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Stream Six

Finding strategies to solve Australia 's medical workforce shortage was the focus of nine research projects funded in APHCRI's Stream Six grant round.

The projects included investigatons into issues of attracting doctors to general practice, rural and remote health, indigenous health and mental health workforce issues. The emerging multi-disciplinary care approach to primary health care, including the practice nurse role will also be a focus of some research projects.

Projects funded in APHCRI Stream Six research program:

• Associate Professor Jill Thistlethwaite, University of Sydney, Attracting health professionals into primary care: Strategies for recruitment
  
• Professor John Humphreys, Monash University, Improving primary health care workforce retention in small rural and remote communities: how important is ongoing education and training?
  

• Professor James Dunbar, Flinders University, The contribution of approaches to organisational change in optimising the primary health care workforce
  

• Dr Grant Blashki, University of Melbourne, How can effective psychological treatments for common mental disorders best be delivered in primary health care?
  

• Professor Jane Gunn, University of Melbourne, What is the place of generalism in the 2020 primary care team?
  

• Dr David Perkins, University of New South Wales, What is the place of generalism in mental health care in Australia?
  

• Professor Nicholas Zwar, University of New South Wales, Optimising skill-mix in the primary health care workforce for the care of older Australians
  

• Professor Helen Keleher, Monash University, Review of primary and community care nursing

• Associate Professor Dennis Pashen, Australian College for Rural and Remote Medicine, The expanding role of generalists in rural and remote health: A systematic review
  

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The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute calls for participation in Stream Six of its Research Program.

Stream Six will systematically identify, review and synthesise knowledge about the primary health care workforce and develop practical policy options fit for use in the Australian context.

APHCRI has determined specific sets of workforce research questions within three topic areas, and is now seeking to commission groups to form spokes to address these questions.

The process of Stream Six will encourage interactions between researchers and policy advisors with the goal of increasing the capacity of researchers to respond to policy priorities on the one hand, and increase the capacity of policy advisors to use research evidence on the other.

The closing date for Stream Six applications is 30 August 2006.

Stream Six Information Workshop Presentation

Stream Six - Q&A's (Note: These questions and answers should be read in conjunction with the Stream Six Information for Applicants)

Stream Six Information for Applicants (CLOSED)

Stream Six Application Form (CLOSED)

Stream Six ERC Assessment Form

Generic Draft Spokes Contract

Stream Six Research Program: Component One
Stream Six Workshop One (16 November 2006)