NEWS & UPDATES
SCPOR rePORt: May, 2021
In this month's newsletter, you'll learn how to register for an event on PROMs & PREMs, find opportunities to engage in patient-oriented research, hear stories of research taking place in our province and more!
A PAWSitive Support Project for Veterans with PTSD and Who Problematically Use Substances
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXFobyPqtG0
Learning how psychiatric service dogs can help veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recover from problematic alcohol and drug use is the focus of a new Health Canada, Substance Use and Addiction Program, funded project led by the University of Saskatchewan.
Family relationships sustain us
Produced by the SK LTC Network in partnership with SPA-LTC, 2021
The SK LTC Network is a group of family members, researchers, clinicians, and trainees that contribute evidence- and experience- informed strategies to support long-term care stakeholders.
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care (https://spaltc.ca) is an approach that emphasizes quality of life for people with life-limiting illnesses living in long-term care. This approach emphasizes strong resident, family, and staff communication about the needs of the whole person.
SK LTC Network and SPA-LTC worked in partnership to produce this video as a reminder of the significance of family relationships to health and wellbeing. We share the belief that fostering strong resident, family, staff, and decision-maker relationships is integral to the pandemic response and recovery process.
Picker Gold Challenge Grants for Residency Training
The Picker Gold Graduate Medical Education (GME) Challenge Grant Program provides 18-month grants to support the research and development of innovative projects within the graduate medical education setting, designed to facilitate successful patient-centered care initiatives. Our goal is to help physicians incorporate practices that bring patient needs and wishes into the center of all healthcare interactions.
Click here to learn more. Application Deadline: May 12, 2020
SCPOR and University of Regina Call for Trainee Funding
The University of Regina and SCPOR are pleased to announce an opportunity to apply for matching trainee funding. The purpose of these awards are to provide support to Undergraduate, Masters and PhD students, and to faculty supervisors from the University of Regina who demonstrate a passion for patient-oriented research.
Application Deadline: April 24, 2021. Click to learn more and apply.
KT Canada Virtual Scientific Meeting
The 2021 KT Canada Virtual Scientific Meeting is less than three weeks away!
Theme: Developing and evaluating KT interventions for a complex health system
Date: May 5-7, 2021
You can find registration info, program at a glance and the current meeting agenda here.
The link to register is here.
Highlights:
Plenary talks from Drs France Légaré (Université Laval), Carl May (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) & Michael Strong (Canadian Institutes for Health Research)
Panel discussions on:
Ethics considerations in KT science & practice
SGBA+ considerations in KT science & practice
Workshop comparing IKT with engaged scholarship, mode 2 research, co-production, and participatory research
Access to some of the latest KT research happening nationally and internationally
SCPOR Newsletter: April 2021
Click here to learn about news, events and stories taking place at SCPOR and within patient-oriented research.
SCPOR Newsletter: March 2021
Learn about SCPOR supports, services and upcoming events throughout the POR network! Click here for the March 2021 SCPOR Newsletter.
Research Innovation & Scholarship in Education (RISE)
The University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine Faculty Development is pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for their annual Research Innovation and Scholarship in Education (RISE) event on June 11, 2021. RISE will be held virtually. Submission Deadline: March 21, 2021. Click here to learn more!
SCPOR 2019/20 Annual Report
SCPOR had a lot going on in 2019/20! Learn more about who we are and what we do as you browse through the highlights of our past fiscal year! Click here to view the full report.
SCPOR Newsletter: February 2021
Learn what’s new and coming up at SCPOR! This month, we take a look at the past fiscal year, share some upcoming training opportunities and feature great work taking place in patient-oriented research! Click here to read the newsletter
Helping health research advance in a good way
Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan and across Canada play an important role in health research. With the support and direction of SCPOR’s Indigenous Health Advisory Council, a new training course: Realizing Indigenous Rights and Responsibilities in Research (RIRRR), was developed to support this research by educating and promoting self-determination of Indigenous communities when engaging in health research. SCPOR, along with the Indigenous Peoples’ Health Research Centre recently hosted its first session and is now offering online sessions for communities, researchers, patients and more. Initial feedback has been positive, with one participant stating that RIRRR “helped to enforce the importance of building partnerships and benefits to the community.” SCPOR encourages continued respectful research relationships with Indigenous communities through courses like RIRRR.
University of Saskatchewan: Respiratory Research Centre Presentations
Fall Sleep Apnea Series: A Patient's Journey
Join on Thursday, November 19th from 2 - 3:15 pm for the first workshop of our fall series to address obstructive sleep apnea. This session will take a look at the sleep disorder from the patient perspective. Q&A will follow the presentaion from Dave Parkalub, OSA patient and Community Engagement Manager for the Saskatchewan Lung Association.
Fall Sleep Apnea Series: Your Questions Answered Part 1
The second fall sleep apnea session to be held on Thursday, November 26th from 2:00 - 3:15 pm will include a presentation from Dr. Robert Skomro, MD, FRCPC, Professor, and Respirologist in the Department of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Skomro will address questions submitted from more than 800 patients, caregivers and clinicians that were submitted during our spring survey on sleep apnea in Saskatchewan.
This is the first of a two-part session to answer some of the common questions patients had about the sleep disorder and proper management and treatment. Q&A will be held following the presentation.
TUTOR-PHC: Call for Applications from Primary Healthcare Research Trainees
TUTOR-PHC is a one-year, pan-Canadian interdisciplinary research capacity building program that has been training primary and integrated health care researchers and decision-makers from family medicine, nursing, psychology, epidemiology, occupational therapy, social work, education, policy and many other disciplines since 2003.
This innovative one-year certificate program (May 2021 –April 2022) in primary health care research skills and interdisciplinary theory and processes includes:
An on-site Symposium in the Spring of 2021 (*Virtual if COVID-19 protocols still in effect)
Two 3-week online research skill development workshops
Two 8-week online interdisciplinary discussion groups
Deadline for Applications: November 30, 2020For more information, updates, and to apply to TUTOR-PHC 2021-2022, go to: www.uwo.ca/fammed/csfm/tutor-phc
Summer News from SCPOR
Want to learn more about patient-oriented research? Take a look at what we've been up to this summer and what events we have coming up! Check out our newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/6091dc1eb155/scpor-newsletter-august
Best Practices for Virtual Patient Engagement
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted many patient engagement activities in health research online. The following practices offer strategies for research teams to uphold the values and principles set out in Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research while patient partners #stayhome.
The SPOR Evidence Alliance 2020 Seed Grant Competition
The SPOR Evidence Alliance has launched the 2020 Seed Grant opportunity. Application will remain open until October 4th: https://bit.ly/30zTCX8
Life Beyond Trauma
Research Program for Parents of Neurodiverse Children
SCPOR is pleased to share this opportunity from a SPOR-funded research team based out of Centre for Research in Family Health in Halifax.
To participate in the survey, visit: https://redcap.ualberta.ca/surveys/?s=FRTCNX7FTR.
To learn more about the trauma-focused e-health program, visit www.lifebeyondtrauma.ca
Patient-Oriented Research in the Time of COVID-19
Patient-Oriented Research in the Time of COVID-19
A new reality exists for all of us involved in POR—patients, researchers, clinicians, communities and policy makers. COVID-19 has challenged us personally and professionally and a deliberate response is needed to acknowledge the strategies we require to address the new POR landscape in Saskatchewan. SCPOR’s statement below on the current situation indicates we are dedicated to ensuring patients remained engaged as always in the research they identify as necessary in the province.
SCPOR Statement:______________________________________________________
SCPOR has responded with a summer COVID-19 traineeship call, which will specifically engage students in COVID-19 research over the university summer break. Four traineeships are available and will be awarded May 22, 2020.
We also would like to share the considerable work done by our fellow SPOR units across the country. Several of the units of have generated invaluable resources particular to POR and COVID-19, which the BC SPOR unit has compiled. The BC SPOR Unit link below includes information on virtual tools for PE, virtual tools for collaboration, a list of relevant resources and links to training opportunities.
https://bcsupportunit.ca/virtual-tools-por-during-covid-19
Similarly, the MB SPOR Unit has produced a webinar on Methods for Engaging Remotely Asynchronously and our partner the Saskatchewan Health Quality Council has produced several useful webinars on virtual engagement as well.
https://hqc.sk.ca/news-events/qi-power-hour-webinars
Across the pond, Simon Denegri Executive Director of the Academy of Medical Sciences, has written an extensive blog entry highlighting not only the need for PE in COVID-19 but several useful links to furthering POR during this time.
We hope these opportunities and links are useful, and provide helpful resources for continued POR during the COVID-19 pandemic as we strive to ensure POR remains a vital part of the Saskatchewan COVID-19 response.
The SCPOR Team
