Audit and Research Workshops – Non-Pacific based

The focus of this two day workshop is the importance of research and audit in planning health policy and clinical practice. Sub-topics covered include –

• Identifying and utilizing routinely collected data
• Research culture within the workplace
• Conducting research in a team
• Developing research and audit questions
• Performing literature searches
• Undertaking research plans and audit projects
• Developing a cogent research plan

Presenters:

Presented by Aiono Professor Dr Alec Ekeroma, and Dr Courtney Choi. 

Aiono Professor Dr Alec Ekeroma ONZM  is is a Samoan physician and academic. He was the first Pacific academic to hold a professorial role in a specialised area of medicine in New Zealand. He helped establish the National University of Samoa‘s medical school, and currently serves as the university’s vice-chancellor.

Dr Courtney Choi –

Courtney Choy, a PhD candidate in Epidemiology, is continuing her research in Samoa this year on the health and development of Samoan children as a Yale-Brown IvyPlus Exchange Scholar and a US Fogarty Global Health Predoctoral Student Scholar. Dr Courtney Choi was the founder of the Ola Tuputupua’e “Growing Up” cohort study.