Pre-conference Workshops
Wednesday 24 October, Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
Striving for effective implementation:
Using implementation science to improve outcomes for children and families
Dr Robyn Mildon
Time: 9.00am-12.30pm
Cost: $180 per person
In the workshop, participants can expect to learn:
- How implementation science can help to close the gap between what we know and what we do in health, education and human services;
- The essential ingredients and actions needed to be addressed to achieve effective and sustained implementation;
- The role of data in supporting and monitoring implementation and outcomes;
- How policy makers, practitioners, managers and organizational leaders can actively plan for high-quality implementation and measurable outcomes.
Taking Evidence-informed Practice to Scale:
Practical Advice for Policy Makers, Developers and Organizational Leaders
Brian Bumbarger
Time: 1.00-4.30pm
Cost: $180 per person
NB: This interactive pre-conference workshop will complement and build on Dr Robyn Mildon’s, but can also be attended in isolation.
In this workshop, participants can expect to learn:
- What resources and infrastructure are necessary for research evidence to guide policy and practice;
- What are the most important barriers and facilitators of effective implementation in the context of going to scale;
- How to engage leaders in organizational self-assessment to identify quick wins and “low-hanging fruit”, to prioritize organizational changes with the greatest potential return-on-investment;
- The importance of differentiating accountability from impact, and action from progress.
Finding and Using Research Evidence to Support Policymaking
Professor John N. Lavis
Time: 1.00-4.30pm
Cost: $180 per person
In this workshop, participants can expect to learn:
- To raise their awareness about tools and resources available to policymakers and stakeholders in order to support their use of research evidence;
- To enhance their skills in acquiring, assessing, adapting and applying research evidence; and
- To identify what their own units/departments and their organizations as a whole can do to better support the use of research evidence in policymaking.
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