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Informative and skill-building on-line fact sheets. For information, resources and links relevant to primary health care practice, research, evaluation, collaboration, and communication.
The infoBytes are updated regularly and provide a portal to the array of resources available on the world wide web.


About Divisions

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Aged Care GP Panels Initiative (ACGPPI)

Addresses the aims of the ACGPPI and links to the form required to submit the ACGPPI SDIs

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Data Sources for the Division Network and Primary Health Care

Assembled for use by Divisions of General Practice, however, these data sources are useful for others interested in primary health care and general practice

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Divisions of General Practice

Addressing the issues: What are Divisions? What are Divisions doing? Definition of Rural Divisions and the Role of Divisions of General Practice

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Nursing in General Practice

Includes definitions, position statements, suggested reading, nursing journals and research along with other activities addressing nursing in general practice

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Planning and Reporting Framework

Providing you with details of the Planning and Reporting Framework and directing you to the associated resources

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Programs/Initiatives delivered through the Division Network

Contains brief descriptions and key PHC RIS Resources on some of the National Programs and Initiatives the Division Network is required to uptake under the National Quality and Performance System (NQPS)


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Dissemination

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Accessing journal articles

Discover ways you can access the full text for health and medical journal articles.

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Conducting effective skill building workshops

Learn how to conduct workshops. Covering planning, during and after the workshop.

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Creating a great website

Developed to help you plan and design a website at the conceptual stage so that it contains relevant content and is easy for users to view and navigate

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Design a great power point presentation

Providing you with guidelines to assist you with designing a great power point presentation

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Design and present posters for maximum impact

Providing you with tips on how to maximise the impact of your poster presentation

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Dissemination and knowledge transfer

Providing you with definitions, dissemination strategies, relevant articles, resources and suggested reading

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Get the most out of conferences

Outlining ways you can enhance the experience of attending conferences

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Knowledge Brokering resources

Directing you to articles, reports and websites relevant to knowledge brokering and making connections between researchers and policy makers

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Knowledge Management

Providing you with definitions of knowledge management along with articles, reports and websites relevant to this area

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Prepare and deliver oral presentations

Prepared to assist you with the planning and delivery of your next paper presentation

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Present your work

Providing you with suggestions and resources on how to best present your posters, powerpoint presentations and other work

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Produce reader-friendly writing

Providing you with tips and resources to engage the reader and be readable

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Publish in Peer Review Journals

Providing you with criteria that has been developed to increase the chances of your paper being published in a peer reviewed journal

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Publish your work

Providing you with on-line resources to assist you with getting your work published

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Take great photos for publication

Giving you the tips you need to take great photos for publication


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Primary health care

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Australian health reform matters

Whilst Australia’s health status is among the highest in the world, our health system is in need of reform to meet long-term challenges such as access to services, the growing burden of chronic disease, population ageing, cost inefficiencies, safety and quality, and the cost of new health tec…

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Primary Health Care

Includes definitions, position statements and suggested reading about Primary Health Care (PHC) as well as explaining the differences between comprehensive and selected PHC

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Primary health care in Canada

Provides an overview of Primary health care in Canada, suggested reading on the putcome measurement, recent reviews and reforms as well as information on family physicians and nurse practitioners

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Primary health care in New Zealand

Provides an overview of Primary health care in New Zealand as well as links to more information on analysis and discussion

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Primary health care in The Netherlands

Provides an overview of Primary health care in the Netherlands and links for evaluation and analysis

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Primary health care in the United Kingdom

Providing an overview of Primary health care in the United Kingdom, suggested reading on the current thoughts as well as links to more information

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Primary health care in the USA

Provides an overview of Primary health care in the USA, suggested reading on workforce issues and current debates

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Primary health care systems: Resources for international comparison

Containing a collection of resources that provide information about and comparisons between the primary health care systems in western democratic countries, particularly Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, the United States and Australia


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Research and evaluation

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About research

Clarifying what research is and providing you with definitions for the many research types.

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Apply for research funding

Covering a number of issues you need to address when considering your research question and applying for research funding, plus a number of links to resources to further help you

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Collaborative partnerships in research

Collaborations occur to enable a sharing of different perspectives, skills, resources and other attributes that contribute to effectively addressing the research problem. Learn how collaborative partnerships between researchers, practitioners, decision makers, consumers and community members can s…

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Ethical health research

Containing guidelines and relevant articles relating to ethical health research as well as highlighting australian research focussing on ethical issues

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Evaluation books, journals and articles

Providing you with access to books, journals and articles relevant to evaluation

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Evaluation on-line resources

Providing you with access to checklists, tools, guides, and other evaluation resources

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Getting started in evaluation

Contains the purposes of evaluation, definitions, glossary of terms, electronic discussion lists and the guidelines for conducting evaluations

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Longitudinal Studies

Containing information about Australian primary health care longitudinal studies, definitions of longitudinal studies, its disadvantages and advantages, information for those wanting to conduct a longitudinal study as well as information on how to access the databases and findings of such studies

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Mentoring matters

The Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development Strategy (PHCRED) supports primary health care providers to develop high quality research and evaluation knowledge and skills. One of the many ways this is being achieved is through mentoring. This infoByte lists key information about ment…

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Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRN)

Contains definitions, aims and literature about Practice-Based Research Networks as well as a list of Practice-Based Research Networks in Australia

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Researchers influencing policy development: closing the gap

Researchers and policy makers bring different perspectives to the policy making process. This infoByte outlines some key issues for researchers to consider when influencing policy development.


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