RCGP Research Paper of the Year 2005: Equal but different

摘要

This year's field was the strongest ever, with 32 submissions, 10 short listed papers of exceptional quality, and two joint winners #x02013; not following a precedent, but once again equally rated after three rounds of due consideration by the panel. The winning papers were seen as being commendably clear, well written, and as making significant recommendations for routine clinical practice. They were also very different#x02014;one with a strong basic science link, focusing on the common clinical challenge of conjunctivitis; and the other on the equally common but perhaps more complex field of primary health care provision to patients with enduring mental illnesses. The methods for both were rigorous, appropriate and accurate, the lead authors of both FRCGP, and both studies done in and with the explicit cooperation of many health professionals.