Fri. May 17, 2019 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Room 4 (2F Room B-2)

Organizer/Chair: Lay Hoon Goh(National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore)

The Asia-Pacific Academic Primary Care Group (AAPCG) is a new initiative and a voluntary collaborative partnership among family medicine and primary care academics of nine universities in the Asia-Pacific region. The institutional members include University of Melbourne, Fudan University, the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Malaysia, University of Putra Malaysia, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and Duke-Medical School of Singapore. The objective of the AAPCG is to establish synergy, collaboration and partnership in academic primary care in the Asia-Pacific region through building academic family medicine and primary care capacity, creating a rich research and educational environment, and answering important research questions to improve health care.
In this symposium, we will be presenting on:
1. Formation of AAPCG and its activities since the inauguration in 2017.
2. Practical tips on how to begin research in primary care.
3. How to upscale your research.
4. A multi-morbidity research among AAPCG scholars using different research methodologies.