Gippsland-based centre receives major international award
The Monash University Centre for Chronic Disease Management, coordinated through MUDRIH, has received a major international award.
Dr Hanan Khalil accepted the award, the Evidence Transfer International Award for Development of the Node, on behalf of the Centre of Chronic Disease Management at the Joanna Briggs Institute Colloquium in Thailand.
It was presented for 39 new evidence summaries contributed in November 2012, and was one of only four awards at the ceremony.
The Centre for Chronic Disease Management is a collaboration between Monash Gippsland’s School of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of Rural Health through MUDRIH, partnering with Latrobe Regional Hospital and Latrobe Community Health Service. As well as evidence summaries, the centre’s work included establishing the executive members committee, the expert reference group and the corresponding reference group.
Representatives from more than 70 international centres were present at the colloquium for presentation of the awards.
The Joanna Briggs Institute is based at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Adelaide and works with more than 70 entities across the world. The institute supports the synthesis, transfer and use of evidence through identifying feasible, appropriate, meaningful and effective healthcare practices to assist in improving global healthcare.
It maintains a free database of evidence-based resources, JBI COnNECT+, to help practitioners with clinical decision-making.