Paul Van Royen, MD, PhD, is co-ordinator of the Clinical Guidelines project for primary care in Belgium (Working Group Development of Primary Care Guidelines- WOREL). He is also Professor Family Medicine within the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health. He was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (2012-18). He has more than 30 years academic expertise in clinical general practice and research. His academic work is directed at teaching and research in primary care. He is co-ordinator of several teaching modules and programs, at undergraduate levels as well as graduate and postgraduate levels. He was/is involved in several research projects, including several EU-funded projects, within primary care, on respiratory infections and antibiotic prescribing, medical decision making, medical education, health care organization and data handling. He is author of more than 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals and reviewer of different scientific journals. At his department, he has developed a research centre with a strong expertise in qualitative research and systematic reviews.