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BRIC NS launches patient partner orientation guide

In collaboration with our Patient Engagement Working Group, BRIC NS has developed a Quick Guide for people who are interested in getting involved in research.  This is the first of a series that will eventually make up four booklets.

Information we include has been adapted,with permissions, from others who have created similar type booklets such as INVOLVE in the United Kingdom. Support and advice for changes to reflect our Canadian environment were provided by patient partners who worked with us to ensure we cover the kinds of information people need when first becoming engaged in research.

You can download the Quick Guide here and find it under the Resources section of our website.

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BRIC NS member Juanna Ricketts receives Canada 150 Medal

Juanna Ricketts - Canada 150 Award
Juanna Ricketts (centre) receives her award from Senator Colin Deacon and Sara Napier, CEO United Way Halifax

Congratulations to Juanna Ricketts, member of the BRIC NS Advisory Council and Patient Partner for receiving the Canada 150 Medal from the Senate of Canada for her volunteer work with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Halifax-Dartmouth.  The award was given out on June 12 at the CMHA Annual Meeting.

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Congratulations to Ryley Urban, winner of the 2019 BRIC NS Student Poster Award

PHCRD 2019 - Student Poster Award final
Beverley Lawson, Director of BRIC NS, presents the 2019 Student Poster Award to Ryley Urban.

Congratulations to Ryley Urban, currently pursuing her Master’s in Industrial Engineering at Dalhousie University!  Ryley is the winner of the third annual BRIC NS Student Poster Award for her poster “Panel reallocation model for providers in Rural Nova Scotia.”  The prize is presented at Primary Health Care Research Day.

Eighteen posters were up for consideration, presented by undergraduate, Master’s and PhD students, representing three universities.  Thank you to all of our applicants and judges.

BRIC NS is pleased to offer an award for best student poster given at Primary Health Care Research Day. To be eligible, the abstract must be accepted by the Primary Health Care Research Day Program Committee. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a degree program at a Nova Scotia university or community college.  Applicants must be first author on posters and must present their own work and not that of an advisor.  Reviewers assess the overall quality of the poster’s content and the presenter’s ability to successfully and succinctly present the subject matter.

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BRIC NS featured in the Chronicle Herald

 

BRIC NS Science Lead, Dr. Fred Burge, was interviewed by the Chronicle Herald in advance of Primary Health Care Research Day.

“How do we take emerging evidence and move it into clinical care or into policy and practice design?” said Dr. Fred Burge, the director of the primary care research unit at Dalhousie University.

Read the full story here.

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LEARN Series: Reducing Employee Stress using the RIGHT Way of Leadership

Please join us on April 17th for a co-presented lecture with the Industrial and Organizational Psychology program at Saint Mary’s University.  BRIC NS Student Research Award recipient Duygu Biricik Gulseren will present her research on leadership and employee stress.  Attendees will also have an opportunity to learn about BRIC NS.

LEARN-Duygu Biricik Gulseren April 17 2019

Details:

Reducing Employee Stress using the RIGHT Way of Leadership
Duygu Biricik Gulseren
Wednesday, April 17th | 2:00 – 3:15 pm
4th Floor, Sobey School of Business

All welcome, please RSVP to cncohs@smu.ca 

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Health Integration Summit

Health Integration Summit - Poster

May 9 & 10, Saskatoon SK

The SPOR PIHCI Health System Integration Summit is happening in Saskatoon on May 9 and 10. Learn about the status of health system integration in primary health care across the country, the successes so far and the challenges that need to be addressed in the coming years.

Summit Goals

SPOR PIHCI Health System Integration Summit aims to:

  • Build a common understanding of integrated primary health care delivery models used in Canada.
  • Explore issues in primary health care delivery, linking research to practice and including successes and challenges; and
  • Strengthen the community of patient and professional health care leaders, researchers and policy analysts in the area of integrated primary care.

Registration is free but your spot must be reserved by April 18.

More details here: https://www.healthsystemintegrationsummit.ca/