African Primary Care Research: Quality Improvement Cycles

Overview

Journal Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med

Specialty Public Health

Date 2015 Aug 7

PMID 26245438

Citations 8

Authors

Claire van Deventer

Bob Mash

Affiliations

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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.

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