BC Primary Health Care Research Network

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  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity improving care for children, youth, and young adults living with diabetes

    The UBC Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a multidisciplinary translational research program with specific goals to improve the care of children, youth and young adults living with diabetes. The successful candidate will have been awarded the doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, ScD) degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics Read more

  • TUTOR-PHC program accepting applicants

    The Transdisciplinary Understandings and Training on Research – Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC) online training program is currently accepting applicants for its one-year certificate program. TUTOR-PHC is open to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, mid-career clinicians, and decision-makers in primary health care. TUTOR-PHC is a one-year, pan-Canadian, interdisciplinary research capacity building program that has been training primary Read more

  • Upcoming seminar on practice patterns among early-career primary care physicians

    Ruth Lavergne, Assistant Professor in the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences, is giving a seminar on Nov. 12 at noon, hosted by the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. Practice patterns among early-career primary care physicians: Is avocado toast ruining primary care in Canada? Ruth Lavergne, Simon Fraser University Tuesday, Nov 12, 2019 Read more

  • BC AHSN Learning Health Systems Webinar Oct 16

    The BC Academic Health Sciences Network is presenting a Learning Health Systems Webinar October 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am Presented by: Professor Jean-François Ethier Learning Health Systems require common, connecting infrastructure in order to operate at scale. This talk will describe the development of technology in Quebec that puts the patient at the Read more

  • September 2019 BC-PHCRN Update

    Greetings from the BC-PHCRN. It’s been a busy year and we have lots of news to share. Our goal is to make these updates more frequent as we continue to grow and evolve our network. Highlights from this past year include: the ongoing engagement of our Patient Advisory; exciting growth and projects involving the BC Read more

  • Dalhousie University recruiting Canada Research Chair in primary care

    Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine invites applications for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Primary Care. The appointment will be career stream at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Primary Care, in this context, refers to first contact and continuing care for patients by health system health care providers. It is nested Read more