Joint Sitting of the JBC Committee of Directors & the JBI...

Joint Sitting of the JBC Committee of Directors & the JBI Advisory Committee

56th Meeting of the Joanna Briggs Collaboration Committee of Directors

64th Meeting of the Joanna Briggs Institute Advisory Committee

7th & 8th November 2016

56th JBC Committee of Directors Meeting – Agenda 2

Table of Contents

MEETING AGENDA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 DAY 1 (7TH NOV) – JBC/AC CLOSED BUSINESS MEETING ---------------------------------------------- 3

DAY 2 (8TH NOV) – JBC/AC CLOSED BUSINESS MEETING ---------------------------------------------- 4

ATTACHMENT 1 – MINUTES OF THE 55TH JBC COD MEETING ------------------------------------- 5

ATTACHMENT 2 – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT ---------------------------------------------- 19

ATTACHMENT 3 – JBC REPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21

ATTACHMENT 4 – IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE REPORT ----------------------------------------- 22

ATTACHMENT 5 – SYNTHESIS SCIENCE REPORT --------------------------------------------------- 24

ATTACHMENT 6 – TRANSFER SCIENCE REPORT --------------------------------------------------- 26

ATTACHMENT 7 – JOANNA BRIGGS FOUNDATION REPORT -------------------------------------- 30

ATTACHMENT 8 – EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE: A MOVEMENT IN CRISIS? ------------------ 34

ATTACHMENT 9 – REGIONAL MEETING AGENDAS ------------------------------------------------- 35 JBC AMERICAS (ISSNA) REGIONAL MEETING --------------------------------------------------------- 35

JBC ASIA REGIONAL MEETING -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36

JBC AUSTRALASIA REGIONAL MEETING ---------------------------------------------------------------- 37

JBC CENTRAL REGIONAL MEETING --------------------------------------------------------------------- 38

JBC EUROPEAN REGIONAL MEETING ------------------------------------------------------------------- 39


Meeting Agenda

Day 1 (7th Nov) – JBC/AC CLOSED business meeting

0800 - 0900 Registration/ Tea and Coffee available on arrival

0900 - 0930 Session 1. Introduction and formal business

1.1 Welcome

1.2 Apologies

1.3 Minutes of the 55th meeting (Attachment 1)

1.4 Approval of minutes To confirm the minutes of the 55th meeting of the CoD held in July 2016

1.5 Matters arising

0930 - 1000 Session 2. Executive Director’s report (Attachment 2)

2.1 Update on progress with the JBC Framework/Matrix, Centre of Excellence Agreements, Mentorship Program, JBC Evaluation project

2.2 Strategic Plan Management Plan outcomes

2.3 Initiatives with International Synthesis Organisations (Cochrane, Campbell, GESI)

2.4 Program reports (for noting & discussion):

2.4.1 JBC Activity (Attachment 3) 2.4.2 Implementation Science (Attachment 4) 2.4.3 Synthesis Science (Attachment 5) 2.4.4 Transfer Science (Attachment 6)

1000 - 1030 Morning tea

1030 - 1130 Session 3. SUMARI live demonstration

3.1 Presentation by Assoc Prof Zachary Munn & Assoc Prof Edoardo Aromataris

1130 – 1200 Session 4. JBI Education update

4.1 Presentation by Assoc Prof Zachary Munn

1200 - 1230 Session 5: JBISRIR report

5.1 Presentation by Assoc Prof Edoardo Aromataris

1230 - 1330 Lunch (including Scientific Committee meeting –Ferguson Room)

1330 – 1430 Session 6. WKH presentation

1430 - 1500 Session 7. JBF presentation (Attachment 7)

1500 - 1530 Afternoon tea

1530 - 1630 Session 8. Implementing the JBC Framework 8.1 Case Studies 8.2 Q&A Session

1630 - 1700 Session 9. Trainers Q&A Session (trainers and observers only)


Day 2 (8th Nov) – JBC/AC CLOSED business meeting

0800 - 0900 Registration/ Tea and Coffee available on arrival

0900 - 1000 Session 10. Evidence manifesto workshop (Attachment 8)

1000 - 1030 Morning tea: Photo compilation 20 years of JBI History

1030 - 1200 Session 11. Open mic session on:

11.1 Engagement with Clinical Partners

11.2 Social Media

11.3 Citations

11.4 Methodology/Scholarship in Synthesis, Transfer, Implementation

11.5 Regional priorities and opportunities for Centre growth

11.6 Innovations to enhance the JBI suite of tools for point of care EBHC

11.7 Emerging trends in local & global EBHC and potential

1200 - 1230 Session 12. General feedback and discussion

12.1 2017 Global Evidence Summit Preparation

12.2 2018 Colloquium bid and Vote (Presentation)

1230 - 1330 Lunch

1300 - 1730 JBI Advisory Committee meeting (JBI AC members only – Ferguson room)

1330 - 1530 Session 13. Regional Meetings (Attachment 9)

13.1 Commence with Chair reports to CoD

1500 - 1530 Afternoon tea (available – no break)

1530 - 1600 Session 14. Regional Chairs reporting back

1830 –2200 Joint JBI Advisory Committee and JBC Committee of Directors Informal

Dinner – Adelaide Inn 160 O'Connell St, North Adelaide SA 5006

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55th JBC Committee of Directors Meeting 6th – 8th July 2016 –Minutes 5

Attachment 1 – Minutes of the 55th JBC CoD meeting

Minutes of the 55th Meeting of the Joanna Briggs Collaboration Committee of Directors, which was held via teleconference on:

Wednesday 6th July 2016 Australasia Region: At 1.30pm in Adelaide, South Australia; 2.00pm in Sydney, Wollongong & Newcastle NSW; Melbourne, Victoria; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory & Brisbane, Queensland; & 12.00pm in Perth, Western Australia.

Wednesday 6th July 2016 European Region: at 4.30pm in Adelaide, South Australia; 8.00am in Cardiff, Wales; London, Plymouth, Middlesbrough, Nottingham, England; Aberdeen, Scotland & Lisbon, Portugal; 9.00am in Leuven, Belgium; Madrid, Spain; Aalborg, Denmark; Czech Republic & Lausanne Switzerland; & 10.00am in Helsinki, Finland & Bucharest, Romania.

Thursday 7th July 2016 Asia Region: at 1.30pm in Adelaide, South Australia; 9.30am in New Delhi, India; 10.30am in Yangon, Myanmar; 11.00am in Chiang Mai, Thailand & Hanoi, Vietnam; 12.00pm in Beijing & Shanghai, China; Singapore; Hualien & Taipei, Taiwan; & 1.00pm in Osaka, Japan & Seoul, South Korea.

Thursday 7th July 2016 Central Region: at 5.00pm in Adelaide, South Australia; 7.30am in Accra, Ghana; 8.30am in Yaounde, Cameroon; 9.30am in Johannesburg, South Africa; & 10.30am in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia & Nairobi, Kenya.

Friday 8th July 2016 Americas Region: at 8.00am in Adelaide, South Australia; at 3.30pm in San Francisco, California; 4.30pm in Edmonton, Canada; 5.30pm in New Orleans, Louisiana, Chicago, Indiana & Fort Worth, Texas; 6.30pm in Newark, New York & Ontario, Canada; & 7.30pm in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


1. INTRODUCTORY AND FORMAL BUSINESS

1.1 Welcome

The Chair welcomed all present.

Present: A/Prof Craig Lockwood (Chair), A/Prof Edoardo Aromataris, Dr Zachary Munn, Alexa McArthur, Bianca Pilla (Minutes), Prof Deborah Parker, Dr Rick Wiechula, Kate Kynoch, Dr Lucia Gillman, Dr Hanan Khalil, Dr Tracy Robinson, Dr David Larkin, A/Prof Keith Evans, Prof Ritin Fernandez, Mary-Anne Ramis, Dr Ashley Kable, Gema Escobar Aguilar, Prof Heather Loveday, Prof Fiona Bath-Hextall, Dr Jane Harden, Pamela Kirkpatrick, Bart Geurdan, Dr Silvia Florescu, Anne Korhonen, Carmen Mazilu, Raluca Sfetcu, Prof João Apóstolo, Palle Larsen, Dr Cedric Mabire, Dr Miloslav Klugar, Prof Bridie Kent, Dr Louisa Ells, Prof Hu Yan, Dr Siti Zubaidah, Prof Peifan Mu, Dr Joseph Molina, Prof Eui Geum Oh, A/Prof Patraporn Tungpunkom, Prof Kiyoko Makimoto, Prof Guo Gui-fang, Pallav Bhatt, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Hương, Professor Nay Soe Maung, Ma Xueling, Hisami Sasagawa, Dr Morankar Sudhakar, Asahngwa Constantine Tanywe, Dr Clifford Mwita, Dr Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh, Prof Patricia McInerney, Dean Lisa Hopp, Dr Christina Godfrey, Dean Susan Weeks, A/Prof Dru Riddle, Dr Susan Salmond, Prof Dina Monteiro da Cruz, Lori Madden, Dr Marsha Bennett and Sharna Polard.

1.2 Apologies

A/Prof (Huei-Chuan) Christina Sung did not attend due to technical difficulties.

Dr Sally Wilson, Dr Beatrice Perrenoud, Dr Kay Cooper, Dr Arja Holopainen, Prof Emiko Suzui, Prof Daphne Stannard, Zhou Fen and Amalia Tsiami did not attend and sent apologies, nominating proxies to attend on their behalf.

1.3 Minutes of the 54th meeting (Teleconference)

The Minutes of the 54th meeting of the Joanna Briggs Collaboration Committee of Directors, held via teleconference from 8-10 March 2016, were amended:

An amendment to item 1.2, p.2, Ms LI Ziqiang and Dr Xie Huiting were both present at the last teleconference of the 54th CoD meeting.

An amendment to item 2.4, p.4, the International conference at Chiangmai University was 22-24 June 2016; and the CSRTP will be 12-16 Sept 2016.

An amendment to item 5, p.9, Ms Pamela Kirkpatrick

1.4 Approval of Minutes

The minutes were confirmed as a true and accurate record of the last meeting. Moved from the Chair and unanimously accepted by all members.

1.5 Matters Arising

There were no matters arising


2. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT (Appendix 1)

Items for Noting:

Mr Asahngwa Constantine Tanywe queried whether there would be a CSR Train the Trainer program held in South Africa in 2017 alongside the GE summit. A/Prof Lockwood responded that JBI would be pulling together key training events as a part of the meeting.

3. JBI PROGRAM REPORTS

The Chair invited comments and questions regarding the JBI Program Reports.

3.1 Synthesis Science – oral report by A/Prof Edoardo Aromataris (Appendix 2)

Items for Noting:

Xie Huiting queried whether Centres should have received a login ID to access the new JBISRIR. A/Prof Aromataris responded that any Centre that had not received login in details for the new JBISRIR should advise Dagmara Riitano by email [email protected].

Dr Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh noted that he experienced problems when trying to upload peer review comments into editorial manager, which has prohibited him from completing the protocol peer review. A/Prof Aromataris advised that Dagmara would call him directly to resolve the issue.

Prof Ritin Fernandez highlighted that there was a 2-3 month lag between the acceptance and publication of a Protocol, and queried whether a Systematic Review could be submitted prior to the publication of the Protocol, given the calendar year requirement for core activity KPIs. A/Prof Aromataris responded that Centre activity and KPIs were dependent upon the date of acceptance, not publication, and that Systematic reviews could be submitted after acceptance of the Protocol and before publication, however Protocols must be accepted before a Systematic Review is submitted, given that there were often changes required.

3.2 Transfer Science – oral report by Dr Zachary Munn (Appendix 3)

Items for Noting:

Prof Bridie Kent queried when the additional online modules for the CSR would be live. A/Prof Munn responded that JBI would be sending them off in batches, with the first batch due to be sent to WK soon, however they would not be available online until late 2016. Prof Fiona Bath-Hextall queried whether an email notification would be sent once they were available, as it would be helpful to inform participants. A/Prof Munn responded that there was content in the new CSR that directed participants to the online modules, however JBI would also notify the JBC directors and the trainer’s network once they were live.

mailto:[email protected]


Prof Heather Loveday queried when the new CSR training would be available. A/prof Munn responded that it would be available from January 2017 onwards, noting that the slides were largely finalised, however final changes were dependent on the new version of SUMARI. Prof Loveday queried whether there was a plan to acquaint existing trainers with the new CSR modules. A/Prof Munn responded that with the new slides would be circulated at the next trainer’s network meeting in August, and that each slide had comprehensive notes that acted as a script for that slide, in addition to discussion points and links to resources that should facilitate an easy rollout. JBI would be seeking feedback on the new content, and could develop webinar tutorials if there was a need for further training. Additionally there would be webinars and videos on how to use the new SUMARI.

Dr Siti Zubaidah queried whether Centre Core Staff had to pay registration fees for the Clinical Fellows Program. Dr Zachary Munn responded that there was now a flat fee for all participants for all JBI courses, excluding participants from developing countries who were exempt from JBI course fees.

Dr Rick Wiechula queried if the new CSR training materials would be available for use from August 2016. A/Prof Munn responded that although the new materials had been finalised, there would be last minute changes following the completion and launch of the new SUMARI software, and therefore they would not be available to use until January 2017.

3.3 Implementation Science - oral report by Alexa McArthur (Appendix 4) There were no items for noting.

4. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION

Items for Noting:

Ms Pamela Kirkpatrick raised concerns over the process of equitably assigning manuscripts to peer reviewers so that Centres had equal opportunity to accrue points for that activity. A/Prof Aromataris responded that as per the agreement made by the Committee of Directors at the 53rd face to face meeting, as much as possible the interests of Centres would not influence the processes of the JBISRIR as an international, refereed, peer reviewed journal. Therefore peer review would continue to be based on the expertise of the peer reviewer to the greatest benefit of the author. Peer reviewers were also ranked according to response timeliness and provision of constructive, high-quality feedback. Given this, the journal would not be allocating evenly across Centres, but rather on the aforementioned basis. Ms Kirkpatrick suggested that it would be useful for Centres to know where their staff were ranked and queried how they could make this activity fruitful. A/Prof Lockwood responded that it was vital that staff clearly indicated their areas of expertise, as this would assist in appropriately assigning peer reviews.

Dr Miloslav Klugar noted that Northern Hemisphere Centres might have difficulty in meeting the 31 August deadline for signed Centre of Excellence Agreements given the tertiary summer vacation period. A/Prof Lockwood responded that JBI would be understanding of delays for those Centres, however Centres would need to act swiftly with submitting the Centre Name Change forms where feasible.


Dr Miloslav Klugar and Prof Bridie Kent thanked JBI for the amendments to the JBC Matrix and incorporating feedback from Centre Directors. Prof Kent suggested that the CoD should however discuss the issue of translation at the next face to face meeting in November, noting that former linguistic translation Centres would likely struggle with the new framework. Prof Lockwood agreed, noting that it would be discussed in November.

Xie Huiting queried whether Centres must nominate if their Centre would like to be “Centre of Excellence” or an “Affiliated Group” with the signing of the new Agreement in August, and whether the Centre or Group status must be included in the new name. The Chair responded that all existing Centres (both affiliate and collaborating) were automatically granted Centre of Excellence Status under the new framework. That meant that once Centres signed the new Centre of Excellence Agreement, they would automatically become a Centre of Excellence until 31 December 2018. Additionally, the addendum ‘: A Joanna Briggs Centre of Excellence’ must be included in the new Centre name, as per the naming conventions outlined on page 9 of the 2016 JBC Handbook.

Dr Siti Zubaidah noted that the new agreement allowed for points to be cumulative and spread over 3 years and queried whether the funding for activities would be similarly spread across the 3-year agreement term. The Chair responded that JBI worked to a calendar financial year, with annual budget projections for the JBC which meant that funding would only be paid annually for activities completed within the calendar year.

Prof Lisa Hopp asked for clarification regarding the 3-year centre of Excellence Agreement and whether Centres’ status would maintain their Centre of Excellence status until the end of that agreement, and the dates for the Centre of Excellence Agreements and the current review period for Centre activity. A/Prof Lockwood responded that Centres would maintain their status for the full 3 years. Centre of Excellence Agreements were backdated to 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2018. The current Centre activity review period was from 1 July 2015 until 31 December 2016. The 18 month cycle was due to JBI Adelaide transitioning from financial year operations to calendar year operations, in addition to the transition to a new JBC framework. This however would ensure that all Centres of Excellence had 18 months to meet their KPIs for the first year of their Agreement.

Prof Christina Godfrey queried whether JBI had thought about recognising and attributing points to those Centres who hosted regional meetings, given the time and responsibility involved. A/Prof Lockwood responded that in part it was accounted for within the role of the regional chair, however JBI would discuss internally the possibility of further recognition for hosting Centres.

ACTION: The JBI Executive group would discuss the possibility of further recognition for Centres who hosted regional meetings.

A/Prof Dru Riddle noted that Centre Directors often did not know the acceptance rate of peer review among their staff and that it would be useful to have a monthly or quarterly report from JBI that noted the peer review requests sent to Centre staff so that Directors could monitor staff acceptance and progress.

ACTION: The Synthesis Science Unit would explore the feasibility of producing that type of report from Editorial Manager.

Prof Dina Monteiro da Cruz and A/Prof Riddle raised the concern that their Universities would not sign a backdated legal Agreement. A/Prof Lockwood acknowledged that JBI had


already been contacted about this problem and that an alternative Agreement was being developed by its legal team for those Universities.

Dr Marsha Bennett queried whether there was a JBI toolkit for engagement with Clinical Partners, and/or other JBI resources to help introduce new Clinical Partners to JBI. A/Prof Lockwood that JBI did not currently have an integrated package for engagement with a Clinical Partner however it was something that JBI would be developing in the latter half of 2016 ready for distribution to Centres in early 2017.

Dr Lucia Gillman queried whether there would be a JBI colloquium or symposium every year, or whether there would be some years where there is just a face to face CoD meeting without colloquia/symposia. A/Prof Lockwood responded that apart from 2017, when there would be a joint evidence summit in South Africa, that the face to face CoD meeting would ordinarily be attached to a JBI colloquium or symposium.

Dr Hanan Khalil noted ongoing concern regarding node output and the KPIs listed in the matrix and their viability for Centres focused on node work. A/Prof Lockwood responded that there was no new information regarding node output and KPIs and that the modelling work regarding output across Centres involved the JBC. However the matrix did offer Centres a breadth of activities and multiple foci that would assist them in meeting their overall KPIs.

Dr David Larkin queried how the matrix activities were being tracked, and whether Centres or JBI were responsible for tracking activity. A/Prof Lockwood responded that a draft template had been circulated to the JBC showing the internal data collection required. JBI would then be working with regional chairs on that template ahead of the formal evaluation in January/February 2017. The final template will be circulated to the JBC ahead of the face to face CoD meeting in November.

Dr Ashley Kable queried whether JBI would be tracking peer review, as a Centre with a number of staff it would be difficult to provide accurate data on this activity. A/Prof Lockwood responded that JBI would be tracking peer review, and that would be indicated on the reporting template.

Dr Kable queried whether JBI would consider attributing points to Protocols given that they were a prerequisite of Systematic Reviews. A/Prof Lockwood responded that JBI had discussed this at length, as many Centres had requested the same, and it must be noted that Systematic Review Protocols were already included/embedded in the weighted output of a Systematic Review, rather than being a standalone activity. It was embedded for a series of reasons, namely that the JBISRIR received a lot of Protocols with a very unequal number of Systematic Reviews.

Dr Kable, Dr Khalil, Prof Fernandez and Prof Parker expressed concern regarding the requirement for academics to publish in a journal that has an impact factor, and how this requirement may affect Centres’ ability to meet the new matrix KPIs regarding core activity, and whether the points requirements could be revised. A/Prof Lockwood responded that the model circulated was the best version that JBI could offer at this point in time, and that the development had been transparent done in close collaboration with the JBC. Additionally, the new model allowed Centres to meet their KPIs over the course of their 3-year Agreement, with no yearly variation to status as per the previous model.

Dr Lucia Gillman queried whether Centres’ who had completed a Systematic Review with a clinical partner would be eligible for a free Ovid subscription for their partner.


5. OTHER BUSINESS

A/Prof Riddle queried whether the online CSR modules available for purchase from WK would be discounted for registered trainees as previously discussed. A/Prof Munn noted that it had been flagged with WK, however they needed to explore whether it was feasible via the Ovid continuing education platform. They do allow coupons for discounted courses, which is an option that JBI would pursue.

ACTION: A/Prof Munn to include discounted online courses and guiding policies and procedures to the Trainer’s network meeting in September 2016.

A/Prof Patraporn Tungpunkom requested that the Executive Director’s report and other Program reports be circulated to the JBC prior to teleconferences, as many centre Directors had poor connections and difficulty hearing all aspects of the reports.

ACTION: The Executive Director’s oral report and Program oral reports for the present 55th CoD teleconference to be attached to the minutes as appendices. All future reports will be written and circulated as attachments to the agenda prior to Committee of Director’s meetings.

6. DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will be the 56th face-to-face meeting in Adelaide, 7-8 November 2016.


Appendix 1

2. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

This report will be briefer than usual as the majority of activity has been communicated in monthly updates, and internal operations have consumed the majority of my time, particularly in making arrangements for our move to North Adelaide.

2.1 Phone calls

Over the last few months I have held a series of one to one calls with Centre directors, these were very helpful in obtaining direct feedback on a range of issues, the most prominent of which was the JBC Matrix. I was gratified to note that the focus of concerns from that feedback was for the operations of newly established and emerging economy based Centres. Strategically, the new Matrix is based around the stability of 3-year agreements meaning no year by year changes to status, and allows for a balance of points to be carried between years.

The calls were very clear on how much Directors from different regions valued the collaboration and were keen to support approaches that would maintain and build upon the strength already evident, and increase future capacity. There were questions which have been included in the circulated FAQ along with other materials sent out last week assist with clarifying the operational aspects of the Matrix.

2.2 JBI Matrix update

The Matrix update that was sent last week does contain some clarifications from previous versions. I want to assure you the update does not disadvantage any previous activity your Centre has been involved in. The update along with the handbook spell out some of the aspects of this model that help to strengthen and stabilize collaboration; with 3-year agreements and points carry-over the main strategies to facilitate stability. In terms of points accruable, the modeling that was released last week was based upon feedback from phone calls and correspondence indicating Centres could be capacitated by a flexible system for administration of points, and the handbook now incorporates this feedback.

The focus Zoe indicated last year was to develop a system that represented an equitable approach to activity and the recognition of activity, while also being sustainable for JBI to administer. We can only move to full implementation of this model via new agreements, commencing with the ‘Centre name change forms’ – can you please complete and return those by the end of July as a priority activity!

We have also had inquires for JBI Affiliated Group Status from:

1. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science – Chicago

2. Qingdao Women’s and Children’s Hospital – China

3. Memorial University of Newfoundland – Canada

4. University of Victoria School of Nursing – Canada

5. Dalhousie University – Canada


These are being considered under the new model. Encouragingly, the level of interest in collaboration remains high, while the affiliate group structure protects the viability and interests of existing centres.

2.3 Global Events 2016/2017

In 2016 we are co-hosting a one day symposium with the Taipei Centre following Train the Trainer (CSR) between 29 Aug-1 Sept

In October JBI staff are attending the Queens University School of Nursing celebrations of 75 years

Also in October (4-7), Train the Trainer (CSR) is being held in San Francisco

Later in October staff will be attending the Cochrane Colloquium in Seoul, South Korea

In 2017 we are currently in the planning phase for a joint symposium with the Swiss JBC collaborating Centre, and the Swiss Cochrane Centre to promote EBHC in Switzerland with dates to be confirmed.

The 2017 JBI Conference and Committee of Directors meeting will be held in Cape Town, South Africa in early September. The conference will be a joint event with Cochrane, GIN, Campbell, and the International Society for Evidence-based Health Care. JBI will separately host the Advisory Committee meeting, however our conference, business meetings such as methods groups, regional meetings and CoD meeting will be in Cape Town. More information is available from: http://www.globalevidencesummit.org/

2.4 JBF Activity

The Foundation has been busy, and raised funds to support a full Clinical Fellowship program with students from Tanzania X2, Myanmar X2, Nepal X2, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, and Kenya. These students will be back to join us for the conference in November, presenting their work.

2.5 Visitors to JBI for 2016/2017

We were really pleased to host:

Fernanda Ayache Nishi from the Centre in Brazil for two weeks in March 2016

Dr Raúl Juárez-Vela, Associate Professor, Faculty of Heath Sciences Universitario Villanueva de Gállego; Spain with us in JBI for 2 weeks in May 2016.

2.6 Agenda items for the November Face to Face meeting

We will circulate a draft agenda, but if you are to table any key priorities for the CoD, topics for the Agenda or items of discussion, notifying Bianca and myself before September will be helpful and strategically ensure your topics are built in to the draft agenda.

http://www.globalevidencesummit.org/


Appendix 2

3.1 SYNTHESIS SCIENCE REPORT

The Synthesis Science Report encompasses the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and

Implementation Reports and the Synthesis Science program of the JBI.

JBISRIR report

The journal is currently accepting approximately one manuscript/day through to peer

review under the new system. We have some 70 manuscripts in the new Editorial

Manager system and 82 in the legacy journal system, so we will be managing both systems

for the remainder of 2016. The journal still has a large volume of ‘copy’ awaiting

publication and the delay between acceptance and final publication is 4-5 months. This

has in part been due to the transition between systems, but mostly due to the large

increase in submissions since the end of last year. Issue 6, the fourth issue to be published

with LWW/WK, will be published online by the 18th July.

Ms Dagmara Riitano has been appointed as the new Journal Manager and has replaced

Dr Natalie Cutri who is on maternity leave following the birth of a baby boy.

There was a recent meeting of the Editorial Board of the journal at the end of May 2016.

Following the feedback from the CoD and editorial Board in September 2015, the Editorial

Board is now being re shaped form the highest ranked peer reviewers. The new Editorial

Manager system will now allow the Editorial Board to be enrolled and managed as ‘true’

editors and they will be able to provide advice and feedback considering the authors

manuscript and peer reviewers comments also. The Editorial Office team are currently

trialling the system with the new Editorial Board to ensure all runs smoothly. This initiative

will be rolling out to editors within the next month.

The other major item discussed by the board was provision of support for peer reviewers

to help them perform constructive review. The Editorial Office are now complying and

refining a ‘Reviewer’s Handbook” and other useful links and resources that will be

available from the Editorial Manager site in the coming months.

The Editorial Office has also been investigating whether within the new system, Peer

Reviewers are able to update their profile to notify JBI when they are available to

undertake peer review, which would streamline the process for JBI in assigning

appropriate reviewers to manuscripts.

Thank you to the reviewers who provided feedback on the new forms in Editorial Manager

that are provided to guide peer review of manuscripts. These issues are being addressed

and the forms are now being updated in the system.

All Centre Directors should now have login details and full access to all the content of the

JBISRIR. If any Director does not have access and/or have not received login details from

WK, please contact [email protected]



Synthesis Science

Edoardo Aromataris and Zachary Munn are currently working with the Methodology

group chairs and conveners to finalise the aetiology and risk methods chapter and the

updates to the qualitative synthesis chapter and chapter pertinent to reviews of effects.

All of the methods have been accepted by the JBI Scientific Committee.

The JBI IT team have created a template for an online Reviewer’s Handbook which will be

html format for the 2016 edition. Existing chapters are currently being edited and

uploaded into the system. We aim to have the full Handbook ready for release later this

year.


Appendix 3

3.2 TRANSFER SCIENCE REPORT

The Transfer Science team within JBI administers the Institute’s educational programs and

oversees software development. It has been a busy start to the year for the transfer science

team, following on from a very successful 2015, where we managed to achieve our highest

level of enrolments into our short courses in our 20 year history. As of the end of June, 61 CSR

courses have been delivered internationally with 659 participants in 2016.

CSR Redevelopment

Currently the team are working hard on the redevelopment of the CSR for launch in 2017. The

additional online modules are also being finalised, which will be available via WK continuing

education platform. We will shortly be holding the annual JBI trainer’s meeting, where we will

be providing a further update on the redeveloped CSR. At the moment, we are finalising the

face to face modules after receiving feedback from our various review groups.

Developing country clinical fellowship

We recently ran the first week of the developing country clinical fellowship intake which was

a huge success.

IT Update

The focus for the IT team at the moment is the SUMARI redevelopment, which we are aiming

to launch in November. Currently the team are working on meta-analysis. In addition, we are

working on creating an online reviewer’s manual. The new version of SUMARI is available for

testing, please contact [email protected] if you would like to be involved. A

series of videos have been made available which demonstrate the functionality in the new

system.

You can access these videos here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/in92ugjulhjx7po/AAAHYBa_HNeD81FgoiDiH-wJa?dl=0

JBI 2016 20th Anniversary Conference

The program, speakers, sponsorship prospectus and the call for abstracts have been made

available via the conference website this week. This is shaping up to be a fantastic event. As

part of the celebrations for the 20th Anniversary, we have updated our YouTube Channel with

some videos of Alan providing an overview of his work and life and the founding of the

Institute.

You can access these videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWhJYFQityaRhV-

BGCklCQ


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/in92ugjulhjx7po/AAAHYBa_HNeD81FgoiDiH-wJa?dl=0

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWhJYFQityaRhV-BGCklCQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWhJYFQityaRhV-BGCklCQ


Appendix 4

3.4 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE REPORT

The Implementation Science team continues to have high levels of output, not only in relation

to content development and management for the JBI COnNECT+ platform, but also in relation

to teaching into the JBI short courses and research outputs.

The COnNECT+ database continues to have content developed and updated. Many of the

new content developed is requested by our Ovid customers or our Collaborating Centers

involved with Implementation work – with over 50 new topics developed this year alone.

(We have clinical requests from our Centers such as Brazil, China, Singapore, San Francisco

and within Australia)

The JBI Academic Leads for each node have taken a much more proactive approach to

source funding through collaborating with members of the Expert Reference groups for

each node. Applications have been jointly submitted, with the Cancer Care node, the

Cardiovascular node, the Mental health node and the Renal node, and although some

have been unsuccessful, it is a new working model for the team.

So far this year we have had 3 Clinical Fellows intakes in JBI Adelaide, the last group was

funded by the Joanna Briggs Foundation with 11 CF from developing countries. We have

another intake scheduled for August, with all of these groups returning for their second

week later in the year.

There has been CF Train the trainer held in Adelaide in June – will be very exciting to see

the Clinical Fellows program being conducted in Brazil, China and Spain. Our San Francisco

Center has recently conducted another Clinical Fellows intake. This has been an exciting

development.

I have just returned from a visit to China to welcome our newest Affiliate Center in

Qingdao. There is excellent implementation work being conducted in China. From 2011

to 2016, there have been 34 clinical fellowship projects successfully completed in Fudan

Center and 13 projects are ongoing, with total number of 46 fellowship projects in our

Center. There are 29 publications from the fellowship projects, with 14 published in JBI

database and 15 papers published in Chinese nursing journal. This is an excellent

implementation model.

Development of JBI implementation methodology papers (aim to publish by end 2016)

Development of draft implementation methodology chapter: Implementing evidence

using the JBI Approach.

o Involve Implementation working group members to review, revise and further

develop the various chapters

o Face to face meeting at the November conference to finalize.

o Available on JBI website early 2017

A Clinical Fellows Alumni event will be organised during the JBI20 Conference, to

showcase our implementation work from across the JBC.


Hold a face-to-face meeting of the Implementation working group during the November

Conference.

2017 and beyond

o IT redevelopment of PACES / new Implementation tool

o Redevelopment of the Clinical Fellowship program

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Attachment 2 – Executive Director’s report

2.1 Update on progress with the JBC Framework/Matrix, Centre of Excellence Agreements, Mentorship Program, JBC Evaluation project

The Framework and Matrix have been fully implemented, there have been minor

adjustments and clarifications as expected, the implementation has been a success, with

website and handbook updates also going live this year.

Centre of Excellence agreements are progressing, not as quickly as we would like, however

this year does include additional complexities that has delayed some Universities – including

our own in the processing of these agreements. The majority though have been complete or

are in progress, and Centre name changes are up to date on the JBC website.

Mentorship

A series of interviews has been conducted; data has being analysed; and the

framework/model and supporting resources are being developed. It is due for release in

Jan/Feb 2017.

The Evaluation project consists of three periods of data collection (end of 2016; mid 2017;

and the beginning of 2018) focusing on:

How the following outputs compare pre- and post-implementation of the change:

The per output costs for each of these outputs (i.e. the total cost of funding transferred

to JBC entities by JBI divided by the number of outputs) both pre- and post-

implementation of the change;

The extent to which the number of JBI entities have grown or reduced following the

change;

How stakeholders feel about the outcomes of the change; and

The extent to which Centres and Groups consider funding to be equitable.

2.2 Strategic Plan Management Plan outcomes for 2016

Key points include:

PLATFORM 1: Scientific & Methodological Development: Synthesis methodology, SUMARI

redevelopment, Research Framework, Critical appraisal tools updated and online open

access,

PLATFORM 2: International Collaboration: Matrix, Centres of Excellence, External Evaluation

of new structure, updating of handbook and website, increased emphasis on

communication, equitable funding model driven by activity


PLATFORM 3: Commercial Viability & Sustainability: financial diversification continues with

increased online CPD offerings going live, new projects to assist WK with market entry across

Europe and Asia to facilitate dissemination,

PLATFORM 4: Organisational Capability & Capacity: Regional Chairs and group structures in

place, IT team established and responsive to JBI priorities.

2.3 Initiatives with International Synthesis Organisations (Cochrane, Campbell, GES, GESI)

Continuing the collaborative engagement with Campbell, Cochrane as our primary

partners.

Staff from the Spanish Centre attended the Campbell Collaboration ‘what works’

conference and presented a workshop titled ‘The experience translating evidence-based

knowledge into healthcare: a case study based on the Joanna Briggs Model’

The Global Evidence Summit in Cape Town 2017 is a key joint activity. Full discussion of

this is included in Tuesday’s agenda.


Attachment 3 – JBC report

Collaboration Support Unit

Bianca Pilla (Collaboration Liaison)

Adriana Turner (Administration Assistant- until September 2016)

Pam Fletcher (Administration Assistant- from September 2016)

Jacque Teggerth (Administration Assistant)

New Centres and Groups

Aligning Health Needs and Evidence for Transformative Change: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group, convened by Prof Marilyn Macdonald

Memorial University School of Nursing Collaboration for Evidenced-Based Nursing and Primary Health Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group, convened by Dr Sandra Small

The University of Victoria (UVic) Centre for Evidence-Informed Nursing and Healthcare (CEiNHC): A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group, convened by Dr Lynne Young

The Qingdao Women and Children’s Hospital Evidence-based Nursing Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group, convened by Guiling Yu

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group, convened by Assoc Provost Sandra Larson

UMMC School of Nursing Evidence Based Practice and Research Team: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group, convened by A/Prof Robin Christian

JBC Collaborating Entity Summary

Total number of Centres of Excellence: 52

Total number of Affiliated Groups: 5

Total number of ESGs/ EIGs: 14 (yet to migrate to the new JBC framework)


Attachment 4 – Implementation Science report

Implementation Science Staff

Ms Alexa McArthur (Acting Director)

Research Fellows

Dr Lucylynn Lizarondo

Dr Catalin Tufanaru

Mr Sandeep Moola

Dr Jared Campbell

Dr Micah Peters

Dr Matthew Stephenson

Dr Karolina Lisy (until Oct 2016)

Ms Susan Bellman (commenced Oct 2016)

Dr David Tivey (part-time)

Dr Kandiah (Sivam) Umapathysivam (part-time)

Administration Assistant

Ms Glenys Lillywhite

The Implementation Science team continues to have high levels of activity, not only in relation

to content development and management for the JBI COnNECT+ platform, but also in relation

to teaching into the JBI short courses and research outputs.

COnNECT+

The JBI COnNECT+ database continues to have content developed and updated. We

currently have 2905 evidence summaries, 807 recommended practices, and 320 individual

PACES topics of evidence-based clinical audits. Much of the new content developed has

been requested by our Ovid customers or our Collaborating Centers involved with

Implementation work – with over 50 new clinical requests developed this year alone.

The JBI Academic Leads for each node have taken a much more proactive approach to

source funding through collaborating with members of the Expert Reference groups for

each node. Grant applications have been jointly submitted, with the Cancer Care node,

the Cardiovascular node, the Mental health node and the Renal node, and although some

have been unsuccessful, it is a new working model for the team.


The Implementation Science team have continued to work on the development of a

variety of JBI implementation methodology papers (with an aim to publish by end 2016).

Implementation Planning

There is ongoing work on the development of a draft JBI Implementation Manual:

Implementing evidence using the JBI Approach.

o The aim of this is to detail the JBI methodology to implementation science, in

conjunction with the JBI model of evidence based healthcare. This will position JBI in

the implementation science field, to increase our effectiveness and ensure our

sustainability and growth into the future. This will provide a comprehensive guide to

conducting a JBI Evidence Implementation Project, and outline the JBI support

mechanisms for those doing evidence implementation work and opportunities for

publication and training.

o This is being done in collaboration with the Implementation Science Research Fellows,

and the Implementation working group members, who are members of the JBC who

are very experienced in JBI implementation work. They will provide assistance to

revise and further develop the various chapters.

Staff Changes

Karolina Lisy offered her resignation and moved to Melbourne to be closer to family.

Susan Bellman has joined the team, having a background in Diabetes education, and

having completed the JBI Master of Clinical Science she is a welcome addition to

Implementation Science.

Two other part-time staff have been advised that contracts will not be renewed for 2017

in the Implementation Science team.

Software and Alumni

There has been ongoing work to further develop software to support implementation

science work at the point of care, through PACES user stories and a development plan.

There has been a strategic change in direction resulting from the extension of the SUMARI

development and release. The new focus for software development after SUMARI will be

CONNECT Admin systems, then PACES software redevelopment later in 2017.

A Clinical Fellows Alumni event will be held during the JBI20 Conference, to showcase our

implementation work from across the JBC.


Attachment 5 – Synthesis Science report

Synthesis Science Staff

Assoc Prof Edoardo Aromataris (Director)

Dagmara Riitano (Managing Editor)

Siang Tay (Editorial and Publications Officer)

Pam Fletcher (Administration Officer)

Sarah Silver (Administration Officer)

The Synthesis Science Report encompasses the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports and the Synthesis Science program of the JBI.

JBISRIR

The journal is currently receiving approximately 10 submissions/week. There are

approximately 100 manuscripts in the new Editorial Manager system and 20 remain in the

legacy journal system. The editorial team envisages that the legacy journal system will

cease any editorial operation in the next 4-6 weeks. The journal still has a large volume of

‘copy’ awaiting publication and the delay between acceptance and final publication is 4-5

months. This has in part been due to the transition between systems, but mostly due to

the large increase in submissions and introduction of dedicated Journal Manager since the

end of last year. The production schedule is being accelerated in the next 3 months to

enable publication of 4 Issues. This will reduce delays and bring publication of Issues into

their calendar month, rather than one month in arrears.

Members of the Editorial Board are now ‘handling’ manuscripts providing advice and

feedback for authors and the Editor in Chief considering the submitted manuscript and

also peer reviewers’ comments. The process thus far has been a success. The Editorial

Board will meet in late November 2016 to discuss this new process and other items.

The Editorial Office have been and are in the process of conducting a complete review of

both the electronic journal platform and Editorial Manager site (and with the launch of

the new JBI SUMARI) to increase the information available and ensure the uniformity and

accuracy of information provided to authors and peer reviewers. Complying and refining

a ‘Reviewer’s Handbook” and other useful links and resources is also underway.

The Editorial Office received training in the functionality of the online journal platform.

We are now able to manage announcements and advertising and presentation of various

pages of the journal presentation.

The journal platform now has features integrated to promote use of social media and tools

to readily highlight published articles across various social media interfaces.


The Editorial Office have received access to Adobe Omniture, a system that provides

detailed analytics from the online journal site. We look forward to providing accurate and

informative reporting to the JBI regarding traffic and use of the site.

Synthesis Science

Edoardo Aromataris and Zachary Munn are currently working with the Methodology

group conveners to edit and upload the Chapters of the current Reviewer’s Manual into

an online interface. Initial chapters of the Manual will be available to support the methods

available in the new JBI SUMARI.

The Institute has 10 working methodology groups in Synthesis Science. Recently, new

group Chairs were announced for the Mixed Methods Group (Prof Heather Loveday (UK)),

the Economics Group (Dr Yuri Jadotte (USA)) and the new Psychometrics Group (Dr

Samuel Lapkin (Aust)). Regular reporting of individual group activity occurs at the

meetings of the JBI Scientific Committee.

Craig Lockwood and Edoardo Aromataris recently presented the work of three of the

methodology groups (Qualitative, Prevalence, Umbrella) and the new JBI SUMARI

software at the Cochrane Colloquium in Seoul, Korea.

The new JBI SUMARI software to facilitate JBI systematic reviews and evidence synthesis

is due for launch in Nov 2016.


Attachment 6 – Transfer Science report

The Transfer Science team is responsible for software development, short course education and JBI events.

Transfer Science Staff

Assoc Prof Zachary Munn (Director)

ICT

Gilli Atkinson (Solutions Architect ICT)

Jason Ilicic (Senior Programmer, ICT)

Tony Levi (Programmer, ICT)

Education, training and events

Dr Cindy Stern (Senior research fellow)

Dr Kylie Porritt (Research fellow)

Martin Williams (Graphic Design)

Tim Price (Instructional Designer)

Heather McCulloch (Training and Events Coordinator)

Judy Palmer (Administration Assistant)


Training and Events

Training Report


Australia Region

There are 5 centres/groups in the Australia region currently conducting CSRTP training with 17 trainers.

Asia Region

There are 8 centres/groups in the Asian region currently conducting CSRTP training with 31 trainers.

Central Region

There are 5 centres/groups in the Central region currently conducting CSRTP training with 11 trainers.

Americas Region

There are 8 centres/groups in the Americas region currently conducting CSRTP training with 48 trainers.

European Region

There are 11 centres/groups in the European region currently conducting CSRTP training with 33 trainers.

JBI Education

Comprehensive systematic review training program

The CSR course has been as popular as ever this year. Despite known issues with our software

we are still approaching record enrolments in the course globally.

Redevelopment: A significant amount of energy has been invested in redeveloping the CSR

course for the new SUMARI software and updated review methods. This course has been

reviewed extensively by JBI staff and an external review group, along with the training

network. The course will be first run in its entirety prior to the conference and rolled out

internationally for use from January 1st 2017.

In addition, a series on online modules have been developed in line with the new

methodologies that Jbi support. These will be made available via WK CEConnection during

2017.


Evidence Based Clinical Fellowship Program

The Clinical Fellowship has also had another strong year, with a significant amount of

participants coming from China. We also ran our third Developing Country Clinical Fellowship,

supported by the Joanna Briggs Foundation.

Redevelopment: It was decided earlier in the year to discontinue the use of Proteus leadership

materials in the clinical fellowship. These have been redeveloped internally and will be sent

out for review shortly. This will allow us to run CF TtT programs internationally from 2017. A

quick update will also occur for the rest of the course content to ensure things such as the

model, branding etc. are correct. A full redevelopment of the course will occur at a later date.

Train the Trainer

CSR: CSR TtT has been offered four times in 2016, In San Francisco, Madrid, Taipei and Adelaide. Each course was well attended.

CF: The Clinical Fellows Train the Trainer program was offered earlier this year in Adelaide with participants from the USA, Spain, China and Brazil.

Online courses and CPD

A large number of short courses developed by JBI staff are now available on WK CEConnection.

As yet there has been limited uptake of these courses, but we are working on strategies with

WK to ensure adequate subscriptions for 2017.

Masters of Public Health (Translational Health Science)

Our Masters of Public Health was once again offered this year. In 2015, we had 6 course

completions. In 2016, we will have 15 course completions.

ICT

SUMARI Redevelopment

The first version of SUMARI will be released and launched during the Convention. This initial

release will be for JBI special users, collaborating centres/groups core staff, and CSR students.

A commercial release is scheduled for Q1 2017. The initial release will allow users to create a

new project, create review protocols, screen studies at the full text stage, and perform critical

appraisal, extraction and some synthesis options. Future updates and releases will occur

regularly.

GRADE Centre

The Joanna Briggs Institute, together with the GRADE Working Group are proud to announce

the establishment of the South Australian GRADE Centre, located within the Joanna Briggs

Institute’s central offices in Adelaide. This centre, the first of its kind in Oceania, will focus on

promoting the use of GRADE for systematic reviews and guideline development. The newly

established centre will offer training in GRADE methods and contribute to the scientific

development of GRADE methods.


Attachment 7 – Joanna Briggs Foundation report

Background

The Joanna Briggs Foundation (JBF) is the fundraising and advocacy arm of the Joanna Briggs

Institute (JBI), a charitable, not-for-profit health research organisation that delivers the best

available, evidence-based research and methodologies to inform health management and

care decisions for health professionals around the world. As part of its mission, the JBI also

focuses on the health of those most in need globally. Whether that be in the world’s

developing countries or at home in Australia’s disadvantaged indigenous communities.

The Joanna Briggs Institute collaborates with groups in some of the poorest countries in the

world where language, technology, geography and finance present significant challenges to

the provision of healthcare. We are working with these groups to create an appropriate

knowledge base to support health decisions and to make this knowledge readily available in

developing countries.

Joanna Briggs Foundation (JBF) Clinical Fellowship Program

Through the creation and implementation of the JBI’s Clinical Fellowship Programs, the Joanna

Briggs Foundation is able to work with clinicians, medical specialists and managers from health

professions and bring them to Adelaide to expose them to the benefits of the JBI’s evidence-

based approaches to health care. Essentially, the Clinical Fellowship Program is tailored to

individual needs, depending on the priority health needs of each community in the developing

world and assists key medical staff from developing countries to use treatments and

protocols, proven to be world’s best practice by the JBI.

With funds raised by the Foundation, medical professionals can attend these Programs in

Adelaide. Importantly, these health professionals are not merely trained in Adelaide but

rather they are also equipped to transfer their new learnings from Adelaide to their fellow

health professionals in their home country. This is the key element in ensuring knowledge

transfer.

Clinical Fellowship Program 2016

Through the generous support from donors in Adelaide, the Foundation has successfully

raised the funds required to support ten (10) Clinical Fellowship Program participants from

developing countries, and two participants from the indigenous health care providers.

The developing countries Program for 2016, commenced with Stage One, in June 2016 and

will conclude in November 2016. Through the JBI Collaborating Centres in over 80 countries

around the world, health care providers from developing countries were invited to apply for


a scholarship to participate in the Clinical Fellowship Program. The response was

overwhelming with approximately 250 applications for assistance being received. From these

outstanding applications, the JBI staff selected the following excellent medical practitioners

to participate in the Program:

Dr Isaya Jelly Tanzania

Dr Fadhiun Alwy Tanzania

Ms Nan KyiPha Si Myanmar

Ms Myint-Htay Myanmar

Dr Bhawana Dangol Nepal

Ms Mandira Baniva Nepal

Dr Patrick Mbah Okwen Cameroon

Mr Jonathan Bavuo Ghana

Mr Sugiharto Indonesian

Dr Lilian Kebaya Kenya

The projects candidates have selected a wide and varied range of health issues including,

neo-natal pre-term mortality, diabetes in Tanzania (5 children die each day), malaria.

During the two week residency, the participants commenced their studies, selected their

individual medical priority and presented their project to be undertaken to the staff of the JBI,

JBF and donors to the Project. Throughout this Stage One of the Program, each participant

worked very hard to acquire the skills to commence their project in their home countries.

During the weekend of their residency, the Foundation provided a wonderful ‘excursion day’

for the group to mingle with the native animals at the Cleland Wildlife Sanctuary in the

stunning Adelaide Hills. For many of them, it was their first opportunity to get ‘up close and

personal’ with koala’s and kangaroos.

Through the very generous support of the Foundation Chairman, the day ended with an Aussie

BBQ hosted at the home of chairman Philip Pledge and his wife Mitzi. A wonderful night was

enjoyed by everyone and a very tired group were transported back to the Adelaide Inn.

The participants were housed throughout their stay in the Adelaide Inn Hotel, following a

successful partnership being secured by the Foundation, including very generous

accommodation fees and reduced costs for meals. This partnership with the Adelaide Inn has

greatly assisted the Foundation with the costs of the Program.


Joanna Briggs Institute Promotion

In addition to raising funds for the Clinical Fellowship Program, the Foundation is working to

promote the work of the JBI in both the South Australian business sector and the general

community. We secured two ABC radio interviews in the lead up to the developing countries

Clinical Fellowship Program which commenced in June. The first was an interview with Zoe

Jordan, Executive Director JBI (currently on maternity leave) and the second interview was

live in the studio with two of the participants of the Program from Kenya and Cameroon. They

were joined by Dr Zachary Munn, Director of Transfer Science. Both interviews gave JBI the

opportunity to promote the work of the Institute, not only here in Adelaide but globally with

the 80 Collaborating JBI Centres around the world.

In November, the Fellows return for the final stage of the Clinical Fellowship Program and the

ABC Radio 891 have invited the Fellows to update the audience on their individual projects

outcomes.

The Foundation will approach other media outlets for their return visit in November. This final

stage of their Program coincides with the 20th Anniversary celebrations for the Joanna Briggs

Institute being held from 9th – 11th November at the Adelaide Wine Centre. The Fellows will

be presented to the audience at the opening event. We hope that we can also arrange for

other media outlets to support the JBI in bringing the work of the Institute to a wider section

of the community.

Events

Advertiser Channel 7 Grand Final Luncheon

The Joanna Briggs Foundation was selected to be one of two beneficiaries of the 2016 Grand

Final Luncheon hosted by the Advertiser Foundation.

Adelaide’s premier Grand Final Lunch was held at the iconic Adelaide Oval in the William

Magery room and enjoyed by more than 400 people. Channel 7 sports presenter Mark

Soderstom compared the event and former Essendon defender Dustin Fletcher was a very

entertaining keynote speaker. Interviewed by Essendon and Port Power great, Gavin

Wanganeen, it certainly was a highlight of the day.

The panel that discussed the AFL Grand Final included Advertiser chief football writer

Michelangelo Rucci, inaugural Crows coach Graham Cornes, local legend K.G. Cunningham and

former Thunderbirds head coach Jane Woodlands-Thompson. Both Crows and Power players

were also in attendance, adding some very entertaining banter!

Entertaining guests throughout the afternoon was South Australia’s own international

singer/songwriter Hugh Sheridan. Hugh proved to be a great success, capturing the attention

of the lively audience.


The funds raised from the event are supporting two very worthy South Australian charities,

the Joanna Briggs Foundation and Orana. JBF funds received will be supporting the Indigenous

Clinical Fellowship Program.

JBF Manager, Sandy Davis, says “ The support received from the Advertiser Foundation is very

much appreciated and I would like to thank Angela Condous, Patron of the Foundation for her

continued support of the work of the Foundation”.

Corporate Business Luncheon

The Foundation is in the initial planning stage of a corporate luncheon to be held in

February/March 2017 at the Adelaide Oval. Following an approach to Julie Bishop, Federal

Minister for Foreign Affairs by Senator Simon Birmingham on behalf of the Foundation, we

have an ‘in principal agreement’ for her to be our special guest speaker at a luncheon. With

an ‘in-kind’ sponsorship from the Adelaide Oval secured, the Foundation aims to raise funds

to support three (3) clinical fellows for the 2017 Program.

When the date of this event has been confirmed by the Ministers office, the invitations to

attend will be sent. It is our hope that the JBF Patron, the Governor General of the

Commonwealth of Australia may be in a position to attend.

Conclusion

The Foundation will be working to secure funding from donors and/or sponsors for a

commitment of one fellow each year for three years. This will enable a comprehensive lead

time to identify suitable participants from developing countries in 2017/18/19. The

identification and selection of suitable participants is critical for the best possible outcomes

for their communities back in their country of orgin.

As the Manager of the Joanna Briggs Foundation, I would like to thank the JBF Advisory

Committee for their generous time donated to the work of the Joanna Briggs Institute. In

particular, I thank Chairman, Philip Pledge for his support and guidance in managing the

Foundation. His support to the Fellows visit in June was overwhelmingly generous. Hosting

the participants in his home with his extended family demonstrated his level of support to our

work.


Attachment 8 – Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis?

Please see separate attachment

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Attachment 9 – Regional meeting agendas

JBC Americas (ISSNA) Regional Meeting

Tuesday 8th November 2016, Adelaide

AGENDA

I. 1400-1420: Welcome & Introductions

II. 1420-1430: Review of Minutes & Selection of Recorder

III. 1430-1500: ISSNA Collaborative Efforts

a. Bylaws: Report

b. ISSNA Website: Lisa Hopp, Lead

c. ISSNA Listserv: Lisa Hopp, Lead

d. ISSNA CRM: Adam Cooper, Lead

e. ISSNA Communication: Next Quarterly Teleconference Call

IV. 1500-1530: Next Annual Meeting

V. 1530-1630: Other Topics


JBC Asia Regional Meeting


AGENDA

1. Welcome & Introductions

2. Matters Arising

3. Centre Updates

4. Discussion with Wolters Kluwer- strategies to increase membership in the Asia region

5. Strategies to promote EBP in the region- how to engage with and support clinical settings/partners, including addressing barriers

6. Channels to work collaboratively and mentoring among Centres in the region to conduct SRs, evidence implementation and scholarly work

7. Strategies for Centres of Excellence to achieve a balanced scorecard within the JBC Matrix

8. Regional Operational Plan 2017

9. Other Business


JBC Australasia Regional Meeting


AGENDA

Items for noting:

1. CSRTP Workshops

2. Education of protocols and reviews

3. Evaluation of the webinar and plan seminar/webinar/equivalent for 2017

4. JBC matrix/KPI

5. Opportunities for cross centre collaboration for anything

Other Business


JBC Central Regional Meeting


AGENDA

1. Welcome & Introductions

2. Matters arising

3. Centre updates

4. The allocation of points for Centres

5. The Annual Review template

6. The 2017 GE Summit with Cochrane, JBI, Campbell et al

7. Regional Operational Plan 2017

8. Other Business


JBC European Regional Meeting


AGENDA

1. Welcome & apologies

2. Minutes from previous meeting – April 27th 2016, Madrid

3. Matters Arising

4. Brief centre updates

- Sharing of key noteworthy points

5. Review of operational changes

6. Regional Annual Review Report 2016 (due January 2017)

7. Regional Operational Plan 2017 (due 15th December 2016)

8. Update on collaborative projects/proposals

9. Symposium & train-the-trainer Scotland, May 2017

10. CFP train-the-trainer

11. Colloquium, Belgium 2018

12. AOCB

13. Date of next meeting

- Thursday 18th May, 2017, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

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