Table 3.

Identified barriers, suggested solutions and their outcomes.

Identified barriers	Suggested solutions	Outcomes
Individual
Lack of human resources	Availability of mentors	Mentorships
No individual research posts	Peer-learning	National and international masterclasses
No mentorship	Improve soft skills
No leadership	Research competences, and specific knowledge on general practice research	Grants for visits and protected time
Brain drain
		Process learning courses (face-to-face, e-learning, etc.)
Low access to literature, courses, conferences, etc.
Few research contacts	Participation in international projects	Peer-learning
Financial difficulties
		Database
		Collaborative projects
Organizational
Low knowledge translation	Improve mentorship	Train the trainers
Lack of certification	Rewarded mentorship	Visits from high performing countries
No clinical networks	Increase environmental face	Overheads for receiving institution
Low involvement/influx with own organization
		Accreditation
		Database
		Access to literature
		Process learning
Environmental
Low cooperation stakeholders	Improve mentorship and leadership	Courses (face-to-face, e-learning, etc.)
No appropriate leadership	Improve knowledge translation
Low collaboration with high performing countries	Improve external contacts/environmental face	Peer-learning
		Database
Low visibility	Increase visibility in national and European context	Collaborative projects
		Environmental face advances
		Process learning
		Application to EU funding