Hi everyone,
I provide a monthly update for the CRE-IQI research capacity strengthening program, and have pasted below the July update, should it be of interest to any of you here.
Please feel free to get in touch if you would like to be added to the RCS email list.
Best wishes,
Karen
Dear CRE IQI Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS) Program friends and colleagues,
Winter greetings and welcome, especially to those new to these CRE-IQI monthly RCS updates. I hope that you find these updates useful and relevant to your interests in relation to CQI RCS in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care. As always, I welcome your feedback and ideas in relation to the updates.
If you wish to be removed from this email list, or if you know of someone who might like to be added, please let me know.
3pm AEST, 19 July 2017: Dr Felecia Watkin Lui, Indigenous leadership and co-leadership in research – what does it mean for CQI research?
I am excited to announce that Dr Felecia Watkin Lui will speak to us for the July RCS Teleconference at 3pm AEST, Wednesday, 19 July 2017. Dr Watkin Lui is Senior Lecturer and Researcher in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Centre / Cairns Institute at James Cook University (JCU), Cairns. Her focus on collaborative community projects piqued her interest in exploring issues of engagement, impact and benefit, and the role of Indigenous leadership in research uptake. Dr Watkin Lui is a Torres Strait Islander woman with giz from Mabuiag, Badu and Erub. Next week, she will present on the topic, Indigenous leadership and co-leadership in research – what does it mean for CQI research?
The dial-in details for this TC are in the calendar appointment emailed previously – please let me know if you have not received this appointment and require the dial-in details. Please note: this month’s TC will not be on the usual 4th Wednesday of the month.
Future CRE-IQI RCS Monthly Teleconferences
We have more fantastic speakers scheduled for upcoming Monthly RCS TCs, including Dr Chelsea Bond at 3pm AEST 27 September. Please ensure this is in your diary, Dr Bond is not to be missed. We have two other speakers, which we hope to confirm for you soon.
Have you thought about being a speaker at one of the Monthly RCS TCs about your work in CQI research? This might be your chance to do so: we still have availability for speakers on 23 August and 25 October, for which volunteers are sought. Please get in touch if you would like to be a speaker, or talk through possible topics. These TCs are a safe space to seek feedback on developing ideas or presentations, or to share your new work with a positive network spanning across Australia.
Free article: Social and emotional wellbeing screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders within primary health care services: A series of missed opportunities? by Erika Mary Langham, Janya McCalman, Veronica Matthews, Roxanne Gwendalyn Bainbridge, Barbara Nattabi, Irina Kinchin, Ross Bailie
‘Hot off the press’, this article presents a cross-sectional analysis of Indigenous client records from primary health care services in 4 Australian states/territory. The findings suggest that the lack of a clear model or guidelines on best practice for screening for social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) in Indigenous health may contribute to the wide variation in SEWB service provision. The authors argue for the development of national best practice guidelines for SEWB screening and management, dedicated SEWB funding, training for health service providers and ongoing monitoring of adherence with the guidelines. The open access article can be accessed in Frontiers in Public Health here.
New article: Accuracy of national key performance indicator reporting from two Aboriginal medical services: Potential to underestimate the performance of primary health care, by Isaac Hill, David Johnson, David Scrimgeour and Robyn McDermott
Isaac Hill and colleagues recently published their study that assessed the accuracy of extracting national key performance indicator (nKPI) data for the OCHREStreams program using the Pen Computer Systems Clinical Audit Tool (CAT) from Communicare. They found that CAT accurately extracts a subset of nKPI data from Communicare, but the widespread use of Communicare in ACCHSs means that inclusion of deceased clients and past patients in the OCHREStreams nKPI data program is likely to have resulted in systematic under-reporting of health service performance nationally.
You can access the article here, or contact me if you have access issue.
UNSW PhD Scientia Scheme – 4 PhD scholarships at Nura Gili
The UNSW Nura Gili Indigenous Program Unit has four PhD scholarships on offer, closing 21st of July, 2017. They include $40K a year stipend for four years, tuition fees covered, coaching and mentoring, and up to $10k per year for career building and support of international research collaborations. A number of these scholarships are reserved for Indigenous research candidates. The topics on offer include:
Any questions, please contact Associate Professor Reuben Bolt (r.bolt@unsw.edu.au).
Jeff Cheverton Memorial Scholarship
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) with Brisbane North Primary Health Network established the Jeff Cheverton Memorial Scholarship to honour the memory of Jeff Cheverton, who demonstrated excellence in health leadership until his untimely death in March 2017. This six-week scholarship supports scholars to develop an issues brief on a topic relevant to PHC-related issues including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Scholars will have opportunity to spend 6 weeks working with AHHA in Canberra, and to establish connections with policymakers and practitioners working in their field of research.
The scholarship is open to postgraduate tertiary students, early career researchers and those working in primary health, mental health, aged care, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, or LGBTQI health. Applications close 5pm AEST, Friday 11 August 2017. More information is available here.
That’s all for the July RCS Update; please drop a line, say hello and share your latest in CQI and CQI research, or a request or suggestion for the next update.
Until then, I hope to ‘see’ many of you at the RCS TC with Dr Watkin Lui next week!
Warm wishes,
Karen
Dr Karen McPhail-Bell | Research Capacity Building Fellow
University Centre for Rural Health
Sydney Medical School
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
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Western Australia
These two programs based in WA and developed by WANADA in collaboration with other agencies applies to a national context. The Standard is based on the completed program.
Culturally secure accreditation framework project (completed)
Standard on culturally secure practice (alcohol and other drug sector) program (current)
National
Healthy for life (provided by the Australian Government)
Queensland
Aboriginal and Islander Community Controlled Health Services clinical excellence (ACE) program
National and NT
Healthy community assessment tool (project completed)
South Australia
South Australian quality improvement data (SQID) program
NSW
A range of CQI programs from across Australia
National
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector accreditation and quality standards project
Audit and best practice for chronic disease (ABCD)
Systematic review of continuous quality improvement in Indigenous primary health care organisations
Quality Improvement Council program
WA
Continuous care improvement (CCI) - current
Quality indicators of diabetes careat DAHS 1999-2009
ABCD sexual health tool project
Victoria
Improving care for Aboriginal and Toress Strait Islander patients program
NT
NT, Qld, WA
STI in remote communities: improved and enhanced primary health care
Lessons from the best: to better the rest
SA
Australian primary care collaboratives program
Managing two worlds together: city hospital care for Aboriginal people
International
Helping to 'close the gap' by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
