Family Medicine Research Centre
The Family Medicine Research Centre (FMRC) was established in 1999 to undertake health services research in general practice and primary care. It developed from the Family Medicine Research Unit which had been established in 1990. It is located at the University of Sydney's Western Clinical School, Westmead Hospital. Its work centres on health services research and development, particularly in medical general practice, but also in other fields of primary medical care The FMRC also has a long history of development and distribution of classifications and terminologies for primary care, being the distributor of the International Classification of Primary Care on behalf of the World Organisation of Family Doctors (Wonca).
The Centre has considerable expertise and experience in the research process from formulation of study questions, to grant applications, development of protocols, study logistics, project management, data collection and classification, statistical and analytical techniques, report writing and publishing.
The FMRC incorporates the Australian General Practice Statistics and Classification Centre, which is a collaborating unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the University of Sydney, and is responsible for the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) national study of general practice activity in Australia, which began in 1998. It holds the database of information about clinical activities of GPs at about 100,000 patient-encounters per year.
The Centre boasts a multidisciplinary team with undergraduate and postgraduate educational backgrounds in medicine (general practice), psychology, statistics, epidemiology, public health, health information management, market research, communication, and information technology.
Contact details
Associate Professor Helena Britt
Director
Family Medicine Research Centre
University of Sydney
Level 7, 16-18 Wentworth St
Parramatta NSW 2150
Australia
PO Box 533
Wentworthville NSW 2145
Phone: +61 2 9845 8151
Fax: +61 2 9845 8155
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