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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Recruiting general practitioners for surveys and other research: additional lessons learned

Suzanne McKenzie A B , Sarah Larkins A and Margaret Spillman A
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A North Queensland Practice Based Research Network, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia.

B Corresponding author. Email: suzanne.mckenzie1@jcu.edu.au

Australian Journal of Primary Health 21(2) 117-117 https://doi.org/10.1071/PY14102
Submitted: 16 June 2014  Accepted: 26 June 2014   Published: 10 July 2014

Abstract

This letter acknowledges the work of Parkinson et al. ‘Recruiting general practitioners for surveys: reflections on the difficulties and some lessons learned’ (Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2015, 21(2), 254–258), but contributes additional reflections and lessons learned from a successful practice-based research network.


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Heal CF, Veitch C, Preston R (2008) Practice based research, lessons from the field. Australian Family Physician 37, 381–384.

Parkinson A, Jorm L, Douglas KA, Gee A, Sargent GM, Lujic S, McRae IS (2015) Recruiting general practitioners for surveys: reflections on the difficulties and some lessons learned. Australian Journal of Primary Health 21, 254–258.
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Preston R, Spillman M, Evans R, Cheffins T (2009) Health professionals’ experience of a practice based research network. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference, Melbourne, 15–17 July 2009.