Priority briefing documents now available online
Twelve priority briefing documents are available to view online now.
The briefings cover a wide range of topics such as dementia, patient initiated care and diabetes. They are designed to aid and inform the second stage of prioritisation (with the PenCLAHRC Stakeholder Group).
The twelve topics were selected from over 80 questions submitted at the first stage of prioritisation by the PenCLAHRC Executive Group.
The priority briefings aim to supplement these prioritised questions with further relevant information about the context of the topic, its relevance to local health objectives, how large a concern it might be in the population, the potential benefits of resolving the issue and what past and present research reports on the topic already (what we know and what we don’t know).
The priority briefings are designed to provide information suitable for all members of the Stakeholder Group in order that they make informed voting decisions. They are written in a limited amount of time (approximately two days) and are not designed to represent fully comprehensive or systematic reviews of the literature and should not be considered as such.
View the Priority Briefings here.
Summer edition of PenCLAHRC Post published
The Summer edition of PenCLAHRC Post, which focuses on the work of the collaboration in Cornwall, is now available to download from http://clahrc-peninsula.nihr.ac.uk/content/newsletter.
Government White Paper highlights CLAHRCs
The Government’s recent White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, sets out its vision for the NHS over the life of this parliament and makes several references to the importance of the conduct of research, and the use of research evidence, as key elements of the NHS. Specifically, the document committed the Department of Health to “continue to promote the role of Biomedical Research Centres and Units, Academic Health Science Centres and Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, to develop research and to unlock synergies between research, education and patient care." The full document can be accessed from this link. The NIHR Annual Report 2009/10 is also expected to be published this month and highlight the work of CLAHRCs.
Professor Andrew Hattersley elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Researching Complex Interventions Masterclass 18th-20th June 2010
The University of Exeter’s Clinical Training and Mood Disorders Centre, in collaboration with the European Academy of Nursing Science and the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, invite you to an international masterclass on translating the UK Medical Research Council’s 2008 guidance for ‘Developing and Researching Complex Interventions’ into implementation programmes for clinical practice, education and research in health care.
This workshop is suitable for clinicians, researchers and educators who wish to incorporate complex interventions concepts into their practice. Topics will include:
- Defining Complex Interventions: integrating research methods into programmatic investigations of complex interventions
- Developing Interventions: evidence base, theories and modelling
- Testing the feasibility of complex interventions: procedures, recruitment and sampling
- Evaluating complex Interventions: effectiveness, cost effectiveness and processes
- Implementing complex interventions: dissemination, surveillance and follow up
The masterclass will be led and facilitated by Professors Paul Dieppe, David Richards, Nicky Britten and Eugen Mullen. Workshops will be contributed by Professors Rod Taylor, Willem Kuyken, and Drs Rob Anderson, Paul Farrand, Peta Foxall, Karen Mattick and Heather O'Mahen. The masterclass will be held at the Peter Chalk Centre, the Streatham campus of the University of Exeter, from 9am on Friday 18th until 12.30 on Sunday 20th June 2010. The cost of this course will be £250.
For further information contact Kath Buckell; telephone +44 (0) 1392 725753 or email K.M.Buckell@exeter.ac.uk.