Future Perspectives in Primary Care Research

Mehmet Akman, MD, MPH, is a general practitioner and professor of family medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Karabakh University, and chief of the family health center at Karabakh University Clinic, Khankendi, Azerbaijan.Bob Mash, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, FRCGP, is a family physician and professor at the Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.Felicity Goodyear-Smith, MBChB, MGP, MD, FRNZCGP (Dist), is a general practitioner and professor of general practice and primary health care at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

• Section 1 Introduction 1.1. Purpose and scope of this book 1.2. The need for future-oriented primary care research Section 2 Emerging approaches in primary care research 2.1. Complexity - theory and application for research 2.2. Use of big data in primary care research 2.3. The role of AI in transforming primary care research 2.4. Empowering primary care research through digital tools and applications: a practice-oriented perspective 2.5. Creative methods for primary care researchers 2.6. Reflexivity in primary care research 2.7. Reporting guidelines for primary care research 2.8. Reflecting on fifty years of practice-based research networks: lessons and innovations Section 3 Extending the realm of primary care research 3.1. Research implications of genomics in personalised primary care 3.2. Integrating health sectors: primary care, public health and community care research 3.3. Interprofessional, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration in primary care research 3.4. Primary care performance measurement and management for improvement 3.5. New approaches to evaluating the climate resilience of primary care facilities and services 3.6. Planetary health and primary care research Section 4 Innovations in Research Methodologies 4.1. New approaches to clinical trials in family medicine and primary health care research 4.2. Mapping exercises, gap-mapping and scoping reviews 4.3. Implementation research in primary care 4.4. Patient-centred approaches to primary care research: patient and public involvement and patient reported measurement 4.5. Community engagement and co-design 4.6. Thematic analysis approaches: a multiplicity Section 5 Future directions and conclusions 5.1. Capacity building in primary care research 5.2. Charting the path ahead for primary care research