Building the Evidence Having research to support the story Health Workforce Australia 2013 Conference APHCRIA/Prof Terry Findlay

2 Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute Funded by Commonwealth Department of Health to; Commission research to address priorities Build PHC research workforce capacity Support implementation of findings

Keeping it on the shelf Researcher driven Inflexible method Disconnected Come back in five years Publish or perish 3

APHCRI Government Priorities Research/Industry/Government Interface Consumer Engagement Mandate Partnership Mandate Explicit Implementation Agenda Policy & Service Impact 4

5 Whose Story researcher consumer provider system funder Interest groups

MacKeon Review Target Driven Embedded Partnerships Health Service/Policy Implementation/Translation 6

Implications of Implementation Focus Understand priorities What drives funder Relevant partners Complexity Flexibility Research method Implementation strategy 7

Funding Research Who you areImpact What you do ImpactWho you are 8

It is not about you Priority DrivenResearcher Driven EmbeddedIndependent PartnershipsAcademic Institution Cross DisciplineSingle Discipline FlexibleFixed Method End User RelevantResearcher Relevant RecommendationsFindings 9

Value The user story The partnerships The journey The impact 10