PPF2023: 1b – Healthcare research planning
#1b – Healthcare research planning: Transforming the dialogue through the inclusion of diverse community voices
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Port of San Francisco / New York, Hybrid
This session will highlight the importance of expanding our approach to patient engagement in health care research and planning to include consideration of resident collectives through community engagement.
It will consider the importance of the inclusion of communities as a point of contact for research and policy, review engagement strategies through a diversity lens, and consider two applications in health service delivery in BC: Community Health Centres and Emergency Health Services.
Speakers:
• Jude Kornelsen, PhD, Co-Director, Centre for Rural Health Research, department of family practice at UBC
• Paul Adams, Executive Director, BC Rural Health Network
• Jane Osborne, Community Specialist in Adult Guardianship Legislation, Restorative Justice Association of BC Board, BC Rural Health Network Board, and volunteer with United Way CBSSS Rural & Remote Working Group
• Valerie St. John, Executive Director, BC Association of Community Health Centres
• Leanne Heppell, Executive Vice President & Chief Ambulance Officer, BC Emergency Health Services
Organized by: BC Rural Health Network