Research and Evaluation Committee - Collaborative Family Healthcare Association

GROUP PURPOSE:

To grow interest and enthusiasm among CFHA members regarding research and to create opportunities for CFHA members to actively participate in research and program evaluation related to collaborative, integrated care. The work of the committee will focus on means to provide education and information that will assist members to: understand and/or use data; effectively evaluate research and outcome data; and understand approaches for evaluating and improving programs.

Research in this context refers broadly to a variety of forms of systematic inquiry including formal scientific research, social research, and economic research, as well as program evaluation, quality improvement and performance improvement.

2017 LEADERSHIP:

Tina Studts, Ph.D., LCSW

2017 Co-Chair

C.R. Macchi, Ph.D., LMFT

2017 Co-Chair

Julie Gass, Ph.D.

2017 Secretary

PARTICIPANTS:

Committee Meetings open to all. Voting members must be CFHA members.

MEETING TIME:

First Thursday of each month 1:00 p.m. EST

For more information or to join contact info@cfha.net.

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Increase presence of high quality collaborative care/integrated primary care research at the CFHA annual conference
Create opportunities for members to learn how to conduct collaborative care/integrated primary care research
Conduct surveys / assessments to establish members’ and potential members’ wants/needs as they relate to research, and work to match our committee’s efforts with said wants/needs
Develop a method of communicating with members about research via the CFHA social media outlets
Create opportunities for CFHA members to actively participate in research
Facilitate formal mentoring for student members/new professionals who desire to learn more and conduct collaborative care/integrative research.