Midland Research and Audit Work Group
- Cancer control research and audit has a critical role to play from primary prevention through to palliative care. Recognising and promoting relevant research is crucial to the success of the New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy. Clinical audit is a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review of care against explicit criteria/standards and implementation of change.
- Professor Ross Lawrenson is the chair of the Midland Research and Audit Work Group.
Terms of reference - Currently being worked on.
Meeting dates for 2010:
To be confirmed at a later stage.
Documents:
Midland Cancer Research and Audit Component Sharing Day - 28th July 2009
A successful day was held on the 28th July 2009 with key note speaker Professor Tony Blakely as well as Midland health professionals who came together to share their research. The following presentations were made:
- Midland's Research Network - presentation by Dr Charles De Groot
- Cancer control, inequalities and prioritization - presentation by Professor Tony Blakely
- Lung Cancer Research in the Midland Region - presentation by Dr Denise Aitken
- Breast Cancer Research and Audit - Presentation by Dr Ian Campbell
- Clinical Trials - presentation by Dr Michael Jameson
- Oranga Tane/Maori Mens Health - presentation by Wayne Johnson
- TROG Research - Presentation by Dr Ziad Thotathil
- Palliative Care - presentation by Dr Alan Farnell
- The Links Between Quality Audit and Research - presentation by Madhavi Mannakkara
- Cancer Research in the Midland Region - presentation by Ross Lawrenson
Research Publications
Thomson RM, Crengle S, Lawrenson R. Improving participation in breast screening in a rural general practice with a predominately Maori population. N Z Med J. 2009 Mar 13;122(1291):39-47.
