title: A conceptual model for capacity building in Australian primary health care research.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many general practitioners and primary health care practitioners lack research and evaluation skills. In response, the Australian Government has funded important capacity building initiatives.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To propose a conceptual model to assist these initiatives.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four groups of research involvement are suggested: nonparticipants; participating (as part of a research team); managing/training (either leading research, or in formal training to do so); and academic (with, or leading toward, a doctorate). We outline six guiding principles for research capacity building: 1) a whole system approach, 2) accommodating diversity, 3) reducing barriers to participation, 4) enabling collaboration, 5) mentoring, and 6) networking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This model forms a framework to help plan and evaluate research capacity building initiatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, Flinders University, South Australia. liz.farmer@flinders.edu.au
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weston
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005246:Feedback; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009313:National Health Programs; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000145:classification; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012108:Research Personnel; D012109:Research Support as Topic