CPCRN Newsletter: May 2024

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Network News

Updated Values and Principles

We have updated the CPCRN’s Values and Principles, which we intend to be a living document reflecting our work and ongoing commitment to growth. Click here to learn more.

Land Acknowledgement Resources

The CPCRN is a network of networks spanning what we now call Canada. We would like to encourage members to continue sharing Land Acknowledgements at meetings and gatherings and offer this document as a resource to support their journey towards crafting more personalized statements. Click here to view the document.

Save the Dates – Events

Learning Health Hub Virtual Symposium June 6 & 7, 2024 (12 – 3:00 PM ET both days)

The Learning Health Hub virtual symposium is intended to bring together Canadians with interest or expertise in Learning Health Systems (LHS).To find out more, please visit their new website here and register here.

CPCRN Primary Care Learning Cycle, November 18th – 19th, 2024 – Quebec City

We are excited to share registration and hotel links for our Primary Care Learning Cycle for this November in Quebec City, just before the NAPCRG Conference. There is no cost to attend.

The goals of the Primary Care Learning Cycle are:

  • To co-design an action plan that aligns the work of CPCRN with an essential part of a primary care learning health system.
  • Engage network members and allies in a series of sprints to move us closer to embedding applied research and evidence supports in care delivery.
  • To bring our diverse partners together to network and learn from each other.

We hope to see many of you there! See details and register for our conference at this link. Book your Hilton hotel room here. Please reach out to our Administrative Coordinator, Manuela Beeckmans at admin@cpcrn-rcrsp.ca if you have any questions.

CPCRN Learning Series

Connecting Patients to Primary Care – June 25, 12-1 PM ET

Join our upcoming Learning Series to discover innovative strategies for improving access to primary care, including centralized waitlists and enhanced self-management tools. Learn promising approaches to support equitable access and help patients navigate primary care services. Register here.

Research Project Spotlight

The SPARK Study is Scaling up!

PI: Andrew Pinto

Join Primary care network tackling social determinants of health for the launch of Deep End Canada!

What happens when a group of primary health care providers come together to serve socio-economically deprived populations in Canada? Primary Care at the Deep End Canada is a network of health practitioners that aims to improve the collection and use of social data to address social determinants of health at the individual, clinic, and policy levels.

Join this installment of Upstream Lab’s speaker series to learn about:

  • The role of primary care and primary care networks in addressing social and structural determinants of health, such as poverty
  • The GPs at the Deep End project
  • Successful strategies from Scotland and other countries for improving patient and community health through the Deep End
  • The goals of Deep End Canada and how you can get involved or learn more.

Register here.

SPOR Events and Opportunities

Webinar: Cultural Components of Safer Ways for Engagement

The George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation is organizing a Lunch Learning Series on cultural safer ways of engaging with folks in health research on June 12 at 1:00-2:00 PM EDT. Click here to register.

Webinar: Strengths-Based Health Care Leadership

Are you interested in developing practical strategies to enhance your leadership, improve patient care, and cultivate a more resilient health careenvironment? On June 26, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM ET / 8:30-9:30 AM PT, join the CHILD-BRIGHT Network Knowledge Mobilization Clinician Hub for a webinar about applying the Strengths-Based Nursing and Health Care (SBNH) leadership framework to real-life health care situations. Click here to learn more.

SAVE THE DATE: Putting Patients First 2024 takes place on November 13!

This annual conference will advance learning communities to improve BC’s health system. Join the Michael Smith Health Research BC in Vancouver, BC, free of charge. Click here to learn more.

Recruitment: Research Study on Compensating Patient Partners in Health Research in Canada

The Centre for Research and Integrated Care (CRIC), New Brunswick’s PBRLN, is inviting Academic Health Researchers to participate in a virtual focus group or interview on Compensation-Related Barriers and Facilitators to Patient Engagement. Researchers want to hear from a wide range of individuals on what works and what does not for compensating patient research partners, and how this affects equity, diversity, and inclusion. Please see flyer for additional details. If you are interested, please reach out to: Samantha.Fowler@HorizonNB.ca.

Recommended Reading

Public experiences and perspectives of primary care in Canada: results from a cross-sectional survey

This is the first scientific publication from OurCare. It does a deep dive into results from OurCare’s national survey, pulling from 9,300 Canadians. Several CPCRN researchers are authors on the paper. Read the paper here.

Other Opportunities

Funding opportunities graduate studentship & postdoctoral fellowships

CANTRAIN develops clinical trial research competency through an efficient training environment delivering cutting-edge, inclusive educational curricula. They are providing funding for graduate students and postdocs. Deadline: May 31.

Are you interested in sleep research and want to learn more about how community members can partner with researchers?

Researchers from the University of British Columbia, University of Victoria, and McGill University have partnered with CanChild to organize a workshopseries (5 hours) on Family Engagement in Research in June. The workshops will occur online.

  • Workshop 1: “Let’s start the conversation: What is patient and family engagement in sleep health research and why does it matter?” June 11, 2024, at 3:30-6:00 PM PDT
  • Workshop 2: “Let’s go deeper: What does partnering with patients and families in sleep health equity research look like?” June 18, 2024 at 3:30-6:00 PM PDT

Click here to sign up for the workshops.

Training: L’aide sociale, ses formulaires et le rôle des médecins

This training is available online and in person (in Quebec). Learn about the links between last-resort assistance, poverty, health and discrimination, as well as the medico-administrative process leading to the Programme de solidarité sociale, and more. Click here to find out more (taining only available in French).

Have you received virtual care at your medical clinic and would like to share your experience?

A Quebec research team is conducting a study to explore interprofessional collaboration in the context of telehealth within primary care settings. They are particularly interested in understanding your perspective as an individual living with chronic diseases. For more information or to participate in this study, please contact Monica McGraw, PhD student and project leader: monica.mcgraw2@usherbrooke.ca or 1-506-858-4000 extension 4615.

Research Project Recruiting a Patient Partner for Research Team

The national Canada-wide Sleep Health Equity Engagement Project (SHEEP) wants to develop 10 top research priorities to promote sleep health for all communities in Canada. They are recruiting individuals who are part of sleep equity deserving groups OR individuals who work with sleep equity deserving groups to join their team as a public partner. Click here to see the flyer or contact sleep.engage@ubc.ca.

New PBRN Learning Series

Organized by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), this learning series is designed to support and promote the work of Practice Based Research Networks (PBRNs). Join the first event to learn tips and examples from their own experience on topics such as PBRN business models, developing and maintaining relationships with practices, and translating research findings into practice.