BC Primary Health Care Research Network

News and Events

  • Save the Date! UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research 37th Annual Health Policy Conference

    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 Read more

  • September 2024 BC-PHCRN Update

    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 Research Activity Updates Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research (SPIDER) Recruitment of primary care Read more

  • July 2024 BC-PHCRN Update

    July 2024 BC-PHCRN Update

    Wishing you all a wonderful summer ahead! Below we outline Network research progress, upcoming events and news from our partners, and news from the Canadian Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN). In This Update Research Activity Updates Recruitment: SPIDER (Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research) – A research and quality improvement collaboration supporting practices Read more

  • BC-PHCRN researchers part of national team funded to improve Canada’s ability to identify and respond to future pandemics

    BC-PHCRN researchers part of national team funded to improve Canada’s ability to identify and respond to future pandemics

    Congratulations to Rubee Dev and Nathaniel Hawkins, co-applicants on a large national team funded by the Canada Biomedical Research Fund to create a new approach to pandemic preparedness. Led by Andrew Pinto and the Upstream Lab at Unity Health Toronto, the project will improve the monitoring and early detection of pathogens while accelerating the development Read more

  • TBC@UBC Network Event May 30: Advancing Team-Based Care in BC by Organizing Collaborative Action

    TBC@UBC Network Event May 30: Advancing Team-Based Care in BC by Organizing Collaborative Action

    Thursday, May 30, 2024 | 12:00-1:30 pm PT | Zoom | Register: https://bit.ly/tbcubc_may30 Join TBC@UBC at an upcoming event to explore collaborative efforts for advancing team-based care in BC. We’ll dive into four ideas: These ideas emerged in the engaging discussions at the “Weaving the Threads: Bridging Silos, Building Impact” event in January 2024, hosted Read more

  • Canadian Primary Research Network (CPCRN) Learning Series 2024: Series 2 starts on May 28th

    Canadian Primary Research Network (CPCRN) Learning Series 2024: Series 2 starts on May 28th

    Promising Policies for Advancing Access to Primary Care Session 1 of Learning Series 2 is about workforce strategies needed to advance access to primary care. Virtual Event: May 28, 2024 | 9-10 am PT Panelist All jurisdictions are challenged to ensure an integrated workforce is in place to support patient access to primary care now Read more