Welcome to the Department of General Practice
Welcome to the Department of General Practice
Welcome to the Department of General Practice
Welcome to the Department of General Practice
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The Department of General Practice is an academic department in the School of Medicine.
Our aim is to improve health and healthcare by strengthening and developing general practice and primary care.
We are committed to:
- contributing to the national and international primary care research agenda, focusing on managing chronic health conditions in the community
- developing and delivering evidence-based primary care education for undergraduate and postgraduate students
- facilitating general practice placements for medical students
- providing continuing professional development for general practitioners and primary care professionals
- supervising both undergraduate and postgraduate research students
Spotlight on one of our Research Projects
Latest news/events
10 Jul 2025
Another award for Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty
The Department would like to congratulate the success of our post doctoral researcher, Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty, at the AGPI/ICGP ASM 2025. Ann was awarded the prestigious Prof James McCormick Award for Best Research Presentation at the event for her work on Prescribing cascades among older community-dwelling adults in Ireland. Ann also recently presented the findings of this Health Research Board (HRB) funded study in Cardiff #SAPC2025
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10 Jul 2025
GP on the Quad Conference 2025
We were delighted to welcome over 100 GPs, GP Practice Nurses and Health Service Executive colleagues to University College Cork recently for ‘GP on the Quad Conference 2025’ which took place in UCC's Aula Maxima on the 28th June. This conference, hosted by the Department of General Practice UCC in partnership with the postgraduate Cork GP Specialist Training Programme and HSE South West, focused on ‘Advances in Chronic Disease Management and Integrated Care’.
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03/09/2025
08 Jul 2025
Register for College of Medicine and Health Research Conference 2025
Join us in UCC for this year's ‘College of Medicine and Health Research’ conference on Wednesday, September 3rd 2025. The annual conference showcases a range of research from across the college as part of UCC Futures that is a key driver of work towards the development of Academic Health Sciences System in the South West region. IMPORTANT DATES Registration opens: 10th June 2025 Registration closes: 20th August 2025
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20 Mar 2025
Congratulations to Prof Emma Wallace and Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty on winning the ICGP Research award
Congratulations to Prof Emma Wallace and Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty on winning the Irish College of GPs 'Best Published Research Paper 2024' award for their British Journal of General Practice publication "Adverse drug reactions and associated patient characteristics in older community-dwelling adults: a 6-year prospective cohort study". This research was funded by the Health Research Board (HRB) and conducted in collaboration with Prof Frank Moriarty, Dr Fiona Boland and Prof Tom Fahey Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).
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