Experiences of the 2005 General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference
The theme for this conference was 'Getting research right for policy and practice' reflected the central role of primary health care research
in informing policy and practice. Several of the keynote speakers referred to the tensions experienced by researchers and health system
decision makers in accommodating each others perspectives with respect to cultures, time lines, expectations and outputs as they grappled
with research and policy. There was also an emphasis on the use of evaluation standards which support efforts in 'getting it right'.
The conference was structured to allow a number of opportunities to explore the main theme and other issues in pre-conference workshops, breakfast sessions, plenary sessions, concurrent sessions and in the poster area. There were a number of excellent presentations around equity and access, collaborations and partnerships, managing chronic disease, mental health, rural health, workforce, supporting research and getting evidence into both policy and practice.
As with any conference, registrants enjoyed the chance to catch up with colleagues from other centres and to make new contacts, to identify areas of practice to explore later and to share their work with others with the same interests and commitment. The MICRRH/PHC RED crew was no exception to this with two presentations. The first was a paper presented by Dennis Pashen co-authored by Stephanie De La Rue, Craig Veitch and Lisa Crossland entitled 'Research and policy: Emus or sponge cakes - relevance of PHC RED programs to rural and remote health'. The second was a poster prepared by Queensland PHCRED Tripartite coordinators, Lisa Crossland, Stephanie De La Rue, Lily Cheung, and Denise Schultz entitled 'Highs and lows - the reality of research capacity building in a primary health care practice'. In addition the Queensland PHCRED Tripartite also submitted two posters titled 'Successful research network models - building from the ground up' and 'An online, interactive research education resource for the Queensland PHCRED tripartite'.
Further details can be obtained from the Conference website.
The conference was structured to allow a number of opportunities to explore the main theme and other issues in pre-conference workshops, breakfast sessions, plenary sessions, concurrent sessions and in the poster area. There were a number of excellent presentations around equity and access, collaborations and partnerships, managing chronic disease, mental health, rural health, workforce, supporting research and getting evidence into both policy and practice.
As with any conference, registrants enjoyed the chance to catch up with colleagues from other centres and to make new contacts, to identify areas of practice to explore later and to share their work with others with the same interests and commitment. The MICRRH/PHC RED crew was no exception to this with two presentations. The first was a paper presented by Dennis Pashen co-authored by Stephanie De La Rue, Craig Veitch and Lisa Crossland entitled 'Research and policy: Emus or sponge cakes - relevance of PHC RED programs to rural and remote health'. The second was a poster prepared by Queensland PHCRED Tripartite coordinators, Lisa Crossland, Stephanie De La Rue, Lily Cheung, and Denise Schultz entitled 'Highs and lows - the reality of research capacity building in a primary health care practice'. In addition the Queensland PHCRED Tripartite also submitted two posters titled 'Successful research network models - building from the ground up' and 'An online, interactive research education resource for the Queensland PHCRED tripartite'.
Further details can be obtained from the Conference website.
Content Provided by Annette Byron.
05/06/2005.
05/06/2005.
