Good afternoon,
I am writing to share the December 2022 edition of the IPCRG newsletter. The fully formatted version can be accessed here (https://mailchi.mp/ipcrg.org/ipcrg-january-2023-newsletter) with the plain text below:
IPCRG January 2023 newsletter
http://www.ipcrg.org
Dear IPCRG Colleague,
As our diaries for 2023 fill up, we want to check you’ve got the IPCRG dates and deadlines in your diaries, including our Research School, Scientific Meeting and the second round of the small grants programme. We also report on several innovative public and professional education programmes from IPCRG and colleagues and give you a round-up of some of their latest publications too.
LATEST NEWS
https://www.ipcrg.org/conferences/2023-ipcrg-research-school
IPCRG Qualitative Research School
Our introductory course in qualitative research (https://www.ipcrg.org/conferences/2023-ipcrg-research-school) is integrated into the 2023 Scientific Meeting in Munich. Two remote learning blocks of four hours (31st March and 1st April 2023) take place before the Scientific Meeting, followed by two face to face sessions in Munich focused on coding and analysis and one session after. It forms part of our drive to increase research capacity in primary care and builds upon previous successful research schools hosted at scientific meetings. The course will be led by Dr. Alice Malpass (https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/alice-malpass) of the University of Bristol (UK), who has led previous Research Schools for the IPCRG which have been very well appreciated by those students.
During the school, delegates will learn skills in how to design, implement and write up a qualitative study that answers the following research question: 'A qualitative study exploring the views of primary healthcare professionals on joint working with pharmacists to optimise asthma control'. This topic falls under one of the IPCRG research prioritisation top 10 areas (https://www.ipcrg.org/IPCRG-Research-Prioritisation-2021) . More information, including the learning objectives and skill development, is available here (https://www.ipcrg.org/conferences/2023-ipcrg-research-school) . Register for the course now along with the Scientific Meeting by choosing the ‘Scientific Meeting and Research School’ option.
Register Now (https://erasmus.eventsair.com/ipcrg2023/registration/Site/Register)
http://ipcrg.org/munich2023
IPCRG 7th Scientific Meeting 15-16 May 2023, Munich, Germany: Registration and Abstract Submissions Now Open
You can now submit an abstract (https://erasmus.eventsair.com/PresentationPortal/Account/Login?ReturnUrl...) for the IPCRG 7th Scientific Meeting (http://ipcrg.org/munich2023) in Munich, Germany, 15-16 May 2023. The deadline for abstracts is 15 March 2023 and registrations (https://erasmus.eventsair.com/ipcrg2023/registration/Site/Register) are also now open.
The categories for abstracts are:
* Clinical research results
* Research ideas
* Service development & evaluation
Submitting an abstract is a great way to share your research with the respiratory primary care community. It brings visibility for your work and can help you to make important connections. It is a key way to help build your research career. Our IPCRG conferences and scientific meetings also offer a fantastic chance to build experience presenting to an international audience. Read our abstract submission guidance here (https://erasmus.eventsair.com/PresentationPortal/Account/Login?ReturnUrl...) .
Register Now (https://erasmus.eventsair.com/ipcrg2023/registration/Site/Register)
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RESEARCH
https://www.ipcrg.org/boosting-research-careers
Boosting Research Careers
The IPCRG is pleased to support Early Career Researchers to build their careers. In two new articles, Zihan Pan, China, and Dragan Gjorgjievsk, North Macedonia, speak about how they became involved in respiratory research, how the IPCRG has helped develop their careers and share advice for people starting off in research. Read their stories here (https://www.ipcrg.org/boosting-research-careers) .
Early Career Researchers interested in showing their research, getting their abstracts peer reviewed, expanding their skillsets and meeting other Early Career Researchers should consider attending the IPCRG 7th Scientific Meeting (https://www.ipcrg.org/Munich2023) and the attached Qualitative Research School (https://www.ipcrg.org/conferences/2023-ipcrg-research-school) .
Read more (https://www.ipcrg.org/boosting-research-careers)
https://www.ipcrg.org/newsletters-and-events/iqa-update-january-2023
iQ&A update
The IPCRG iQ&A (https://www.ipcrg.org/resources/ipcrg-covid-19-and-respiratory-qa) service looks forward to continuing to answer your questions on COVID issues and other respiratory primary care questions in 2023. We encourage you to view our latest answers to specific questions that keep the primary care community updated on the latest relevant research:
* What is the duration/prognosis of brain fog in individuals with post-COVID syndrome? (https://www.ipcrg.org/resources/search-resources/what-is-the-durationpro...)
* What is the role of pulmonary microemboli in breathlessness in post-COVID syndrome and what is the best treatment? (https://www.ipcrg.org/resources/search-resources/what-is-the-role-of-pul...)
The IPCRG Sentinel Network (https://www.ipcrg.org/IPCRG_Sentinel_Network) is seeking new members. If you work regularly with patients, you can find out more and apply here (https://www.ipcrg.org/IPCRG_Sentinel_Network) .
Read more (https://www.ipcrg.org/newsletters-and-events/iqa-update-january-2023)
https://www.ipcrg.org/ipcrg-research-prioritisation-small-grants
Small Grants update
The first five Research Prioritisation Small Grants (https://www.ipcrg.org/ipcrg-research-prioritisation-small-grants) have been awarded and we are in the process of finalising contracts before they are announced. If you missed out on the first round of applications, there are five more awards of up to £5,000 available in the second round, with a submission deadline of 30 April 2023.
Read more (https://www.ipcrg.org/ipcrg-research-prioritisation-small-grants)
CHANGE PROGRAMMES
https://www.ipcrg.org/newsletters-and-events/copd-right-care-asthma-righ...
Asthma Right Care & COPD Right Care Strategy
IPCRG has two active Strategy Groups steering our thinking and activity in relation to Asthma Right Care (https://www.ipcrg.org/asthmarightcare) and COPD Right Care (https://www.ipcrg.org/copdrightcare) . In asthma, we are now curating and developing resources to support member countries address the eight person-centred statements (http://www.ipcrg.org/asthmarightcare/asthma-right-care-strategy) on asthma. We’ve had lively debates about how we can add value to support the use of personal asthma action plans and how to offer simple and concise review processes that take account of the limited time available in primary care at the moment – we will keep you updated!
Meanwhile the COPD Right Care (http://www.ipcrg.org/copdrightcare) group has been prioritising the incorporation of the revised GOLD strategy for the diagnosis, management and prevention of COPD 2023 into our tools – including a new spirometry education programme and our COPD Wheel which is being adapted according to GOLD and also to user feedback from our four pilot countries: Portugal, Spain, Brazil and the USA. It is also co-creating a set of person-centred statements and matching primary care competences that will structure future work.
Read more (https://www.ipcrg.org/newsletters-and-events/copd-right-care-asthma-righ...)
http://ipcrg.org/copdmagazine
COPD Magazine
Work continues on ‘Breathe Well, Move More, Live Better’ (http://ipcrg.org/copdmagazine) , our digital magazine for people living with COPD. We are currently developing translations into French, Georgian, Greek, Italian, and Portuguese and reflecting on a round of qualitative interviews. Initial findings from this research indicate a desire for more technique demonstrations and positive, patient-led stories. We look forward to additional findings as the data is fully analysed, and our Steering Group will take on these messages as we identify experts, themes and materials for two new editions due for publication in 2023. These will include support on nutrition in COPD – so let us know (mailto:projectsupport@ipcrg.org?subject=COPD%20Magazine%20-%20Nutrition) if this is your special interest!
EDUCATION
http://ipcrg.org/howwebreathe
How We Breathe
Our How We Breathe (http://ipcrg.org/howwebreathe) film continues to be well received with nearly 2,000 views on YouTube and 97,000 minutes viewed via Facebook. Subtitles are available in English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. A Spanish dubbed version is available here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK43pRVucOc) and we are working on other translations. Please let us know if you would like to help translate to your language. The film is designed to help people understand how we breathe so please share widely with patients, students and colleagues.
PUBLICATIONS
Publications update
* Clinical recommendations for dry powder inhaler use in the management of COPD in primary care (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-022-00318-3)
* Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-022-00306-7)
PUBLICATIONS - EDITOR'S CHOICE
https://www.nature.com/npjpcrm/
Editor's Choice
* Systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, trajectories, and clinical outcomes for frailty in COPD (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-022-00324-5)
* Does multimorbidity result in de-prioritisation of COPD in primary care? (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-023-00326-x)
* Extending the data collection from a clinical trial: The Extended Salford Lung Study research cohort (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-022-00322-7)
EVENTS
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc-ysrzkrGNPmLmFZklAWyRnKq0u...
Lessons in Bronchiectasis webinar series
We are pleased to promote The European Bronchiectasis Registry’s upcoming Lessons in Bronchiectasis Webinar Series, which holds its first meeting, ‘Approach to bronchiectasis aetiology - which tests for which patients?’ (https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc-ysrzkrGNPmLmFZklAWyRnKq0u...) , on Wednesday 1 February at 14:00 CET. The event features Dr. Mattia Nigro as a speaker and Prof. Stefano Alberti as discussant.
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BS17QKTW
Tobias & Syd
A UK team has launched a four-part podcast play to engage young adults in conversations about tobacco smoking. The play explores relationships with tobacco, each other and desire as Syd, a time-travelling woman and doctoral anthropology student, is lured into an addictive relationship with the shape-shifting Tobias. Listen (https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BS17QKTW) for free here (https://click.convertkit-mail2.com/zlukx3n5r5tnh485dx6up/z2hghnhoz4veeki...) , and register for an online event (https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/tobias-and-syd-1452789) to hear more from the author, actors and other talented speakers.
https://touchrespiratoryime.org/improving-outcomes-in-severe-paediatric-...
touchRESPIRATORY: Improving Outcomes in Severe Paediatric Asthma
touchRESPIRATORY has a new learning activity (https://touchrespiratoryime.org/improving-outcomes-in-severe-paediatric-...) focused on improving outcomes in severe paediatric asthma, featuring Dr Leonard Bacharier and IPCRG Board member Dr Dermot Ryan.
https://wonca.racgp.org.au/wonca-2023/home
WONCA World Sydney 2023: submissions deadline extended
The submission deadline for the WONCA World Conference 2023 (https://wonca.racgp.org.au/wonca-2023/home) in Sydney from 26-29 October 2023 has been extended until 9 February. We plan to be there – let us know if you do too.
CLIMATE CHANGE
https://www.ipcrg.org/resources/search-resources/cigarette-smoking-an-as...
Tobacco & Climate Change
IPCRG is interested in exploring new ways to engage colleagues and citizens in the discussion about the harms of tobacco smoking and the benefits of quitting. Read this important research (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b01533) on the harmful impact of tobacco on the environment and climate, from the growing and curing through to the disposal of butts. One of the authors, Nick Hopkinson, has kindly shared a slide set (https://www.ipcrg.org/resources/search-resources/cigarette-smoking-an-as...) based on this research. We also plan to start a debate on the HIFA.org platform about this.
Read more (https://www.ipcrg.org/aboutus/advocacy/ipcrg-and-climate-change)
NETWORK
https://www.pcrs-uk.org/sites/default/files/tobacco_dependency_pragmatic...
Diagnosis and Management of Tobacco Dependency
There is no better time to quit smoking than the new year, and PCRS-UK has a guide (https://www.pcrs-uk.org/sites/default/files/tobacco_dependency_pragmatic...) written with IPCRG colleagues to share guidance on managing tobacco dependency.
IPCRG Security Breach
In December IPCRG experienced a minor security breach. Please be aware that all genuine IPCRG emails will come from an email address ending in @ipcrg.org. If you have registered for our 7th Scientific Meeting, you may receive emails from our organising partners at @erasmus.gr.
Prof. Arzu Yorgancıoğlu
Many congratulations to IPCRG associate member and friend, Professor Arzu Yorgancıoğlu, who has just been appointed as the next, and first female, Chair of the Board of Directors of GINA, taking over from Louis Philippe Boulet. Congratulations, Arzu!
Go to www.ipcrg.org (https://www.ipcrg.org/) to find out more about IPCRG, a charity working locally in primary care and collaborating globally to improve respiratory health so we can achieve our vision of a global population breathing and feeling well through universal access to right care.
With our best wishes,
Ee Ming Khoo
President IPCRG
Siân Williams
CEO IPCRG
To view previous editions of the IPCRG newsletter, click here (https://us18.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=b5f8a0916464fec7ab796ce13&id=2...) .
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HIFA profile: Joe Casson works in Project Support at IPCRG, United Kingdom. Professional interests: Respiratory health; Global healthcare; Primary care. Email: projectsupport AT ipcrg.org
