The Sax Institute hosts regular events and training courses to promote networking, collaboration and learning among health policy makers and researchers.
We also list externally run events for your interest. Check regularly for upcoming seminars, conferences and training events relevant to health research and policy making.
Know of a great event coming up? Contact the communications team to have it listed.
18–19 March 2020. Research conducted with policy partners can have a greater chance of impacting on policies, programs and services. But how do early career researchers build these partnerships? How do they manage and sustain them? And how do they get their research findings known and used? Our skills-based...
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2 April 2020. Are you a policy maker or program manager who needs to use research findings in your work? If so, the Sax Institute’s upcoming training course could be for you. In this 3.5 hour workshop, participants will gain: A greater understanding of different types of evidence from...
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7 April 2020. This whole-day workshop will help participants understand how to select the most appropriate approach when seeking to evaluate programs and policies. The focus will be on large-scale public-sector programs and the new methods used in their evaluation. It will introduce participants to a range of evaluation...
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8 May 2020 The Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) generate large amounts of valuable data with untapped potential to identify and monitor patterns of health service use and inform health service planning. The Sax Institute invites you to attend this one-day seminar on working with...
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21 May 2020. Join us for an “Introduction to Economic Evaluation in Health”, conducted by experienced health economists from the Sydney Health Economics Collaboration (comprising the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, UNSW, The George Institute). The course will cover: An introduction to economic concepts and the health...
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10 June 2020. This workshop provides an introduction to evaluation theory and practice for improving evidence-based policies and programs. Led by world-renowed public health expert Professor Don Nutbeam, the course will introduce participants to a core set of knowledge and skills to facilitate the use of the best and most...
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