercer, Stewart (2017). "Developing middle-ground research to support primary care transformation". British Journal of General Practice. 67 (664): 498–499. doi:10.3399/bjgp17X693209.
  10. ^ "About us > Our history". Scottish School of Primary Care. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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