Monthly Archives: October 2014

Journal Club #1 – “What Is Value in Health Care?”

For our next session on Monday November 3rd, our meeting will consist of peer review of someone’s work in progress (seeking volunteers!) and discussion of the following editorial, “What Is Value in Health Care?” (N Engl J Med 2010). Here’s a snippet:

valueValue — neither an abstract ideal nor a code word for cost reduction — should define the framework for performance improvement in health care. Rigorous, disciplined measurement and improvement of value is the best way to drive system progress. Yet value in health care remains largely unmeasured and misunderstood.

I hope we can discuss Porter’s conceptualization of “value.” Do you agree with the commenters who argue that a payer-centred perspective of value ignores patient-centred, lifespan, and non-acute care outcomes? How does this editorial relate to other HSR literature you’ve been reading recently?

 

C2E2 Brunch and Learn Trainee Session with Dr. Robert Reid

Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows are invited to attend a trainee session with Dr. Robert Reid on patient-centred care, primary care delivery, and knowledge translation. Trainees will have the opportunity to share their work and receive feedback and guidance from Dr. Reid, Centre faculty and other attendees.

Dr. Reid is a senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute and medical director of research translation at Group Health Cooperative. Dr. Reid is a primary care physician with master’s training in public health and doctoral training in health policy and management. His research interests revolve around primary care organization and design, as well as the translation of preventive care research into day-to-day clinical practice.

http://www.grouphealthresearch.org/faculty/images/reid/Rob-Reid_hi-res.jpgWhen is it?

November 6, 2014
9:00AM – 10:30AM
Light snacks will be provided

Where is it?

C2E2 at Vancouver General Hospital
Room 700, 828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver

How to apply to have your work discussed?

Limited space is available, and if you wish to have your work discussed please submit a short abstract (max. 200 words) to Logan Trenaman [trenaman (at) alumni (dot) ubc (dot) ca] by October 15. Three abstracts will be selected for presentation and discussion.

Interested in learning more about this topic?

If you do not wish to present, but would like to attend the session, please RSVP to Logan prior to November 1. In addition, you are encouraged to attend the C2E2 Annual Lecture (Nov 6 at 3pm, VGH Paetzold Lecture hall). Please RSVP for the Annual Lecture at www.C2E2.ca.

It’s time to SHaRe!

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We invite graduate students from SPPH and other disciplines to join us for SHaRe – the Students in HeAlth REsearch peer club, a monthly meeting bringing health services research students together for knowledge exchange and peer review.

The plan is to meet the first Monday of each month from 4:00-5:30pm off-campus (near VGH – location TBD). There will be an option to skype in for the meetings.

Next meeting: Monday, November 3rd, 2014

Each meeting will provide an opportunity to:

  • Share HSR theory and methods challenges
  • Lead a journal club session on an HSR editorial or study
  • Gain peer feedback on your work in progress – a conference presentation, chapter of your thesis, journal article, or grant application.

If you would like to present at an upcoming meeting, please let us know.