The School of Medicine welcomes you to attend its next Research Seminar

Thursday, 18 August, 2016 | 3:30 – 4:30pm
Lecture Theatre, GSM Building (28.101)

There will be two talks from the ISPRN network.

Dr. Russell Pearson will discuss a proposed multisite study seeking the views and experience of patients, their families, RACF staff and GPs, in relation to how the delivery of the high standard of medical care to this cohort of patient seems to rely upon a high degree of communication and cooperation between all involved.

Russell is Regional Academic Leader: Shoalhaven for the Graduate School of Medicine, a GP VMO in Palliative Care at Karinya (David Berry Hospital) and a general practitioner based in Gerringong , NSW.

Dr Munther Zureigat is a GP in Wollongong and Milton with interest in General Dermatology.  She will discuss her study, of which the main aim is to improve the outcome of acne patients seen by general practitioners by identifying the barriers and facilitators encountered within the GP setting.

Hope to see you there!  Feel free to forward to anyone else who may be interested.

Dear ISPRN members,

Please find links below to recent media articles on Dr Fiona Williams’ research project.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-01/overprescription-of-sleeping-tablets-for-seniors/7676926

http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/4066279/silence-continues-harmful-sleeping-tablet-cycle-study/

https://news.agedcareguide.com.au/2016/08/05/study-finds-a-circle-of-silence-surrounds-sleeping-tablet-prescription-18/

http://media.uow.edu.au/releases/UOW218902

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Program Assistant

AHSRI Short Courses 2016

Health Services Research and Development

2016 sees the continued reinvigoration of the AHSRI Education Program, including a comprehensive series of short courses available to the professional community with an aim of developing skills in a health services research context.

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THESE COURSES?

• Primary care networks
• Health or hospital districts
• Policy, planning and public health units of health agencies
• Universities
• Health research units and centres

WHERE AND WHEN ARE THE SUBJECTS TAUGHT?

The courses will be offered at the University of Wollongong’s Sydney Business School, currently conveniently located in the Gateway Building, at 1 Macquarie Place, Circular Quay in Sydney’s CBD, or at the Australian Health Services Research Institute, located in Building 234 (iC Enterprise 1) Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong.

WHAT COURSES ARE ON OFFER?

AHSRI is offering the following courses and the short course guide will be available to download shortly.

Casemix and Performance Analysis for Health Service Transformation
Associate Professor Janette Green and Ms Jenny McNamee
Sydney Business School
TBA

Funding and Governance of the Australian Health Care System
Professor Kathy Eagar
Sydney Business School
TBA

To express interest please contact:

Julie de Clouet
Australian Health Services Research Institute
University of Wollongong
Phone: 02 4221 3464
Email: juliedc@uow.edu.au

http://ahsri.uow.edu.au/shortcourses2016/index.html

Dear all

You are invited to ISPRN’s annual research conference.

The first half of the conference will provide the opportunity

for project investigators to showcase their research projects.

the second half of the day will provide a hands on approach to publication writing.

Date: Saturday 27 August 2016

Time: 9.00am-2.00pm

Venue: Dunstan Room, Sebel Harbourside Kiama, 31 Shoalhaven Street, Kiama

Cost: The Network will pay for registration costs for all delegates

Who: Members of ISPRN including: GPs, practice nurses,practice managers and Graduate School of Medicine Clinical Academics.

Registration: Please register for the conference using the link below

by 19 August:

Click here to Register

Numbers are limited so book early to secure your spot!

Parking: Plenty of street parking on Minnamurra St & Shoalhaven
St with 2 additional Sebel Harbourside complimentary undercover
carparks (31 Shoalhaven St & 2 Minnamurra St)

Any queries? Contact ISPRN Administrator
Alyssa Horgan (02) 42215819
amunkman@uow.edu.au

ISPRN Annual Research Conference Invitation 2016

Dear ISPRN members,

Please find link below to article by Dr Fiona Williams, published in this months edition of Australian Family Physician.

http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2016/july/a-circle-of-silence-the-attitudes-of-patients-older-than-65-years-of-age-to-ceasing-long-term-sleeping-tablets/

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Administrator

You are invited to attend the Annual ISPRN research conference

The first half of the conference will provide the opportunity for project investigators to showcase their research projects.The second half of the day will provide a hands on approach to publication writing.

Date: Saturday 27 August 2016

Time: 9.00am-2.00pm

Venue: Dunstan Room, Sebel Harbourside Kiama, 31 Shoalhaven Street, Kiama

Cost: The Network will pay for registration costs for all delegates

Who: Members of ISPRN including: GPs, practice nurses,practice managers and Graduate School of Medicine Clinical Academics.

Registration: Please register for the conference using the link below
by 19 August:

Click here to Register

Numbers are limited so book early to secure your spot!

Parking: Plenty of street parking on Minnamurra St & Shoalhaven
St with 2 additional Sebel Harbourside complimentary undercover
carparks (31 Shoalhaven St & 2 Minnamurra St)

Any queries? Contact ISPRN Administrator
Alyssa Horgan (02) 42215819
amunkman@uow.edu.au

ISPRN Annual Research Conference Invitation 2016

New Zealand Primary Care Research Colloquium

16-18 September 2016, Whitianga

This meeting is open to all primary care researchers from Australia and New Zealand. All junior and emerging research presenters eligible to win the prestigious Les Toop Award.

Call for Abstracts – deadline 1 July 2016

Abstracts for presentation at this year’s research weekend are now invited.

We are keen to encourage presentation of work at any stage from planning/proposal, through to work in progress and completed studies. Priority will be given to presentations by junior researchers.

• Oral Presentations
  • Presentation slots will be 20 minutes in total, 10-minute presentation + 10-minute questions, discussion and helpful hints.
• PeArLS (Personally Arranged Learning Session)
  • Presenter(s) and participants gather to discuss a common problem for 30 minutes. The initial ‘presentation’ should be minimal (5 minutes, 3 slides) and is framed around a challenging question or issue.

Abstracts maximum of 200 words. Please include:

1. Title of presentation
2. Author(s) and department affiliation
3. Type of presentation (oral or PeArLS)
4. Whether your work is clinical or education, and what stage your work is at (planning/proposed, in progress, completed, or other such as theory building or review)

• Closing date for submission of abstracts 1 July 2016
• Peer review of submissions and notification 15 July 2016
• Registration for weekend 22 July 2016
• Research weekend 16-18 September 2016

If you are interested in submitting an abstract for this conference, please contact Alyssa Horgan 42215819 by the end of the week.

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Administrator

Dear ISPRN members,

Please find link below to information on the vacant position of Editor for the Australian Journal of Rural Health.

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Kind Regards
Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Research Network Administrator

Dear IHMRI Researchers

Owing to many requests for extensions for submission of applications to the IHMRI Grant Schemes we have extended the deadline for submissions to FRIDAY 20 May.

Thank you to those researchers and research teams who met the deadline – you have the opportunity of resubmitting your application if you would like to make any changes or retain the original submission.

Please contact Beth or me should you require information or advice on clinicians or academics that may contribute to your project or if you wish to discuss the Grant Schemes more generally.

The two new schemes are:

Career Development Grant Scheme

Three grants of up to $10,000 are available in this scheme to support early career academic or clinician researchers to develop their skills, expertise and research track records through alignment with an established and successful research group, within or external to IHMRI. See application form for more detail regarding eligibility and selection criteria.

Collaborative Project Grant Scheme

Four grants of up to $25,000 are available in this scheme to support collaborative research projects co-led by an academic and a clinician researcher that target important health issues within the Illawarra community and addresses medically-relevant questions. Research can be conducted at IHMRI, The Wollongong Hospital, other ISLHD sites, or any combination of the three.

Of the four grants available, two will be open to any research area aligned with IHMRI’s strategic goals and priorities whilst the two remaining grants, from philanthropic funds, will be offered to research specifically targeting ageing or childhood health. Selection criteria and more details regarding the scheme are outlined in the application form.

Both grant schemes will be reviewed by a panel comprising the IHMRI Executive and key IHMRI researchers. Successful applications for each scheme will then progress to a second stage where they will have an interview and discussion with the IHMRI Executive. Grants are awarded for a 12 month timeline and expenditure is expected by the end of June 2017.

Please see revised timeline below for submission, review and announcement for both grant schemes.

Please direct any enquiries to Sally McNeill (4221 4809) or Bethany Pye-Respondek (4252 8940).

Please download application forms here and here. NB: Applications are due by 20 May 2016.

Research Development

Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute

Building 32

University of Wollongong NSW 2522

T + 61 2 4252 8940

F + 61 2 4221 8130

W  www. ihmri.uow.edu.au

Dear all

Please find link below to a short report on this project, published in the Australian Journal of Rural Health.

Bonney_et_al-2016-Australian_Journal_of_Rural_Health

Kind Regards
Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Co-ordinator