Family Medicine
Research Newsletter
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Research Strategic Plan Implementation Engage. Discover. Change.September Spotlight - The Patient-Centered Medical Home Working
GroupIn February 2020, a series of working groups were established to help articulate the vision and bring to life the implementation of the Research Strategic Plan. The Patient-Centered Medical Home Working Group was formed to address the following strategic objective:Develop, implement, and evaluate models of patient care which promote the development of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH).The main purpose of the PCMH Working Group is to generate ideas and identify best practices that promote, explore, evaluate or define innovations in family medicine which reflect the philosophy, organization, and practices of PCMH and the education and training of PCMH personnel.
PCMH Working Group members include:Tanya Barber
Mirella Chiodo
Kimberley Duerksen
Dr. Lee Green
Dr. Jessica Kirkwood
Dr. Sudha Koppula
Dr. Donna MancaThe knowledge and expertise of the working group members provide oversight to help guide the Research Program towards building PCMH research capacity by establishing responsibilities, distinguishing resources, and determining a timeframe to achieve the strategic objective.Discussions have progressed from PCMH research that has worked well, to barriers encountered, and actionable strategies informed by the quadruple aim and the six domains of health quality
frameworks. PCMH Working Group advancement and actions include:A PCMH Research Needs Assessment was created to better understand the current and future research needs of clinics. Information from the assessment is used to determine research readiness and the research scholarship needs of family practices. Members of the
PCMH Working Group continue to engage in ongoing dialogue regarding site-based research and continuous quality improvement.A virtual PCMH Research Town Hall Meeting was conducted to seek feedback to better understand research involvement and what the Research Program can do in the future to address research needs. The virtual meeting captured diverse perspectives of clinicians, faculty, and residents, while identifying immediate and long-term actions to support PCMH research.The PCMH Working Group will be focusing their efforts on the data necessary to promote research readiness to address both quality improvement and research derived from practice that contributes to improving the service, safety, and quality of patient care. The group will decide how best to capture evidence and measure the potential impact of PCMH research on family medicine.
For more details on the Research Strategic Plan Implementation and how you can get involved, please contact Shannon Gentilini, Special Projects Coordinator at
shannon.gentilini@ualberta.ca
Upcoming Research Workshops and Presentations
Alberta College of Family Physicians - Elevating Family Medicine Research in Alberta Information from ACFP After an engaging and productive forum in June 2019, the ACFP was asked to continue to bring our broader community of researchers and knowledge translators together for continued collaboration. We hope you can join us this year for our 2nd annual forum to contribute to the conversation and provide direction for the provision of local and provincial programs and supports. Please contact us at research@acfp.ca or call Lorrainne Dubois at 780-701-9715 (direct line) if you have any questions or comments. If you have a colleague who would be interested in this discussion but they didn't receive the invitation, please send us their name and email and we'd be happy to extend an invitation. This workshop is being conducted via Zoom from 1:00-3:30 pm, September 30, 2020.
Enhanced Dementia Surveillance Program PIs: Annie Robitaille (University of Ottawa), Neil Drummond
Funding amount: $990,000
Timeframe: 3 years
Funding Agency: Public Health Agency of Canada The aim of this research project is to link dementia patient and caregiver CPCSSN data with administrative data, patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) and homecare data for routine surveillance. The Department of Family Medicine at University of Alberta will lead the data management and linkage. The Department of Family Medicine and the Centre for Health Informatics at the University of Calgary will lead the advanced analytics.
Alzheimer’s Society 2021 Research CompetitionKey Dates Launch of competition: Friday, September 11, 2020
Application deadline: Friday, November 6, 2020, 11:59 p.m. EST
Results announced: May 2021
Commencement of funding: July 1, 2021 Funding informationDoctoral Awards provide an opportunity for promising individuals, pursuing a PhD, to begin the process of becoming future independent investigators in the field of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Postdoctoral Awards are for graduates with a PhD or MD who wish to gain additional research experience within an established research environment. New Investigator Operating Grants are designed to help launch the careers of outstanding researchers who are within the first 4 years of their initial academic appointment Proof of Concept Grants are designed to fund established researchers in conducting innovative,
high-risk and high-reward approaches to dementia research. Please do not submit existing hypotheses.
Amin S, Soliman M, McIvor A, Cave A, Cabrera C. Usage patterns of short-acting β 2-agonists and inhaled corticosteroids in asthma: A targeted literature review. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. September 2020; 8(8):2556-2564.e8. Andermann A, Bloch G, Goel R, Brcic V, Salvalaggio G, Twan S, Kendall CE, Ponka D and Pottie K. Caring for patients with lived
experience of homelessness. Canadian Family Physician. August 2020; 66(8): 563-570. Dickinson JA, Thériault G, Singh H, Szafran O, Roland Grad. Rethinking screening during and after Covid-19. Should things ever be the same again? Canadian Family Physician. August 2020; 66(8): 571-575. Funnell S, Darlene Kitty D, Schipper S. Moving toward
anti-racism. Canadian Family Physician. August 2020; 66:(8) 617. Garies S, Youngson E, Soos B, Forst B, Duerksen K, Manca D, McBrien K, Drummond N, Quan H, Williamson T. Primary care EMR and administrative data linkage in Alberta, Canada: describing the suitability for hypertension surveillance. British Medical Journal (BMJ) Health Care Informatics. August 2020; 27(3):e100161. Korownyk CS. A primary care prevention revolution? Canadian Family Physician. August 2020; 66(8): 558. Rej S, Herrmann A, Grunier A, McArthur E, Jeyakumar N, Munda FT, Harel Z, Dixon S, Garg A. Association of Lithium Use and a Higher Serum Concentration of Lithium With the Risk of Declining Renal Function in Older Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. August 2020; 81(5). Parmar J, Anderson S, Duggleby W, Holroyd-Leduc J,
Pollard C, Bremault-Philips S. Developing person‐centred care competencies for the healthcare workforce to support family caregivers: Caregiver centred care. Health and Social Care in the Community; 2020; 00:1–12
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2020 Geriatric Medicine Virtual Conference
Saturday, October 21, 2020
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FMF is going virtual this year! The livestream will be hosted from November 4-7, 2020 and will be available OnDemand from November 8 to December 8th. Registration is still open at https://fmf.cfpc.ca/
Northern American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting
NAPCRG as well is being held virtually November 20-24th, 2020. Early bird registration is available until October 15th. Click here to register For a complete list of popular conferences, please visit the Conferences webpage for the Family Medicine website.
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