Dear ISPRN Members,

You are invited to attend the Illawarra and Southern Practice Research Network (ISPRN)/ Health Impacts Research Cluster (HIRC) research development conference.

The conference will be held:

Date: Saturday 8 August 2015

Time: Refreshments and registration will commence at 8.30am with the conference opening at 9am.

Venue: Ocean Room, Level 2, Building 230, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong

It is easiest to locate the venue by entering the Innovation campus from Squires Way. If entering from this direction, Building 230 is the first building on your left hand side and the parking station is immediately on your right hand side.

Parking: It is easiest to park in P1 (as per the attached map). Parking is FREE on the weekend. Please take a ticket upon entering the car park. You wont need to validate the ticket in the machine, you will be able to just insert it at the boom gate as you depart.

This conference will provide the opportunity for clinicians and academic researchers alike to network and seek out collaboration opportunities as well as to hear about current research interests and projects.

If you would like to attend the research conference please Click here to Register

Innovation campus parking

ISPRN HIRC Final Conference Program

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 |

This Generation Healthcare – Telehealth Workshop

 On 14 August, the Global eHealth Research and Innovation Cluster is hosting This Generation Healthcare – Telehealth Workshop which is being led by Clinical Business Analyst Ashley Young, from Hunter New England LHD’s Clinical Telehealth Programme.  

The event will enable those interested in telehealth, tele-rehabilitation, tele-practice and related use of electronic systems for health information to explore ideas, priorities, challenges and ways to embed telehealth as standard practice when appropriate.  Keynote speaker and workshop facilitator Ashley Young, Clinical Business Analyst for Hunter New England Health’s Telehealth programme, will present on how clinical Telehealth is changing the face of healthcare, and the opportunities for clinicians, patients and researchers as a result of the many applications for Telehealth.

The event will be held in the Treehouse, Shortland Union from 12pm – 5pm.  Further information including the program is available on the Global eHealth Research and Innovation Cluster website and registrations are open.

Telehealth patient flyer 2014 Telehealth Workshop flyer and program

The International Shared Decision Making and International Society of Evidence based Health Care Conference has opened up registration for all pre-conference workshops on Sunday 19^th July 2015 at the University of Sydney.  These workshops are led by world leaders in the fields of Evidence Based Health Care and Shared Decision Making.  Full day rate including lunch is $150 and half day is $75, *$25 consumers workshop.  Note you DO NOT have to register for the full conference to participate.

Glyn Elwyn  From Class to Clinic: Hands-On Shared Shared Decision Making

Isabelle Scholl “Express Rather Than Impress” – Discussing Individual Research Ideas and Challenges Among a Group of Early Career Researchers

Katrina TsangTeaching Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Primary Care

Darren Flynn Skills Training for Shared Decision Making in Mental Health Using a Co-Produced Educational Film

Jack Dowie Introduction to Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis as a way of bringing SDM and EBP together

Vikki Entwistle:Support for patients’ self-management of their long-term conditions:re-visioning purpose and re-valuing professional practice

Dana Alden Introduction to Shared Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies in||Diverse Patient Environments

Bronwyn HemsleyPCEHR-FIT: Foundation, Implementation, and Translation: Including Adults with Communication Disabilities in PCEHR

Trish Groves How to get your work published

Susan Hrisos Seeing it from both sides: Understanding the interdependence of patient and||professional perspectives for Evidence Based Practice

Anthony Brown Am I really involved in decisions made about my healthcare?*

Mirjam Garvelink Two decades of the Decisional Conflict Scale: A World Café approach to discussing evidence, lessons learned, and future research

Dana Alden Using Multi-Group Structural Equation Modeling and Advanced Mediation Analysis||in Medical Decision Making Research

Details about the Pre-Conference Workshops are available on the ISDM ISEHC 2015 website. These events are now open for registration. When registering through the online form please choose one workshop when attending half day and two workshops when attending a full day. Please note that all Pre Conference Workshops will take maximum half a day – apart from Glyn Elwyn’s – From Class to Clinic workshop (1).

If you have already registered and paid for the Pre Conference Workshops, please inform the Conference Secretariat regarding your preferred Workshop.

The quickest and easiest way to register is online, please click here. To download the registration brochure please click here.

All fees are quoted in Australian dollars (AUD) and are inclusive of 10% GST. Registrations must be received and paid in full by 17 April 2015 – midnight AEST) in order to receive the early bird registration rate. Late registration can be paid up till the day of the conference.

Registration entitlements:

• Entry to the Pre Conference Workshop
• Morning and /or afternoon teas and lunches

Enquiries regarding your registration? Please contact: registration@isdm-isehc2015.org.

The Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW, will be holding its Annual Forum on Friday 14th August 2015 from 9.00 am  to 1.30 pm, followed by lunch, in the Galleries of the John Niland  Scientia Building at the University of New South Wales.

It is free to attend the Annual Forum and registrations are now open at http://www.surveys.unsw.edu.au/f/161006/67ee/

CPHCE 2015 Forum invitation_2 V01

This year  Ms Leanne Wells, CEO of the Consumer Health Forum of Australia will present the Ian Webster “Health for All” Oration.

We will also have presentations on the Centre’s research collaborations focusing on Health literacy and community engagement which aim to improve Primary Health Care and Equity

The Plenary discussion will  continue the themes of Health Literacy and Community Engagement

The Annual Forum is a rare opportunity for friends and colleagues to catch up with CPHCE’s research, provide input into our future directions and network with primary health care professionals from all over Australia.

Kind regards,
Terry Findlay

Director
CPHCE

Dear ISPRN Members,

Please see announcement below from the Public Health Association of Australia regarding the call of abstracts for the National Primary Health Care Conference 2015:

As a member or PHAA or a stakeholder with an interest in primary health care, you are invited to submit an abstract for this exciting event.

Being held from 2-4 November 2015, the NPHCC will host leading international and national speakers and provide a platform for delegates to engage, challenge and exchange ideas.

Submitting an abstract is an excellent opportunity for you to share and discuss pivotal issues regarding the future of primary health care in Australia.

For further information about the event or on abstract requirements go to: www.phaa.net.au or contact me at the details below.

I look forward to working with you to make sure this event is one not to be missed!

Yours sincerely,

Danielle Dalla
Senior Policy & Projects Coordinator
Public Health Association of Australia
P: 02 6171 1305 E: ddalla@phaa.net.au
A: 20 Napier Close, Deakin ACT 2600

Managing your medicines when you’re living with a dementia

A group of multi-disciplinary researchers from the University of Wollongong have developed a website to help people living with a dementia, and their carers, manage their medications. Accurate medication management is important because mistakes can lead to health problems, hospitalisation and in extreme cases death.

This site is novel in that it presents the content in not only English, but also Italian and Macedonian – with plans to add other languages in the future.  We know that there is generally little support for informal caregivers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds, so this site attempts to help bridge this gap.

The site is currently being evaluated online. To provide feedback or just take a look, please go to: http://dementiameds.com/ – the evaluation survey can be reached through a link on the left-hand side of the screen.

ISPRN co-ordinator
Alyssa Munkman

Dear ISPRN members,

ISPRN member Dr Hamish Meldrum from Ochre Health is looking for a PhD student to do research on quality improvement in General Practice (see advert below).

Ochre Health – PhD Scholarship Advert

If you are interested his contact details are listed below.

Dr Hamish Meldrum | Director Medical Services

hamish@ochrehealth.com.au | T 02 8356 3100 | F 02 8356 3199 | M 0438 543 104
Suite A, Ground Floor | 140 William St | Woolloomooloo | NSW 2011
www.ochrehealth.com.au

Dear ISPRN members,

We are pleased to launch our new Illawarra Southern Practice Research Network (ISPRN) website which showcases the latest information about our projects, publications and media.

In this website you will find details of more than 300 ISPRN member journal articles and presentations.

http://ihmri.uow.edu.au/isprn/index.html

Please take the time to browse the site and learn about our past and present projects and what has been happening in ISPRN. Your feedback on the website is also very welcome. Please feel free to provide any comments to ISPRN co-ordinator Alyssa Munkman amunkman@uow.edu.au .

ISPRN has long sought to develop a sustainable model of primary care research by developing equal partnerships between our clinical and academic researchers. With this in mind, we are running our annual ISPRN research conference on Saturday 8 August at Wollongong’s innovation campus from 8.30am – 2pm.

This conference will provide the opportunity for clinicians and academic researchers alike to network and seek out collaboration opportunities as well as to hear about progress and results from current projects.

If you would like to attend the research conference please Click here to Register

If you are interested in joining the network please contact Alyssa Munkman for more information.

Kind Regards,

Alyssa Munkman
ISPRN Co-ordinator

*** Call for Expressions of interest – Presentations on integrated care ***

Due 31 July 2015

Dear colleagues

The Sydney Alliance for Health Care Research and Training (SAHRT) in partnership with NSW Health and UTS is pleased announce a multidisciplinary health professional symposium:

“Toward best practice in integrated care: Celebrating success, confronting challenges”

The symposium will be held on 20^th November this year at The Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick.  The attached flyer provides information on the objectives of the symposium and keynote speakers.

SAHRT is currently seeking expressions of interest from interested parties for presentation at the symposium.  The flyer provides details for the symposium sub themes and requirement for the submission of an expression of interest.

All expressions of Interest should be sent to Mark Ainsworth (cc’d) (m.ainsworth@unsw.edu.au ) by 31 July 2015.

Mark Ainsworth PhD

Executive Officer
Sydney Alliance for Healthcare, Research and Training (SAHRT)
UNSW AUSTRALIA
UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA
T: +61 (2) 9385 1664
M: +61 438 856 429
E: m.ainsworth@unsw.edu.au
W: unsw.edu.au

Dear all,

Please find link below to IHMRI newsletter, which details the SIMLR cohort study.

Ihmri newsletter

Please also find information below about Department of General Practice Short Courses run by the University of Melbourne.

For more information on the course, please refer to:

http://www.gp.unimelb.edu.au/shortcourse/2015/SurveyDesign_may2015.pdf

Registration: http://ecommerce.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/default.asp

Then click on General Practice link (under categories) for short course listing:

For more information on the course, please refer to:

http://www.gp.unimelb.edu.au/shortcourse/2015/AppsWearable_june2015.pdf

Registration: http://ecommerce.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/default.asp

Then click on General Practice link (under categories) for short course listing
For further information about these events, please contact:
Department of General Practice
The University of Melbourne
www.gp.unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 7276
gp-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au

Kind Regards

Alyssa Munkman
ISPRN Co-ordinator