INTRODUCTION
The International Primary Care Research Training Curriculum was launched in 1993 as a joint initiative of the Departments of Family Medicine of the universities of Maastricht (The Netherlands), Leuven, Antwerp and Ghent (Flanders—Belgium). More recently, the universities of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Rostock (initially Düsseldorf) and Marburg (Germany), and Brussels (Belgium) joined.
The teaching staff members mostly primary care clinicians and are involved in teaching and research at an international level for many years.
AIMS OF THE TRAINING
To learn, understand and obtain skills to perform original scientific research in primary care, in particular Family Medicine while supervised. On top of that, to analyse and to report this research in a peer reviewed journal.
TARGET GROUPS
Start class (year 1)
Family doctors, family physicians and primary health care workers interested in learning basic skills for performing small-scale research relevant for their (clinical) work.
Advanced course (year 2)
Those who successfully passed (an equivalent of) year 1 and wish to proceed to larger research projects, including studies on a PhD level.
OBJECTIVES OF THE CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
The curriculum consists of a two year programme. Year 1 (start class) includes one full course week. Year 2 (advanced course) consists of three workshops of 2.5 days each.
Course leaders: Professor Geert-Jan Dinant Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Professor Paul van Royen University of Antwerp, Belgium; Professor Norbert Donner-Banzhoff University of Marburg, Germany; Assistant Professor Eric Moll van Charante University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Professor Attila Altiner University of Rostock, Germany; Professor Samuel Coenen University of Antwerp, Belgium. Course manager: Mrs Karin Aretz, MSc, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, The Netherlands is the central course manager, assisted by a local course manager per site.
COURSE DATE AND FEE
Please contact [email protected] for further details on dates, or check http://www.familymedicinemaastricht.nl