The Research Advocacy Workgroup

The Research Advocacy Workgroup includes:
Jack Westfall, Chair
Fred Burge
Jen Devoe
Perry Dickinson
Rick Glazier
Kevin Grumbach
Paul James
Alan Katz
Dan Merenstein
Bob Phillips

The workgroup wants to hear from you.  If you prefer not commenting "live" below, email Angela Broderick at abroderick@napcrg.org.

Research Advocacy -- your ideas for the next chapter

The Research Advocacy Workgroup was formed in 2010 to develop NAPCRG's advocacy priorities. 

They worked hard and accomplished this, and now they are beginning the process of updating them.   In the spirit of transparency, and of getting members' ideas and reactions early, they'd like your input.

At this point the draft is not really even a draft, but more of a wish list.  Please share your comments or additional ideas below, or email Angela Broderick at abroderick@napcrg.org.

Proposed Agenda for Primary Care Research Advocacy

2013- 2014  DRAFT
1.        Continue dissemination of “Key Messages” for primary care research.*
a.       Request CAFM organizations to share with their members.
b.      Include in NAPCRG’s “Clinical Pearls” information and stories about primary care research to better educate clinicians on what primary care research is and how they (and their patients) can benefit from it.
c.       NAPCRG officer lead presentation at Working Party on primary care research.
*developed in Seattle, Nov 2010, by this workgroup

2.       Support and partner with PCORI.
 
3.       Build strong partnerships with organizations that could collaborate, sponsor or fund our efforts in primary care research advocacy.   
a.       Meet with key individuals in organizations that could help advance the efforts of NAPCRG’s research advocacy agenda.
                                                               i.      Laskar Foundation
                                                             ii.      Commonwealth Fund
                                                            iii.      AcademyHealth
                                                           iv.      CTSA
                                                             v.      IOM

4.       Maintain relationship with CIHR and key Canadian funding agencies.
a.       Offer to continue to provide reviewers.
b.      Invite CIHR key people to NAPCRG meetings and discuss options for collaboration.

5.       Financially support lobbying and advocacy activities that support the advancement of primary care research and primary care research funding.
a.       Provide support to the US Council on Academic Family Medicine (CAFM/AFMAC)
  i.      Request that AFMAC review NAPCRG’s research advocacy priorities and make recommendations on what legislative actions or partnerships could be pursued.
  ii.      Request annual report of contribution or progress on NAPCRG’s priorities.
b.      Provide support for Canadian advocacy by contributing financially to CFPC Section of Researchers advocacy efforts
c.       Investigate consulting relationship with other experts

Send us your feedback!   These priorities will be discussed by the Workgroup and the Board of Directors at our upcoming meeting in New Orleans.

2012 NAPCRG Practice-based Research Conference

Thoughts of a PBRN Conference Pro

Here’s what Mort Wasserman, PBRN Conference Steering Committee member, had to say about the PBRN conferences he’s attended in the past. It gives a glimpse into what to expect from this year’s conference. Mort is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont and is a Director at the American Academy of Pediatrics in Pediatric Research in Office Settings. We are thrilled to have him as part of the committee that will make this year’s conference the best yet!

“I’ve attended every AHRQ PBRN conference since they began in 2000. As a pediatrician, the conference gives me access to my practice-based research colleagues in family medicine and internal medicine – folks with whom I don’t normally interact. Attendance has regularly provided me with new ideas for our own network’s research. Relationships traceable to the PBRN conference have developed into funded innovative collaborations with researchers from other PBRNs. I’ve also had the satisfaction of contributing (I hope) to the work of others. This conference is invaluable both for practice-based research newbies and for old hands.”
-Mort Wasserman, MD, MPH

PBRN Conference Plenary Speaker – Joe Selby, MD, MPH

We are thrilled to host Joe Selby, MD, MPH, as one of our plenary speaker at the PBRN conference. He is the first Executive Director of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent organization created to help people make informed health care decisions and improve health care delivery. PCORI commissions research that is guided by patients, caregivers and the broader health care community and produces high integrity, evidence-based information.

Dr. Selby will discuss primary care quality improvement via collaborative partnerships; conducting research that not only informs service delivery but also facilitates sustainable quality improvement at the practice and systems level.

A press release on Dr. Selby describes him well: “Dr. Selby is a rare combination of innovative research leader and tireless patient advocate, who is passionate about PCORI’s work to ensure that the patient perspective is incorporated throughout the health research and dissemination process,” said Dr. Eugene Washington, M.D., M.Sc., chair of the PCORI Board of Governors and vice chancellor of Health Sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dr. Selby is a family physician, clinical epidemiologist and health services researcher. He joined PCORI from Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, where he was director of the Division of Research for 13 years and oversaw a department of more than 50 investigators and 500 research staff working on more than 250 ongoing studies. An accomplished researcher, he has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and continues to conduct research, primarily in the areas of diabetes outcomes and quality improvement.

Dr. Selby’s plenary will be on Thursday of the conference (June 21) and is sure to impress.

For more about PCORI go to www.pcori.org.

PBRN Conference June 20-21

You may have seen or heard that due to a grant from AHRQ, we are excited to be hosting the 8^th annual Practice Based Research Network Conference.

We’re busy putting together two days of sessions that not only address the science of research and operation of PBRNs, but also provide for the presentation of studies focusing on practice improvement, behavioral health, diagnosis and treatment issues encountered in primary care practice, and the efficacy of interventions and prevention modalities.

Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) Executive Director will be the first plenary speaker. He’ll discuss primary care quality improvement via collaborative partnerships and conducting research that not only informs service delivery but also facilitates sustainable quality improvement at the practice and systems level.

We have also put together an exciting plenary panel featuring Larry Green, MD, Jon Kerner, PhD, Jack Westfall, MD, MPH, and James W. Mold, MD, MPH. The panelists will give a brief overview of the IOM Report on the intersection between Public Health and Primary Care with each panelist presenting examples on how to make the interface.

We hope you’ll join us. Registration is open at www.napcrg.org.

A big thank you to our Steering Committee:

Chair: James W. Mold, MD, MPH, Professor and Director of the Research Division in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geriatrics.

Rowena Dolor, MD, MHS, Director, Primary Care Research Consortium, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University

Ardis Olson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School and Director of the Clinicians Enhancing Child Health Network

Jack Westfall, MD, MPH, Associate Dean of Rural Health, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and Director of the High Plains Research Network

Donna Manca, MD, MCLSC, Assistant Professor and Director of Research, University of Alberta Department of Family Medicine; Clinical Director, Alberta Practice Research Network

R. "Mort" Wasserman, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Director, Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), American Academy of Pediatrics

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