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PHC RIS (Primary Health Care Research & Information Service) is a national primary
health care organisation funded by the
Australian Government Department of Health
and Ageing, and located at Flinders University
in South Australia. Our role is in facilitating
knowledge exchange between the policy,
practice (primarily the Divisions of General
Practice Network) and research sectors in
primary health care (primarily the Primary
Health Research, Evaluation and Development
Strategy).
We see knowledge exchange as linking researchers and decision-makers, facilitating
their interaction so they are better able to
understand each other’s goals and
professional cultures, influence each other’s
work, forge new partnerships and promoted
the use of research-based evidence in decision-making (CHSRF).
PHC RIS activities
include:
Recent events
Knowledge brokering: Professor John Lavis visit
PHC RIS organised a visit by Canadian Professor John Lavis to Canberra and Adelaide in May 2010, to advise on knowledge brokering and other activities relevant to supporting use of research in policy. The visit included a Masterclass in Canberra with DoHA policy advisors, a seminar in Adelaide, and meetings with PHC RIS and APHCRI.
This seminar was based on SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP). Lavis J, Oxman A, Lewin S, Fretheim A. (2009). Health Research Policy and Systems. 7(Suppl 1):I1 doi:10.1186/1478-4505-7-S1-I1
Resources developed by John Lavis and his colleagues are available at http://www.mcmasterhealthforum.org/about_resources.php
Ensuring a sound foundation for knowledge exchange through a comprehensive website:
- Maintain Roadmap of Australian primary
health care Research (ROAR) with
details of current research projects,
researchers and organisations
- Maintain an archive of presentations
from the PHC Research
Conference (formerly GP & PHC Research
Conference)
- Send free weekly PHC RIS eBulletin to
2 500 subscribers to keep them in
touch with latest relevant research
papers, reports and announcements
and maintain a searchable archive of
items sent
- Collect and display Divisions Network Reporting
information.
Analysis and reporting:
Disseminating relevant information in different ways:
Bringing people together to exchange
knowledge:
- Through the annual PHC Research
Conference (formerly GP & PHC Research
Conference)
- Attending and supporting other
meetings of stakeholders.
Conducting applied research on
knowledge transfer and exchange:
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