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Centre for Rheumatic Diseases
The Centre for Rheumatic Diseases is a joint venture between The University of Melbourne, Arthritis Foundation of Victoria and the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
The Centre is home to the Chronic Disease Education Research Group led by Dr Richard Osborne. Over the last 5 years this team has initiated and lead significant primary research, evaluation and knowledge translation activities in the field of chronic disease self-management within Australia.
Competitive and commissioned research and evaluation grants include National Health and Medical Research Council, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Department Veteran Affairs, Victorian Department of Human Services, Private Health Insurance agencies and non-government organisations.
For several years Dr Osborne has been an advisor to State and Commonwealth agencies as well as non-government organisations in the area of chronic disease self-management. He is also engaged in or leads collaborative partnerships with agencies in the USA, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and England. He has given numerous key note presentations and workshops in North America, Europe and the United Kingdom.
In 2004 Dr Osborne’s unit conceived a National Quality and Monitoring System through the development of the health education impact questionnaire (heiQ). In collaboration with the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, this system has been broadly implemented across sectors, disease groups and types of self-management programs in Australia as well as internationally.
In 2005 the team completed an influential and widely distributed national and international policy review. In 2007 this culminated in a widely publicised ‘knowledge translation’ rapid online publication in the Medical Journal of Australia titled Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs: challenges ahead.
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Conference Organising Committee
Dr Richard Osborne - Chair
Joanne Jordan
Amanda Springer
www.crd.unimelb.edu.au