Dear ISPRN members,

Please see below for details of a new eLearning programme which may be of interest to you:

Test this new programme! The first two modules are FREE to access: 

1) How to Write and Publish a Study Protocol

In this module you will cover:

• The importance of research protocols
• Writing tips for protocols
• Guidance on developing and writing clinical trial protocols
• Journal policies on clinical trial protocols
• Guidance on publishing other types of study protocols

2) Introduction to Randomized Blinded Trials – produced in collaboration with the University of California San Francisco

At the end of this module you will be able to:

• Define randomized blinded trials
• Explain how to design RBTs
• Describe how to choose the intervention and control conditions
• Evaluate approaches to randomizing and blinding
• Describe how to define outcomes and adverse effects

Once completed, you will receive a formal recognition with a certificate from The BMJ.

To find out more about the programme and institutional pricing please contact us.

Kind Regards

ISPRN Co-ordinator
Alyssa Horgan

Dear ISPRN members,

Please find below a link to a new article published by ISPRN members Karen Charlton and Karen Walton in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, which may be of interest.

The link allows free access until mid Jan 2016.

Outcomes Related To Nutrition Screening In Community Living Older Adults:  A Systematic Literature Review: http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1S6ezc5NFAbRp

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Co-ordinator

Dear ISPRN members,

Find link below to the latest news from the Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.

http://www.phcris.org.au/emails/this-week-in-phc/2015/19_November_2015.html

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Co-ordinator

Dear ISPRN members, please find information below on some current grant opportunities.

Chris Silagy Research Scholarship

Upper $15,000

The scholarship is designed to support a research project into an aspect of evidence-based primary health care by a general practitioner researcher.

http://foundation.racgp.org.au/information/chrissilagy/

Deadline: 11 May 2016

General Practice Supervisor of the Year

$5,000

This award will be judged on the following criteria: – understanding and commitment to general practice and training/mentoring – performance as a GP – role model as a trainer/mentor

http://www.racgp.org.au/yourracgp/organisation/awards/

Deadline for applications: 12 Jun 2016

RACP Fellows Research Entry Scholarship

Upper $45,000

The intent of the scholarship is to provide stipend support to encourage and support the promotion of research in any medical specialty areas represented by the RACP, its Divisions, Faculties and Chapters.

Eligibility is open to Australian Fellows and trainees of the RACP, its Divisions, Faculties and Chapters who are enrolled in, or about to enrol in a research higher degree (Masters, PhD or equivalent), are without stipend.

http://www.racp.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=D7FAA4EC-AE15-5A91-5516051B1A9CEDE5

Deadline for applications: 14 Jul 2016

RACGP/Diabetes Australia Research Grant

Upper $60,000

The RACGP and Diabetes Australia have established a grant to support research into diabetes management, prevention, and/or clinical care in general practice.

http://foundation.racgp.org.au/information/diabetes/

Deadline for applications: 11 May 2016

General Practice Registrar of the Year

This General Practice Registrar of the Year award will be judged on the following criteria: – commitment to general practice and to learning – service to patients, practice and education – services to the community.

http://www.racgp.org.au/yourracgp/organisation/awards/

Deadline for applications: 12 June 2016

General Practitioner of the Year

The General Practitioner of the Year award will be judged on the following criteria: – understanding and commitment to general practice – service to the public – involvement in training and continuing professional development.

http://www.racgp.org.au/yourracgp/organisation/awards/

Deadline for applications: 12 June 2016

General Practice of the Year

$5,000

The General Practice of the Year award is designed to recognise practices for their approach to patients’ health and wellbeing.

http://www.racgp.org.au/yourracgp/organisation/awards/

Deadline for applications: 12 June 2016

 RACGP Family Medical Care Education and Research Grants

Upper $20,000

The aim of the grant is to encourage and support general practitioners in the early stages of their research career to conduct research into an aspect of… more » primary health care. The objective of the grant is to advance education in, and research into, medical knowledge and science.

http://foundation.racgp.org.au/information/familymedicalcare/  

Deadline for applications: 11 May 2016

Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation Research Fellowship

Upper $60,000

The Fellowship is made available by a grant from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, matched with funds provided by the RACP. Its purpose is to further research in the area of diseases associated with ageing, and to… more » promote leadership and community spirit within the profession and the community.

http://www.racp.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=D7FAA50E-9E2B-9620-787142E518320816

Deadline for applications: 22 June 2016

Basser Research Entry Scholarship

Upper $45,000

The purpose of the scholarship is to provide stipend support to encourage and support the promotion of research in any medical specialty areas represented by the RACP, its Divisions, Faculties and Chapters.

http://www.racp.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=D7FAA4EC-AE15-5A91-5516051B1A9CEDE5

Deadline for applications: 14 Jul 2016

Please contact me if you require any further information.

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Co-ordinator
(02) 4221 5819

Dear all,

Just for your information, a new resource has been released by the Australian College of Nursing –  the Nursing In General Practice Handbook.

The link is http://www.acn.edu.au/sites/default/files/education/handbooks/Nursing_in_General_Practice_C20.pdf

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Co-ordinator

The Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) is inviting you to a Networking Evening next Monday (17 August) with leading diabetes researcher, Associate Professor Jonathan Shaw, from Melbourne’s Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute.

A/Prof Shaw will discuss the major complications of diabetes and draw on the institute’s 14-year “AusDiab” study with 11,000 Australians, as well as other epidemiological studies, to consider whether progress is being made in preventing these complications from reaching severe end-stage forms.

Please see attached for further information on the event (refreshments provided).

RSVP to: ihmri@uow.edu.au.

Invitation IHMRI Networking Evening 17 August

Dear all,

14 posters and papers were accepted from ISPRN members at the Primary Health Care Conference (PHCRIS) which was held in Adelaide in July.

We’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate everyone on their success.

Presentations

Improving blood pressure control in primary care: feasibility and impact of the ImPress intervention Nicholas Zwar, Oshana Hermiz, Elizabeth Halcomb, Patricia Davidson

No nursing homes: general practitioner attitudes to residential aged care facility visiting Russell Pearson, Eniko Ujvary, Andrew Bonney, Judy Mullan, Bridget Dijkmans-Hadley

Patients experiences of a clinical pharmacist integrated into a general practice setting Margaret Jordan, Haley Frew, Adele Stewart, Judy Mullan

How acceptable is it for GPs to ask about drinking? What patients think- a mixed methods study Michael Tam, Louis Leong, Nicholas Zwar, Charlotte Hespe

The development of national practice standards for nurses in general practice Elizabeth Halcomb, Julianne Bryce, Elizabeth Foley, Christine Ashley

Posters

The A clinic- home alcohol detoxification for Aboriginal people in a primary care setting Rowena Ivers, Jonathan Brett, Leanne Lawrence, Kate Conigrave

A pharmacist integrated into a general practice setting- quality improvement outcomes in the management of anticoagulants Margaret Jordan, Haley Frew, Adele Stewart, Judy Mullan

Area level socioeconomic disadvantage and diabetes control in the SIMLR study cohort: implications for health service planning Andrew Bonney, Darren Mayne, Peter Caputi, Kath Weston

Opioids in chronic non cancer pain- what are the challenges for GP trainees? Lucy Carter, Bastian Seidel, Andrew Bonney

Informing quality improvement work in the primary care setting and implementation of a program to support quality improvement activities through local GP organisations Charlotte Hespe, Lucie Rychetnik, David Peiris, Mark Harris

An assessment of the appropriate use of medicines in older patients with impaired kidney function, in a general practice setting Margaret Jordan, Julie Blaze, Jeff Hall, Judy Mullan

Panning for gold: unearthing reliable variables for electronic medical data research Stephen Barnett, Adam Hodgkins, Abhijeet Ghosh, Joan Henderson, Christopher Harrison, Bridget Dijkmans-Hadley, Alyssa Munkman

The Australian Primary Care Nursing Workforce 2015 Elizabeth Halcomb

Collaboration in general practice: working together to deliver clinical care Susan McInnes, Elizabeth Halcomb, Andrew Bonney, Kath Peters,

Kind Regards,

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Co-ordinator

Dear ISPRN members,

You are cordially invited to the launch of Maggie Sydenham’s  book launch

“GETTING OLDER, GETTING BETTER” at

Dapto Leagues Club on Monday 7 September at 5.30pm

The book is available on Amazon and an eBook will be produced soon.

More information on her website:   maggiesydenham.wix.com/maggiesydenham

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Co-ordinator

Dear all

Please find information attached about the Annual CPHCE Forum.

CPHCE 2015 Forum invitation_2 V01

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Co-ordinator

Dear all

I am writing to advise you that I will be on leave from Monday 17 August and will return to the office on Thursday 1 October.

Unfortunately there will be minimal support available in my absence, hence the email advising you of my leave and requesting you to please contact me in the next few weeks if I can assist you.

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
Illawarra and Southern Practice Research Co-ordinator
Assistant to Roberta Williams Chair of General Practice, Professor Andrew Bonney
Graduate School of Medicine | Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health | Level 1, Building 28
University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia

T +61 2 4221 5819 | F +61 2 4221 4341 |