Synthesis (Pre Conference)
Dr. Acuin gave the participants a very brief background of the PNHRS, this being the 5th PNHRS conference and is headed by the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Health, Commission on Higher Education and the University of the Philippines, Manila.
Including the Next Steps, Dr. Acuin then flashed the four (4) questions that shall serve as discussion guides for the FGD, namely:
What are your RU goals?
What has your consortium accomplished in RU?
What are the RU needs of your consortium?
How can you work with PNHRS core agencies to help you meet your RU goals?
Everyone was given meta cards and markers to write their responses and it was suggested by Dr. Palaganas that everyone answer all questions instead of focusing on each one and moving to the other.
After everyone had posted their responses to all the questions Dr. Acuin grouped all the common responses. As a result the following were derived:
- What are your RU goals?
- More people to be informed of our output
- Have research output reach stakeholders
- Have research output utilized by stakeholders
- Promote best practice among health providers
- Research = a tool for equity in health
- Research output translated to policy and utilized to improve health system
- Establish monitoring and information system
- Establish data base for the consortium
- Utilize ICT to support universal health care.
- Foster/ strengthen collaboration among consortium members
- What has your consortium accomplished in RU?
- Website, radio, conference, flyers/brochures (Region I)
- Conduct of monthly for a Research "Kapihan" (CAR)
- Dissemination of outputs thru conferences, HERDIN, NeON training and publication (Region XI)
- Quarterly RTD Acta Medica: National Health Journal (NCR)
- Information system for maternal health (Region 2)
- Question and answer for/ in medical domain (NCR)
- ICT for medical imaging (results interpretation and diagnosis) (NCR)
- ICT support for patient care (NCR)
- Members of consortium: Peer review (research articles for publication) (Region 2)
- Training on "Writing for Publications" (Focus: Publication as a form of RU strategy) (CAR)
- Training/expertise sharing
- Members of consortium: invited to critique research presentations in member-agencies of the consortium (CAR)
- Not so successful (no utilization) (Region 6)
- Stakeholders don't seem to get the message (Region 6)
Dr. Jaime Manila of Western Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (WVHRDC) clarified that Region 6 has done so much in the field of research but the outcome has not been utilized. The conversation revolved around the issue of making the stakeholders see that these researches can be translated into policies - knowledge translation.
Other HRD such as CAR have done roundtable discussions that involve policymakers, NGOs, consumers, and special publics to as to maximize RU.
- What are the RU needs of your consortium?
- For the website: honorarium/wage for the developer/uploader (Region 1)
- Late release of budget to finance programs of Region 1 HDC
- Continuously and timely release of financial support (Region 11)
- Human resource
- Radio: funds to support its operation; present/ develop high quality flyer
- A more supportive national government
- More "laymanization" of health research to make it more relevant stakeholders (NCR)
- Full utilization of the website to disseminate research findings
- Data expertise, user requirements (NCR)
- No involvement of most medical doctors in Region 1
- More concrete (operationalized support) by members of consortium of RU
- Better coordination /communication (MMHRD is too big)
- Reasons to work together (projects and initiative)
- A strong, functional RU committee
- Establish more mechanisms for RU
- Access to data
- Ethics policy
- How can you work with PNHRS core agencies to help you meet your RU goals?
- Improve networking between regions and institutions to enhance dissemination of output
- Research collaboration and coordination
- More efficient coordinating mechanisms
- Tap all health and health-related institutions in Region 1
- Website of all member consortia
- Collaborative researches than individual researches (CAR)
- Consultants: technical writing, publications (Region XI)
- Better cohesion at national level so it can influence regions (Region 1)
- Coordinate with DOH
- DOH to help make policies re: research output (Region 6)
Next Steps
- More aligned financial management of the consortia and institutional incentives
- Coordination of core agencies at the regional level
- On-line convening of the consortia to share best practices
- "Checklist"of financial releases
- More collaborative researches