Original Research - Special Collection: Primary Care Research Methods
African primary care research: Choosing a topic and developing a proposal
Submitted: 12 August 2013 | Published: 06 February 2014
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Bob Mash, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, South AfricaAbstract
This is the first in a series of articles on primary care research in the African context. The aim of the series is to help build capacity for primary care research amongst the emerging departments of family medicine and primary care on the continent. Many of the departments are developing Masters of Medicine programmes in Family Medicine and their students will all be required to complete research studies as part of their degree. This series is being written with this audience in particular in mind – both the students who must conceptualise and implement a research project as well as their supervisors who must assist them.This article gives an overview of the African primary care context, followed by a typology of primary care research. The article then goes on to assist the reader with choosing a topic and defining their research question. Finally the article addresses the structure and contents of a research proposal and the ethical issues that should be considered.
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