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The Pan-Canadian Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Network on Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations Network (PIHCI) is seeking two Patient Representatives to sit on its National Leadership Council. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape primary and integrated care across the country and support the development of learning health systems. The SPOR Read more

Eight Knowledge Synthesis SPOR PIHCI Network operating grants were funded across the country and two have BC investigators: Building Cross-Generational Wellness and Resilience in Multi-Generational Indigenous Households: A Scoping Review Principal Investigator(s): Currie, Cheryl L; Fox, Arnold; Ward, Cheryl; ManyGuns, Linda M; Marshall, E. Anne; Tait, Caroline L Dimensions of Quality for Mobile Applications in Read more

This conference will be of interest to clinicians and others engaged in primary care reform work, either from a planning and implementation, or a research perspective. It will bring together knowledge from across the continent. There will be a pre-conference workshop on patient engagement, which aims to support broader patient engagement in primary care research Read more

The Return To Relationships: Big Ideas to Improve Health Care for All Canadians – Dr. Danielle Martin What do relationships have to do with the success of healthcare systems around the world? Find out on Monday, January 23, when Dr. Danielle Martin speaks at Simon Fraser University as part of the Vancouver Division of Family Read more

This discussion paper from the BC Nurse Practitioners Association describes a new primary health care model that encourages a focus on place-based, multidisciplinary teams, shared governance, and care that is developed with and wrapped around patients. Incorporated within this discussion paper is a funding strategy proposal that has the potential to immediately place the NP workforce Read more

Are you or someone you know interested in gaining interdisciplinary team experience, feedback on your own research and mentorship from a vast network of primary health care researchers and decision makers? Then TUTOR-PHC is for you! This call for applications for TUTOR-PHC is open to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, mid-career clinicians, and decision makers in Read more