title: African primary care research: quality improvement cycles.
abstract: Improving the quality of clinical care and translating evidence into clinical practice is commonly a focus of primary care research. This article is part of a series on primary care research and outlines an approach to performing a quality improvement cycle as part of a research assignment at a Masters level. The article aims to help researchers design their quality improvement cycle and write their research project proposal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, University of the Witwatersrand. cvandeventer@nwpg.gov.za.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Deventer
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mash
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D058996:Quality Improvement; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012107:Research Design; D014956:Writing