AAAPC Subcommittees
The AAAPC Executive committee endorsed a new Strategic Plan on 19 December 2022. The plan outlined the AAAPC’s Mission, Vision, Values and Goals.
The goals in the 2023-2025 Strategic Plan are:
- To become a visible, effective and sustainable organisation that is responsive to a broad primary care membership from both research and education academia.
- To increase linkages with organisations involved in primary care research, practice, support, education, and funding including government and community groups.
- To influence policy and practice by advocating for primary care research and education.
- To promote and nurture research and scholarly activity in primary care.
- To build primary care academic capacity through supporting early career researchers and educationalists.
If you would like to join one of our Subcommittees
please email secretariat@aaapc.org.au.
ACADEMIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY SUBCOMMITTEE The Primary Care Research, Policy and Advocacy subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goals 1, 2 and 3: To become a visible, effective and sustainable organisation that is responsive to a broad primary care membership from both research and education academia. To increase linkages with organisations involved in primary care research, practice, support, education, and funding including government and community groups. To influence policy and practice by advocating for primary care research and education. The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the Academic Policy and Advocacy subcommittee to conduct work to meet this goal:
In 2023/2024 this subcommittee will be chaired by Prof Grant Russell. Grant hopes to have a list of members who are willing to be co-opted at short notice to respond to emerging research and policy issues. This subcommittee may have few regular meetings but members will be called upon to help develop and write submissions for government departments or processes 2023 - 2024 Subcommittee:
MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE The Membership Engagement Subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goals 1, 2, 4 and 5 namely: To become a visible, effective and sustainable organisation that is responsive to a broad primary care membership from both research and education academia. To increase linkages with organisations involved in primary care research, practice, support, education, and funding including government and community groups. To promote and nurture research and scholarly activity in primary care. To build primary care academic capacity through supporting early career researchers and educationalists. The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the Membership Engagement subcommittee to conduct work to meet these goal:
In 2023/2024 this subcommittee is being co-chaired by Dr Flora Hui and Shakira Milton. 2023 - 2024 Subcommittee:
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EARLY AND MID CAREER ACADEMIC (EMCA) SUBCOMMITTEE
The Early Career Researchers (ECR) Subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goals 1, 2, 4 and 5 namely:
To become a visible, effective and sustainable organisation that is responsive to a broad primary care membership from both research and education academia.
To increase linkages with organisations involved in primary care research, practice, support, education, and funding including government and community groups.
To promote and nurture research and scholarly activity in primary care.
To build primary care academic capacity through supporting early career researchers and educationalists.
The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the ECR subcommittee to conduct work to meet these goal:
- Increase support and advocacy for multidisciplinary student membership from academic and non-academic backgrounds.
- Build organisational linkages between AAAPC and key primary care research, practice, support, educational and funding organisations in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the world.
- Conduct an Annual Research conference and bring the academic community together to share knowledge.
- Build academic capacity of members.
- Maintain a peer-support program within the membership of AAAPC.
In 2023/2024 this subcommittee is being chaired by Dr Jessica Botfield. As with all our subcommittees we are keen to see a mix of early career and established academics from a range of disciplines and geographies join this group.
2023 - 2024 Subcommittee:
- Dr Jessica Botfield (Chair, Monash University)
- Associate Professor Leah East (Deputy Chair, University of Southern Queensland)
- Ms Emma Baillie (Deputy Chair, Bond University)
- Dr Ruby Biezen (University of Melbourne)
- Dr Sharon James (Monash University)
- Dr Alexandra Davidson (Bond University)
- Dr Vera Costa (Monash University)
- Ms Nilakshi Gunatillaka (Monash University)
CONFERENCE SUBCOMMITTEE
The Conference subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goals 1, 2 and 4 namely:
To become a visible, effective, and sustainable organisation that is responsive to a broad primary care membership from both research and education academia.
To increase linkages with organisations involved in primary care research, practice, support, education, and funding including government and community groups.
To promote and nurture research and scholarly activity in primary care.
The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the Conference subcommittee to conduct work to meet this goal:
- Have a robust marketing and communication strategy applicable to a range of primary care disciplines
- Make AAAPC benefits visible to members
- Increase support and advocacy for multidisciplinary student membership from academic and non-academic backgrounds
- Build organisational links between AAAPC and key primary care research, practice, support, education and funding organisations in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the world
- Conduct an annual research conference and bring the academic community together to share knowledge
- Build academic capacity of members
In 2025 this subcommittee is being chaired by Prof Steve Trumble.
2025 Subcommittee:
- Prof Steve Trumble (Chair, Deakin University)
- Prof Tim Stokes (University of Otago)
- Associate Professor Sarah Dennis (University of Sydney)
- Prof Anna Williams (University of Technology Sydney)
- Dr Flora Hui (University of Melbourne)
- Ms Anisa Assifi (Monash University)
PRIMARY CARE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE
The Primary Care Education Subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goals 1, 2 , 3, 4 and 5 of the AAAPC Strategic Plan 2023-2025, namely:
To become a visible, effective, and sustainable organisation that is responsive to a broad primary care membership from both research and education academia.
To increase linkages with organisations involved in primary care research, practice, support, education, and funding including government and community groups.
To influence policy and practice by advocating for primary care research and education.
To promote and nurture research and scholarly activity in primary care.
To build primary care academic capacity through supporting early career researchers and educationalists.
The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the Primary Care Education Subcommittee to conduct work to meet these goals:
- Build organisational links between AAAPC and key primary care research, practice, education, and funding organisations in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the world.
- Lead discussions, respond to and influence key Australasian issues in primary care research and education, with focus on national practice-based research networks (PBRNs), funding, research capacity building, workforce training and data.
- Be responsive to key national and/or global issues in primary care research, teaching, training and workforce.
- Promote and advocate the principles and characteristics of primary care research and education to major health research and education funding bodies including government groups.
- Conduct an annual research conference and bring the academic community together to share knowledge.
- Build academic capacity of members.
- Maintain a peer-support program within membership of AAAPC
In 2025this subcommittee is being chaired by Ms Frances Barraclough.
2022 - 2023 Subcommittee:
- Ms Frances Barraclough (Chair, University of Queensland)
- Dr Kylie Vuong (University of New South Wales)
- Prof Parker Magin (Newcastle University)
- Dr Lynn McBain (University of Otago)
- Dr Catherine Stephen (Wollongong University)
- Kaara Calma (Deakin University)
- Dr Mina Bakit (Bond University)
- Nancy Sturman (University of Queensland)
- Monica Coha (Monash University)
- Alexandra Davidson (Bond University)
- Debra Rowett (University of South Australia)