Please join us for two upcoming events focused on primary healthcare research and patient engagement. 

Primary Health Care Research Day 2018

When: June 4, 2018

Where:  Double Tree by Hilton, 101 Wyse Road, Dartmouth, NS

Who: Patients and community members, students, residents, faculty, researchers, health care providers, policy and decision makers, and the primary health care research community.

Why: To highlight primary health care research being conducted in the province, while providing a forum to meet, share work, make connections, and build relationships.

Patients Included

Primary Health Care Research Day is proud to be an accredited Patients Included conference. A bursary program is available for patients and caregivers who wish to attend research day.  All patients should register by applying for the bursary. The deadline to apply for the bursary is May 14.

Anyone with an interest in primary health care research is encouraged to register for this event. Register now!

Picchione Lecture 2018

Picchione Lecture Series: Research and the Future of Health Care – Patients As Partners in Research and Health Care

When: June 5, 2018, 6-8:30pm (reception to follow)

Where:  Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road Halifax

Who: Everyone is welcome

Why: To explore the how/when/where and, especially, the why of engaging patients in primary health care research through stories of patient engagement from Colorado, USA. Local panelists, including a local patient advocate, will bring perspectives on how patient engagement in primary health care research is unfolding in Nova Scotia.