Research Management Committee ON THE GO

As part of their major role, the Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium (R1HRDC) Research Management Committee conducted the Oral Presentation, Review and Evaluation of Proposals on March 21, 2019 at Eurotel Baguio City. A total of Eight (8) research proposals were reviewed during the day by five (5) technical reviewers and experts namely: Dr. Jose B. Orosa III, Dr. Edelyn Cadorna, Dr. Mayrose L. Quezon, Dr. Lori Marseli De Castro and Dr. Adriano Esguerra.

Prior to the oral presentation, a screening or shortlisting of the received proposals was conducted on January 24, 2019 by the technical panel of evaluators at MMMH&MC Batac City. Out of 13 proposals that were received for the 1^st quarter of 2019, 6 potential papers were selected to proceed on the said oral presentation plus 2 proposals which were already on its second wave of oral presentation reflecting their compliance on the given comments and suggestions.

2019 R1HRDC HEALTH RESEARCH DISSEMINATION FORUM

The Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium – Research Utilization Committee (R1HRDC-RUC) started the year by conducting the back to back Health Research Dissemination Forum with Applied CPD Units (for Nurse only) in collaboration with the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) Nursing Division and University of Northern Philippines (UNP).

The application of CPD Units resulted in numerous interested nurses all over the region, thus, the forum was divided into 2 (Two) Phases to accommodate the participants. With the theme “Restructuring R1HRDC Health Research Dissemination Forum towards Relevant Professional Needs, the Phase 1 which is for the Provinces of La Union and Pangasinan, was on January 26, 2019 held at DBM Conference Hall, San Fernando City La Union, which catered to more or less 160 registered nurses. While on February 9, 2019, the Phase 2 of the forum was conducted at UNP, Vigan City with the theme “Research Outputs: Inputs to Evidenced Based Nursing Practice”, which ended up accommodating almost 80 nurses from the Provinces of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur.

The Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium thru the Research Utilization Committee (RUC) will be holding the annual R1HRDC Regional Research Conference on May 16, 2019, at Northwestern University Laoag City, wherein researchers, clinicians, educators, and students convene to share knowledge and experiences in the field of health research. With this year's theme

"RESEARCH OUTPUTS AS INPUTS TOWARDS EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR QUALITY LIFE",

all health researchers (students and professionals) can now submit their abstract of the completed research paper in line with the priority health research agenda (NUHRA and RUHRA). Deadline of submission will be on April 5, 2019, which includes the following:

Call for Research Proposals

Calling the attention of all researchers!

The Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium – Research Management Committee is now accepting capsule proposals for possible funding in line with the below listed research agenda.

NATIONAL PRIORITY RESEARCH AGENDA (NUHRA)

1. Responsive Health Systems
2. Research to Enhance and Extend Healthy Lives
3. Holistic Approaches to Health and Wellness
4. Health Resiliency

The R1HRDC Capacity Building Committee (CBC) launched its MEGA TRAINING PROGRAM which was primarily envisioned to enhance the capacity of R1HRDC to come up with better health researches which will strengthen the knowledge and delivery of health services pertaining to two (2) pressing health issues/concern identified in the region: Teenage Pregnancy and Mental Health. Also, it aimed to support the capability of researchers to conduct the whole cycle of research activity from inception to utilization of the intended beneficiaries of the results of the research activity. This program was divided into three (3) phases, whereby, the Phase 1, “Development of Research Proposals”, was conducted on December 17-18, 2018 at El Cielito Hotel, Baguio City and was participated in by 28 researchers in the region.