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Fall 2026 BC-PHCRN Update
Welcome back members – we hope you had a wonderful summer and are enjoying fall. Over the past several months, we’ve been advancing a number of research projects and engaging closely with our clinical partners to strengthen connections between research and practice. This newsletter highlights important updates, achievements, and impactful work taking place across our…
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Spring 2026 BC-PHCRN Update
This past year, the BC-PHCRN has worked to expand our scope of research to address important provincial and national priorities in primary care. This work includes supporting pandemic preparedness, understanding how team‑based care models are changing and how well they evolve, improving patient access through quality improvement, studying medication deprescribing practices, and strengthening the quality…
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December 2025 BC-PHCRN Update
Happy holidays! Recently the BC-PHCRN has dedicated efforts to expanding the scope of primary care research projects, adding initiatives that focus on pandemic preparedness, evaluation of team-based care clinics, and advancing access in primary care. We’ve been working to scale out this work with interdisciplinary researchers both provincially and nationally, and advancing the BC-PHCRN data…
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Healthcare Excellence Canada CareForward Initiatives
BC PHCRN and CPCRN have partnered with Healthcare Excellence Canada to be involved in their CareForward to primary care initiatives. We would like to encourage as many BC primary care practices to participate. We will be working to complete cross country research/evaluation of all participating practices (who consent) for purposes of learning together and advancing…
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June 2025 BC-PHCRN Update
Summer has arrived and the BC-PHCRN has been diligently working on Research Ethics applications for a variety of new pan-Canadian research projects. We are excited to share these new developments in the autumn. In the meantime, please see our updates on new and ongoing research initiatives and the transition to the Canadian Primary Care Research…
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April 2025 BC-PHCRN Update
Happy spring! We are excited to share the following updates with you. In This Update Recruitment: MAPLE-CHF (Multidisciplinary Approach for high-risk Patients Leading to Early diagnosis of Canadians with Heart Failure) Knowledge Translation: BC-PHCRN Research Round-Up Event Knowledge Translation: OECD Patient Reported Indicator Surveys (PaRIS) Upcoming Research: Pandemic pREparedness engaging Primary cARe and Emergency Departments…
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Advancing knowledge on building capacity and sustaining the primary health care system in BC: Primary health care research round-up brief
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the BC Primary Health Care Research Network (BC-PHCRN) hosted a virtual Primary Health Care Research Round-up on November 29, 2024, to discuss leading research, priorities and initiatives happening in the primary health care sector of British Columbia (BC). This half-day session, facilitated by co-Director Dr. Rubee Dev…
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CPCRN Primary Care Learning Cycle and NAPCRG announcements and successes
In late November 2024 BC-PHCRN was pleased to be part of the Canadian Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN) Primary Care Learning Cycle, which immediately preceded the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) conference in Quebec City. The ninety attendees of the Learning Cycle included primary care researchers, trainees, funders, policymakers/health care system managers, people…
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Save the Date! UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research 37th Annual Health Policy Conference
Primary Care at A(nother) Crossroads March 3-4, 2025 | UBC Alumni Centre, Vancouver, or virtual The 2025 CHSPR health policy conference will confront the primary care crisis. With primary care stretched beyond its limits, it is necessary for provincially delivered and funded systems learn from each other and more quickly apply evidence to practice. Speakers…
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September 2024 BC-PHCRN Update
Welcome back and happy autumn! We hope you enjoyed a restful summer. Our Network has been busy with ongoing primary care research projects and events, and we are excited to share the following updates with you. In This Update Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research (SPIDER) UBC Innovation Support Unit (ISU) BC Team-based…
