Collaboration between primary care and a voluntary, community sector organisation: Practical guidance from the parkrun practice initiative

The COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing policies have created a range of challenges for voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations addressing isolation and loneliness among older people. This paper explores four learning points from one VCS organisation, Time to Shine, which is working to reduce loneliness among older people in a COVID-19 world, using technology, finding the ‘hard to reach’, tackling ageism and managing anxiety following isolation.

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Practical Guidance on Effective Basal Insulin Titration for Primary Care Providers

Clinical Diabetes ◽

10.2337/cd18-0091 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (4) ◽

pp. 368-376

Author(s):

Louis Kuritzky ◽

Timothy S. Reid ◽

Carol H. Wysham

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Basal Insulin ◽

Primary Care Providers ◽

Care Providers ◽

Practical Guidance

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Tensions and opportunities in social prescribing. developing a framework to facilitate its implementation and evaluation in primary care: a realist review

BJGP Open ◽

10.3399/bjgpo.2021.0017 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. BJGPO.2021.0017

Author(s):

Sara Calderón-Larrañaga ◽

Yasmin Milner ◽

Megan Clinch ◽

Trisha Greenhalgh ◽

Sarah Finer

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

General Practice ◽

Best Practice ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Good Practice ◽

Realist Review ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Quantitative Evidence ◽

Social Prescribing ◽

Community Sector

BackgroundSocial prescribing (SP) involves linking patients in primary care with services provided by the voluntary and community sector. Despite growing interest within NHS primary care, it remains unclear how and under what circumstances SP might contribute to good practice.AimTo define ‘good’ practice in SP by identifying context-specific enablers and tensions. To contribute to the development of an evidence-based framework for theorizing and evaluating SP within primary care.Design and settingRealist review of secondary data from primary care-based SP schemes.MethodWe searched for qualitative and quantitative evidence from academic articles and grey literature following the Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses-Evolving Standards (RAMESES). We characterised common SP practices in three settings (general practice, link workers and community sector) using archetypes which ranged from best to worst practice.ResultsA total of 140 studies were included for analysis. We characterised common SP practices in three settings (general practice, link workers and community sector) using archetypes which ranged from best to worst practice. We identified resources influencing the type and potential impact of SP practices and outlined four dimensions in which opportunities for good practice arise: 1) individual characteristics (stakeholder’s buy-in, vocation, knowledge); 2) interpersonal relations (trustful, bidirectional, informed, supportive, transparent and convenient interactions within and across sectors); 3) organisational contingencies (the availability of a predisposed practice culture, leadership, training opportunities, supervision, information governance, resource adequacy and continuity and accessibility of care within organisations); and 4) policy structures (bottom-up and coherent policymaking, stable funding and suitable monitoring strategies). Findings where synthesised in a multi-level, dynamic and usable SP Framework.ConclusionOur realist review and resulting framework revealed that SP is not inherently advantageous. Specific individual, interpersonal, organisational and policy resources are needed to ensure SP best practice in primary care.

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Small group teaching in primary care

InnovAiT Education and inspiration for general practice ◽

10.1177/1755738016686806 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 297-303

Author(s):

Jenny Hopwood

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Medical Students ◽

Small Groups ◽

Junior Doctors ◽

Effective Teacher ◽

Small Group Teaching ◽

Vast Number ◽

Wide Range ◽

How People Learn ◽

Practical Guidance

Being a GP provides a wide range of opportunities to teach on a vast number of topics. GPs can inspire, support and stimulate colleagues, including medical students, junior doctors, other GPs and the wider practice multidisciplinary team. Getting involved in teaching develops the GP’s own knowledge, provides job variety and can be very rewarding. However, teaching sessions can sometimes be challenging to run. This article gives an understanding of how people learn in small groups, some practical guidance on planning and running teaching sessions, and advice on how to be a more effective teacher.

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Practical guidance for use of oral semaglutide in primary care: a narrative review

Postgraduate Medicine ◽

10.1080/00325481.2020.1788340 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 132 (8) ◽

pp. 687-696

Author(s):

Javier Morales ◽

Jay H. Shubrook ◽

Neil Skolnik

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Narrative Review ◽

Practical Guidance

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African Primary Care Research: Qualitative data analysis and writing results

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ◽

10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.640 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Langalibalele H. Mabuza ◽

Indiran Govender ◽

Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo ◽

Bob Mash

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Qualitative Data Analysis ◽

Primary Care Research ◽

Care Research ◽

Key Concepts ◽

Practical Guidance ◽

Thematic Index ◽

Analytical Approaches

This article is part of a series on African primary care research and gives practical guidance on qualitative data analysis and the presentation of qualitative findings. After an overview of qualitative methods and analytical approaches, the article focuses particularly on content analysis, using the framework method as an example. The steps of familiarisation, creating a thematic index, indexing, charting, interpretation and confirmation are described. Key concepts with regard to establishing the quality and trustworthiness of data analysis are described. Finally, an approach to the presentation of qualitative findings is given.

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African primary care research: Performing surveys using questionnaires

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ◽

10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.589 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Indiran Govender ◽

Langalibalele H. Mabuza ◽

Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo ◽

Bob Mash

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Sample Size Calculation ◽

Sampling Strategy ◽

Research Proposal ◽

Primary Care Research ◽

Postgraduate Students ◽

Care Research ◽

Quantitative Data Analysis ◽

Practical Guidance ◽

Strategy Design

The aim of this article is to provide practical guidance on conducting surveys and the use of questionnaires for postgraduate students at a Masters level who are undertaking primary care research. The article is intended to assist with writing the methods section of the research proposal and thinking through the relevant issues that apply to sample size calculation, sampling strategy, design of a questionnaire and administration of a questionnaire. The articleis part of a larger series on primary care research, with other articles in the series focusing on the structure of the research proposal and the literature review, as well as quantitative data analysis.

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