Parting thoughts on medical education research and education for primary care

Focus on medical education research in primary care: an undergraduate medical education faculty’s journey

“…As GP educators we have a duty to ensure that scholarship underpins everything that we do (Easton, 2014). Historically in the field of primary care medical education there has been a relative lack of the essential high-quality research needed to provide a sound theoretical underpinning to educational practice, to enable us to develop new approaches to address key issues, and inform 'sane policy' (Peile, 2014). With an increasing proportion of medical school curricula being delivered in General Practice it is increasingly important that we develop our understanding of medical education specifically in this field and take an evidence-informed approach to teaching.…”