title: The primary care amplification model: taking the best of primary care forward.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Primary care internationally is approaching a new paradigm. The change agenda implicit in this threatens to de-stabilise and challenge established general practice and primary care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Primary Care Amplification Model offers a means to harness the change agenda by 'amplifying' the strengths of established general practices around a 'beacon' practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Such 'beacon' practices can provide a mustering point for an expanded scope of practice for primary care, integrated primary/secondary service delivery, interprofessional learning, relevant local clinical research, and a focus on local service innovation, enhancing rather than fragmenting the collective capacity of existing primary care.
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Discipline of General Practice, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. c.jackson@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Claire L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Askew
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D011793:Queensland