In an era where locally relevant and ethical evidence is essential for sustainable research impact, meaningful community engagement and involvement (CEI) is no longer an option; research is not something to be done to communities, but with and by them. This interactive workshop introduces practical approaches […]

                The integration of qualitative and quantitative research is a defining, yet often underdeveloped, feature of mixed methods research. Meaningful integration is needed to generate new insights, called meta-inferences, that comprise the key results. This workshop will focus on designing a mixed methods study to achieve meaningful integration. […]

                    This workshop explores practical ways to generate locally relevant evidence to support advocacy for family medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa. Participants will engage with accessible research methods and identify opportunities within their own contexts to create evidence that informs policy and strengthens primary care. Klaus B […]

Prof Mash will outline an approach to Content Validation, including use of the Delphi Technique. Dr Dullie will present on Construct Validity by discussing how to use Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor analysis to evaluate Convergent and Discriminant Validity. Dr Luckson Wandani Dullie is a Family Physician based in Neno, Malawi. He received his medical training […]

Primafamed held it’s 16th annual conference on the 24th and 25th June with participants from our member institutions and strategic partners. Please find all the presentations and posters down below: Programme POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Group A Group B Group C   DAY 1 PROGRAMME  How to develop EPA’s for workplace based assessment – Louis Jenkins Leadership […]

In this workshop participants will discuss the different contexts of a mentoring relationship and then explore the mentoring relationship. We will discuss a framework for the structure and process of mentoring sessions and then practice useful methods and tools in the mentoring process. Hoffie Conradie is an Emeritus Associate Professor in Family Medicine living in […]

Workplace based assessment is an essential ingredient in “assessment-for-learning” and “assessment-of-learning”, particularly in postgraduate training. Learning needs to be captured in a portfolio, and this should be an electronic portfolio to make aggregation, saturation and triangulation easier to organise and determine. This workshop will explore how to design, develop and implement an electronic portfolio of […]

This workshop equips participants with the skills to develop their own Quality Improvement (QI) projects. It covers the Model for Improvement, change ideas, PDSA cycles, and key QI tools, with an emphasis on providing practical tips for success. By the end, participants will have a clear understanding of QI, its significance, how it differs from […]

This session will introduce the CRISP Checklist as a tool to help researchers and authors make their study reports more valid, effective, and useful to readers and the varied users of primary care research. We will review the needs, evidence base, development, and content of CRISP – Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care. […]

This workshop will introduce two methods that can be used in research or by health services. The first is a 5-step approach to a Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) of a health facility that results in an action plan to improve climate resilience and environmental sustainability. The second is an approach to measuring the carbon […]