Welcome to The Need To Know Team Meeting #15: January 30-31, 2006 Director of Project: Patricia J. Martens PhD The Need To Know: collaborative research by MCHP, rural and northern RHAs, and Manitoba Health funded through CIHR’s Community Alliances for Health Research Program

Timeline of activities LOI ProposalFundingMajor RHA needs assessmentFunding ends Funding completed |______|______|______|______|______|______| ______| Project 1 COMPLETE Project 2 COMPLETE Project 3 COMPLETE Set up laptop computers for each RHA Team member (CAHR funded) Support for interaction between RHA Team members and academic researchers (CAHR funds 3 meetings per year in Winnipeg) for collaborative research and ongoing educational opportunities Develop web site (CAHR funded) Develop and test interactive web site content (CAHR funded) Opportunities for training and interaction with MCHP technical and academic support staff (CAHR supports 2 trips to each RHA per year by 2 MCHP personnel) Support for ongoing training and dissemination of knowledge products (CAHR funding supports 4 conferences for the MCHP directors, 2 conferences or workshops for each of the 11 RHA Team members, over the five years of funding) The clock is ticking new computers (CAHR funded) Project 4 STARTING

Conceptual model of the MCHP/RHA/MH collaboration: the “need to know” knowledge transfer model

Agenda January 30, 2006 Introduction, State of the Union The Town Without Poverty (Evelyn Forget) Coffee break What Works project LUNCH (Atrium) Knowledge Exchange Network (Dexter Harvey) Coffee break I NEED TO KNOW sessions – EpiInfo (computer lab) – Manitoba Health Data (405) – Regional Evaluations (406) – SPSS Software (407) January 31, 2006 Introduction Knowledge Synthesis (Mark Taylor) Site Visit report and discussion (Jen Magoon) Coffee Break Health Evidence.ca (Maureen Dobbins – by teleconference call) Rural Health Research in NS (Judy Guernsey) LUNCH (Atrium) Sex Differences Report (Randy F) Evidence to Action (Tannis & Sarah) Coffee Break North/South/Manitoba Health meetings Evidence to Action cont’d Homework, Closing remarks and evaluation 3:30-4:30pm. Advisory Board (409) DINNER: 6:00 pm Tre Visi Rstaurant: 173 McDermot Avenue

Some observations PEOPLE and PLACES and TIMES – Farewell to Shirley (Manitoba Health) and to Betty McKenzie (South Eastman RHA) – Welcome to Ken Grant (Churchill) and to Linda Romphf (MCHP, working on qualitative component of What Works) – Conferences/workshops, speaking engagements: Sixth Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society and the First Conference of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health – Quebec City, October 2005 Federal Standing Committee on Finance – Pre-budget hearings. Winnipeg, MB (October 21, 2005). “ The importance of health research in increasing productivity in Canada.” 2005 CCHSE Provincial Health Conference “Anatomy of Success: Heart & Soul”. Winnipeg, MB (October 19, 2005). “Taking the driver’s test on the road to KT: CIHR’s The Need To Know Team in Manitoba.” WRHA workshop day (December 2005)

Some observations Our Big Moment … the CIHR KT Award for Regional Impact (November 22, 2005 in Ottawa)

Site visits April 2005 – Central RHA (Portage La Prairie) – many reports (Mental Illness, RHA Indicators, Child Health, First Nations reports) – Brandon RHA (Brandon) – Mental Illness report – Parkland RHA (Dauphin) – Mental Illness report June 2005 – Assiniboine (Souris) – many reports – North Eastman (Oakbank) – many reports October 2005 – Nor-Man (The Pas) – Mental Illness report November 2005 – Interlake (Gimli) – many reports – Churchill – many reports – Burntwood (Thompson) – many reports

Site visits 2005 Still to come – South Eastman

Some observations SUCCESSES! – An amazing Rural & Northern Health Care Day October 18 th, 2005 – Top attendance ever!

Four stages of facing reality (Bisognano 2003) The data are wrong. The data are right, but it’s not a problem. The data are right, it is a problem, but not my problem. I accept the burden of responsibility.

Some observations SUSTAINABILITY – Our #4 deliverable.. “What Works” project is defined as a Manitoba Health deliverable! – Pushing ahead money from years 1-5 to year 6 – DONE (plus we won some $$$ from CIHR) – CIHR Team Grant to replace CAHR? – up to 5 years of funding … submitted November 15 th, 2005 WHEW! See submission I may need letters from each CEO, but sorry, I didn’t need them the first time round (the LOI stage) Involvement of Nova Scotia (Dalhousie) and BC (UBC CHSPR)

Some observations MISCELLANEOUS TIDBITS NEWSLETTERS … thanks to Elaine Burland!! PUBLICATIONS – article on Rural/Northern Indicator differences (is Romanow Right?) sent to the Healthcare Policy journal, and STILL under review – Article in first edition of the Healthcare Policy Journal (tales from the tectonic plates) – article on the evaluation (Bowen et al.) published in the Health Services Research and Evaluation Journal. – Second article on evaluation (Bowen and Martens) underwent second stage of revision and was resubmitted – CIHR KT Casebook … due any day now???

Our next Team meeting, and a crazy idea! CIHR Summer Institute is now planned for June , 2006 (three full days and evenings) June … – How could we combine the meetings so they could “taste” what it’s like to co-create research with users of the research? – Possibly have 5 Team members for the three days as community mentors – Possibly have the Team meet for one or two days after that??