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APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship 2010

Dr Lachlan McIver has been awarded the 2010 APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship. This is the fourth year of the Fellowship, which is awarded to a registrar or recent graduate of a primary health care training program in Australia. The Fellowship provides funding, logistical and technical support to undertake a research project of mutual interest to the two sponsoring organisations. The Fellowship includes a five week immersion phase at the Robert Graham Center in Washington DC, with use of the Center's resources and a furnished apartment while in Washington.  Dr McIver is currently working as a Senior Medical Officer for the Torres Strait and New Peninsula Area Health Service District, based at Thursday Island Hospital. The title of his project proposal is 'Geographical remoteness as a risk factor for adverse health outcomes: comparison of small rural communities in Australia and the USA'.  The APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship aims to provide an opportunity for Australian primary health care clinicians to gain international experience working on a short-term research project of interest to both APHCRI and the Robert Graham Center and build primary health care policy research capacity in Australia. It will also contribute to developing the infrastructure for policy-relevant research in primary health care internationally.

Dr Lachlan McIver

 

Previous APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellows

Dr Danielle Butler was the recipient of the 2009 APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship (Stream Fifteen).

Dr Butler’s project is titled 'Use of measures of socioeconomic deprivation in planning primary health care workforce and defining health care need in Australia.' Dr Butler has gained considerable experience in primary health care, health promotion, community development and capacity building. Her long term goal is to work in remote and rural Australia, specifically the Top End of the Northern Territory, and in developing countries.

Key findings
Policy options

Dr Rachel Lee was the recipient of the 2008 APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship (Stream Nine).

Dr Lee's project investigated policies tackling urban health workforce need. She argues that several marginalised communities (refugees, the homeless and those with drug and alcohol problems) are concentrated in urban areas, and have difficulty accessing health care due to workforce shortages.

Dr Lee's report can be accessed here. (9MB, pdf)

Dr Paul Grinzi was awarded the inaugural APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship (Stream Eight). He spent six weeks in Washington, DC in September 2007.

Dr Grinzi's project assessed the feasibility of translating and using the HealthLandscape's Primary Care Atlas at the Robert Graham Center in the Australian medical workforce policy environment.

Dr Grinzi's report can be accessed here.