CTC in Learning: BEACH to OCEAN: From GPs to general practice nurses

CTC in Learning: BEACH to OCEAN: From GPs to general practice nurses

About this event:

The loss of the BEACH study created a hole in Australia’s general practice data landscape. A team at the University of Sydney has developed a new method to collect primary care clinical activity data to address this gap – The OCEAN study. 

This presentation will cover:

1. Levels of evidence in research
2. The BEACH study and what its loss has meant 
3. The development of the Occasions of Care Explained and ANalysed (OCEAN) tool  
4. The planned deployment of the OCEAN tool

About the speaker:

Dr Christopher Harrison is a primary care researcher with more than 20 years’ experience in health services research at the University of Sydney. Currently, Dr Harrison is a senior lecturer at the Sydney School of Public Health leading the Population Health team teaching into the University of Sydney medical program. He is a co-lead of the OCEAN project. 

About CTC in Learning

CTC in Learning is an NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre (CTC) led education initiative aimed at FMH and University of Sydney staff as well as external academics and clinical research professionals. The program provides a convenient and unique forum for academics, researchers and clinical trials professionals to learn from experts in clinical trials science, methodology, and operational research.