Researchers

Our website has a number of products and services to help researchers with funding, conducting research and evaluation, collaborating, and disseminating.

Let us introduce ourselves

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Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy

The PHCRED Strategy is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing to foster research capacity building in Australian general practice and primary health care. The strategy supports a number of elements that provide support to the general practice and primary health care research community, with the aim of both developing research capacity and the fields of knowledge that support the evidence base for general practice and primary health care health services.

As one of the major components of the PHCRED Strategy, PHC RIS provides support in the area of dissemination and knowledge-exchange through a number of our products. See the PHC RIS support pages for more details.

Roadmap Of Australian primary health care Research (ROAR)

ROAR includes information about primary health care research:

• Projects: records of current and recently completed primary health care research projects. Each record contains details of the research project: the title, description, researcher/s, organisation, funding source, and publications and presentations arising from the project.
• Profiles: information about researchers and their research interests.
• Organisations: links to research organisations across Australia, including: research centres, universities, academic departments of general practice, public health, population health, and schools of nursing.
• Funding: information about scholarships, fellowships, and grants for primary health care research.

Find others in your field of research

Use ROAR (Roadmap Of Australian primary health care Research) to view details of researchers with similar interests in your area and facilitate collaborative research partnerships.

RESEARCH ROUNDup

RESEARCH ROUNDup is a PHC RIS resource aimed at providing relevant stakeholders with current and recent Australian health research. RESEARCH ROUNDup describes research, presented in recent journal articles and conferences, relevant to key Australian Government health policy directions as defined by the Department of Health and Ageing.

What Divisions of General Practice are doing

The Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD) is a comprehensive survey conducted by PHC RIS each year to collect information from all Divisions in Australia about their membership, activities and infrastructure. We present these data as:

• Fast Facts
• Provide a quick snap shot of information, often illustrating longitudinal trends and state and RRMA analyses
• Based on information collected in the Annual Survey of Divisions since 1999
• ASD Reports
  • Results providing an overview of Divisions activities are published in an annual report.
• Division Benchmarking Tool
  • For those interested in knowing which Divisions of General Practice across Australia have the same demographic characteristics
• Division Key Characteristics
  • A spreadsheet containing core Division information, e.g. number of practices and GPs in Divisions
• The spreadsheet also provides a longitudinal perspective, with the same information available from 2002-03
• Division Mapping Tool
  • Designed to enable easy identification of Divisions conducting similar programs and activities
  • Coming soon - an improved, more dynamic version
• On-line browsable Tables and Figures from recently published ASD reports
• Queries and specific data requests
  • Unable to find the information you want?
  • Unsure if the information you want is available?
  • Make a data request via the ASD data request form.

Meet, network and share

We convene the annual PHC Research Conference - a major event in Australian general practice and primary health care. The conference program focuses on research, methodology and policy issues, and provides the opportunity to build and maintain essential working relationships with Division of General Practice staff, researchers, practitioners, and policy advisors.

View current contact details for all Divisions of General Practice and State Based Organisations (SBOs), as well as links to their websites, submitted plans and reports and other related information.

infoBytes on research, evaluation, collaboration, etc

'Byte'-sized information in our skill-building infoBytes (on-line fact sheets) for information, resources and links relevant to primary health care practice, research, evaluation, collaboration, and communication.

Australian general practice and primary health care

InfoBytes include definitions, position statements and relevant resources that provide an overview of the Australian general practice and primary health care sectors.

Acronyms decoded

We have compiled an extensive list of acronyms used in general practice and primary health care.

Keep updated

Sign up on-line to our free mailing services that provide you with brief information about grants, scholarships, courses, journal articles, conferences/events, media releases and the latest PHC RIS products and services.

Upcoming events

The PHC RIS Events diary has details and links to websites for upcoming conferences, workshops and other events. The list includes Division activities, as well as Australian and International events.

Can't find what you need on our website?

Contact us on our PHC RIS Assist service (1800 025 882) or submit a form to 'Ask PHC RIS a question'