News in 2010
- Teaching workshop dates 5 January 2011 Dates for the teaching workshops in the first half of 2011 have now been finalised.
- Staying healthy at Christmas 23 December 2010 ‘Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry. However, keeping healthy at Christmas can be a challenge. Knut Schroeder, a GP and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Academic Unit of Primary Health Care at the University of Bristol, offers his tips for staying healthy and happy throughout the festivities.
- Avoiding hospital admissions: what does the research say? 17 December 2010 New research into hospital admissions, which considers some of the research evidence for a range of interventions to avoid emergency or unplanned hospital admissions, has been published by The King's Fund.
- Primary Health Care has moved 6 December 2010 The Academic Unit of Primary Health Care is now based in Canynge Hall.
- PHC December seminar cancelled 3 December 2010 The PHC seminar planned for 7 December has been cancelled.
- November teaching newsletter published 19 November 2010 The November edition of the teaching newsletter has been published and can be downloaded from the teaching area of the website.
- Marie Curie award 15 November 2010 Drs Lesey Wye and Sarah Purdy have been commissioned by Marie Curie to undertake an evaluation in Somerset.
- Teaching evening for North Bristol GPs 28 October 2010 GP Teachers and GPs in the Bristol North Academy are invited to a free informal teaching evening on 17 November.
- October teaching newsletter published 28 October 2010 The October edition of the teaching newsletter has been published and can be downloaded from the teaching area of the website.
- Alastair Hay to be given John Fry award 22 October 2010 Dr Alastair Hay will be awarded the Royal College of General Practitioner's John Fry Award in May 2011.
- Are patient surveys a reliable way to assess the performance of doctors and practices? 15 October 2010 To assess the performance of general practices, it is better to ask patients about their actual experiences of care rather than ask for satisfaction ratings, according to new research from the University of Bristol published in the British Medical Journal. The findings call into question the reliability of using surveys to evaluate practice performance.
- GP tutors wanted for year five 27 September 2010 More GP Teachers needed for the new year five, particularly in the Bath, South Bristol and North Somerset Academies.
- Primary care core teaching practices 27 September 2010 We are delighted to announce that five established teaching practices in the Bristol area have taken on "Core Teaching Practice" status this year.
- September teaching newsletter published 27 September 2010 The September edition of the teaching newsletter has been published.
- SDO award to investigate knowledge exchange in public private partnerships 6 September 2010 Dr Lesley Wye has been awarded an NIHR SDO grant to investigate "Knowledge exchange in public private partnerships in healthcare".
- GP Teacher Education day 24 September 1 September 2010 The programme for the forthcoming teaching day is now available to download from the teaching part of the website.
- August teaching newsletter published 27 August 2010 The August edition of the teaching newsletter has been published.
- Research for Patient Benefit award to look at variation in outcomes for patients admitted for acute coronary syndrome 12 August 2010 Helen Cramer and Maggie Evans have been awarded a Research for Patient Benefit grant to undertake a qualitative study examining variation in outcomes for patients admitted for acute coronary syndrome.
- Autumn Primary Health Care Seminar programme announced 4 August 2010 The Primary Health Care Seminar programme for the autumn term has been announced.
- New School of Social and Community Medicine 1 August 2010 Community Based Medicine and Social Medicine merge to form the School of Social and Community Medicine.
- Programme for September Teaching Workshop announced 30 July 2010 The programme for the next teaching workshop on 24 September 2010 has been announced.
- July Teaching newsletter 30 July 2010 The teaching newsletter for July is now available.
- Two NIHR School for Primary Care Research Fellowship awards 30 July 2010 Congratulations to Helen Cramer and Alison Gregory who have both been awarded NIHR School for Primary Care Research Fellowship in Primary Health Care.
- Appointments and promotions 27 July 2010 Congratulations to Dr Purdy and Dr Kessler on their recent appointments.
- Research Paper of the Year Award 29 June 2010 Breakthrough study on early symptoms of ovarian cancer wins RCGP research paper of the year award
- Changes in undergraduate primary care teaching in year five 25 June 2010 'Preparing for Professional Practice' will be expanding to a 12 week course.
- New Head of PHC 25 June 2010 Professor Chris Salisbury to be Head of Primary Health Care from 1 August 2010
- Appointments and promotions 25 June 2010 Professor Tim Peters appointed to Head of the School of Clinical Sciences
- Honorary GP teacher contract 15 June 2010 A new honorary GP teacher contract will help to raise the standard of undergraduate teaching.
- Visiting Professor Award 15 June 2010 Professor Feder is to host one of the highly prestigious IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professorships
- SAPC awards 1 June 2010 Sandra Hollinghurst and Alison Gregory from PHC win awards at the South West meeting of SAPC.
- Innovative SSC gets recognition 1 June 2010 An innovative SSC entitled the “Global Environment and Human Health”, designed and implemented by Dr Trevor Thompson, was selected as an example of best practice by the Public Health Educators in Medical Schools (PHEMS) group for presentation at the January 2010 meeting of the Academy of Medical Teachers.