Publications

• Peer review of new research chapter in Maltese curriculum for specialist training in Family Medicine
  Chapter XX. Research, theory and practice Author: Dr. Jean Karl Soler. This curriculum module also involves trainers, since they need to upgrade their skills to mentor trainees in their research projects. This document may be useful for other countries and maybe used as a reference for those developing curricula.
• Self-Care Practices for Common Colds by Primary Care Patients: Study Protocol of a European Multicenter Survey—The COCO Study. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  Weltermann, Birgitta & Gerasimovska, Biljana & Thielmann, Anika & Chambe, Juliette & Lingner, Heidrun & Pirrotta, Enzo & Buczkowski, Krzysztof & Tekiner, Selda & Czachowski, Slawomir & Edirne, Tamer & Zielinski, Andrzej & Yikilkan, Hulya & Koskela, Tuomas-Heikki & Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando & Hoffman, Robert & Petek ster, Marija & Fernández, Clara & Uludal, Aygegül & Hoffmann, Kathryn & Pestic, Sanda. (2015). Self-Care Practices for Common Colds by Primary Care Patients: Study Protocol of a European Multicenter Survey—The COCO Study. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. 10.1155/2015/272189.
• EGPRN is networking in many ways
  Mehmet Ungan & Davorina Petek (2013) EGPRN: EUROPEAN GENERAL PRACTICE RESEARCH NETWORK EGPRN is networking in many ways, European Journal of General Practice, 19:3, 201-202, DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2013.816950
• EGPRN: European General Practice Research Network. The European journal of general practice
  Petek, Davorina & Petek ster, Marija. (2012). EGPRN: European General Practice Research Network. The European journal of general practice. 18. 192-3. 10.3109/13814788.2012.706810.
• An international comparative family medicine study of the Transition Project data from the Netherlands, Malta and Serbia. Is family medicine an international discipline? Comparing diagnostic odds ratios across populations
  Soler, Jean & Okkes, Inge & Oskam, Sibo & Van Boven, Kees & Zivotic, Predrag & Jevtic, Milan & Dobbs, Frank & Lamberts, Henk. (2012). An international comparative family medicine study of the Transition Project data from the Netherlands, Malta and Serbia. Is family medicine an international discipline? Comparing diagnostic odds ratios across populations. Family practice. 29. 299-314. 10.1093/fampra/cmr099.
• Reasons for encounter and symptom diagnoses: A superior description of patients' problems in contrast to medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
  Soler, Jean & Okkes, Inge. (2012). Reasons for encounter and symptom diagnoses: A superior description of patients' problems in contrast to medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). Family practice. 29. 272-82. 10.1093/fampra/cmr101.
• Are presentations of abstracts at EGPRN meetings followed by publication?
  Royen, Paul & Sandholzer, Hagen & Griffiths, Frances & Lionis, Christos & Rethans, Jan-Joost & Galí, Ferran & Eilat-Tsanani, Sophia & Hummers-Pradier, Eva. (2010). Are presentations of abstracts at EGPRN meetings followed by publication?. The European journal of general practice. 16. 100-5. 10.3109/13814788.2010.482582.
• The development of research capacity in Europe through research workshops - The EGPRN perspective
  Dobbs, Frank & Soler, Jean & Sandholzer, Hagen & Yaman, Hakan & Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando & Peremans, Lieve & Royen, Paul. (2009). The development of research capacity in Europe through research workshops - The EGPRN perspective. Family practice. 26. 331-4. 10.1093/fampra/cmp022.
• Primary healthcare in the developing part of Europe: Changes and development in the former Eastern Bloc countries that joined the European Union following 2004
  Rurik, Imre & Kalabay, László. (2009). Primary healthcare in the developing part of Europe: Changes and development in the former Eastern Bloc countries that joined the European Union following 2004. Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research. 15. PH78-84.
• Obstacles to adherence in living with type-2 diabetes: An international qualitative study using meta-ethnography (EUROBSTACLE)
  Vermeire, Etienne & Hearnshaw, Hilary & Rätsep, Anneli & Levasseur, Gwenola & Petek, Davorina & Dam, Henk & Horst, Frans & Vinter-Repalust, Nevenka & Dale, Jeremy & Royen, Paul. (2007). Obstacles to adherence in living with type-2 diabetes: An international qualitative study using meta-ethnography (EUROBSTACLE). Primary care diabetes. 1. 25-33. 10.1016/j.pcd.2006.07.002.
• European General Practice Research Network and its Mission for Strong Research in Primary Health Care
  (2007) European General Practice Research Network and its Mission for Strong Research in Primary Health Care, European Journal of General Practice, 13:1, 46-47, DOI: 10.1080/13814780701237691
• What is the future of primary care research?
  Ingvar Ovhed, Paul Van Royen & Anders Håkansson (2005) What is the future of primary care research?, Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 23:4, 248-253, DOI: 10.1080/02813430500316692
• Setting priorities and identifying barriers for general practice research in Europe. Results from an EGPRW meeting
  Lionis, Christos & Stoffers, Henri & Hummers-Pradier, Eva & Griffiths, Frances & Pavlic, Danica & Rethans, J. (2004). Setting priorities and identifying barriers for general practice research in Europe. Results from an EGPRW meeting. Family practice. 21. 587-93. 10.1093/fampra/cmh518.
• General Practice East of Eden: an Overview of General Practice in Eastern Europe
  Svab, Igor & Pavlic, Danica & Radić, Smiljka & Vainiomäki, Paula. (2004). General Practice East of Eden: an Overview of General Practice in Eastern Europe. Croatian medical journal. 45. 537-42.
• Developing academic careers in family medicine within the Mediterranean setting
  Lionis, Christos & Carelli, Francesco & Soler, Jean. (2004). Developing academic careers in family medicine within the Mediterranean setting. Family practice. 21. 477-8. 10.1093/fampra/cmh501.
• Factors influencing home visits in Sloveniangeneral practice
  Svab, Igor & Kravos, Andrej & Vidmar, Gaj. (2003). Factors influencing home visits in Slovenian general practice. Family practice. 20. 58-60. 10.1093/fampra/20.1.58.
• European General Practice Research Workshop (EGPRW): Is International Cooperation Worth While?
  Dag Bruusgaard (1986) European General Practice Research Workshop (EGPRW): Is International Cooperation Worth While?, Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 4:4, 238-240, DOI: 10.3109/02813438609014838