CBPHC Signature Initiative Fourth Annual Meeting

Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, Scientific Director - IHSPR and Dr. Steven J. Hoffman, Scientific Director - IPPH welcomed the participants to the CBPHC Signature Initiative Fourth Annual Meeting.

October 24th and 25th, 2016
Ottawa, Ontario

The Community Based Primary Health Care Innovations (CBPHC) 4th Annual Meeting was co-hosted by the CIHR Institutes of Population and Public Health (IPPH) and Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR). The meeting brought together CIHR funded CBPHC Innovation Teams, New Investigators and Applied Public Health Chairs, and representatives from national health care organizations including CIHI, the Canadian Medical Association and the College of Family Physicians of Canada. This meeting provided participants an opportunity to critically reflect on progress, achievements, and impacts arising from Innovation Team’s programs of research, including capacity building and knowledge translation activities. The meeting also provided a forum for knowledge exchange, critical debate and collaboration between Teams, salary awardees, decision-makers, and partners with a common interest.

Objectives

  • Critically reflect on progress, achievements and impacts arising from Teams and awardees’ programs of research, capacity building and knowledge translation;
  • Provide a forum for knowledge exchange, critical debate and collaboration between Teams, salary awardees, decision-makers and partners about issues of common interest;
  • Foster linkages with other complementary CIHR initiatives; and
  • Facilitate the further implementation of the CBPHC common indicators project.

Workshop Summary Report

The CBPHC funded Teams were invited to provide highlights of their research projects.
Round table discussions encouraged across team collaborations.
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