title: Grassroots research: how to have a stab at your first project and succeed.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Current initiatives are aimed at building the capacity within Australian primary care to undertake high quality research and evaluation, including clinicians who are not primarily researchers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide a simple guide to encourage practice based research projects. TIPS AND ADVICE: Be parsimonious with the amount of data collected, ensure the literature is searched first, keep the project as simple as possible, invest time in planning and managing the project, readily ask for help and advice, and make every effort to publish the results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A modest, carefully supported and systematic approach is recommended for increasing the chance of success and quality of the research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rural Health and Discipline of General Practice, University of Tasmania. Edi.Albert@utas.edu.au
authors.forename: Edi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Clarissa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis