UPFRONT | News and events PROFESSION CCRF unveils funding for new research projects The Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation (CCRF) announced funding for four new National Re-search Grants. These evi-dence-based research pro-jects will advance the profession’s knowledge base and contribute to improved care for patients living with muscular, skeletal and nerv-ous system pain. The Re-quest for Proposals launched on October 16 – World Spine Day – and sought dynamic research projects with local, national and global impact. Canadian-based researchers with a doctoral degree were invited to apply. Proposals were required to address one or more of the CCRF’s National Research Priori-ties, which include Basic Science, Clinical Science, Health Systems and Popu-lation Health. The four winning submissions were reviewed and recommended by the CCRF’s Research Committee, which will play a role in evaluating the re-sults. “We received a wide range of high-quality pro-posals from across the country,” said Robert Har-ris, Executive Director. “On behalf of the CCRF, its Board of Directors, and the Research Committee, con-gratulations to the following projects and teams.” WFC World Spine Day 2019 Congrats to the Canadian competition winners, including the Canadian Chiropractic Association, (first place in the professional organization category), as well as Université du Québec à Trois Rivières who were “highly commended” in the Educational Institution Category. The World Federation of Chiropractic coordinates World Spine Day as an interprofession-al, collaborative day of action to highlight the importance of good spine care. World Spine Day will once again take place on October 16th, 2020! 598 likes View all comments EVENT WFC ACC education conference: CALL FOR PAPERS Submission deadline for abstracts is May 1, 2020 Authors from all nations are invit-ed to submit abstracts describing their chiropractic educational research and innovations. Submitted material should be pertinent to teaching, learning, assessment, evaluation, faculty development, governance, or any area of education. Content must relate to educa-tion. A maximum of two abstracts may be submitted for a given pre-senter for any combination of the following: Platform Presentations: Platform presenters will have ap-proximately 8 minutes to deliver their education research. Platform abstracts of 250 words or less should include: objective, meth-ods, results, and conclusion. Experimental studies involving human subjects (eg, comparative times. Poster ab-stracts of 250 words or less should in-clude: objective, methods, results, and conclusion. Experimental stud-ies involving human subjects (eg. com-parative trials, pilot studies, cohort studies, and surveys) must have IRB/ethics board approval or ex-emption as determined by the author’s institution. Workshop Presentations: Workshop leaders will provide an interactive workshop to develop skills of attendees. Workshops should not be lectures, a series of presentations, nor a substitute for the scientific platform sessions, instead they should engage the attendee in active learning. The workshop proposal of 250 words or less should include a brief de-scription, a list of skill-based learning objectives, and outline of the presentation. Innovations Presentations: Innovation panellists will each have approximately 5 minutes to present their educational innova-tion and then have a dialogue with the audience during the following panel discussion. Innovation pres-entations are not lectures or a substitute for platform presenta-tions. Instead, their purpose is to present a true educational innova-tion. Innovations abstracts of 250 words or less should include: ra-tionale or need for the innovation, short description of the innovation, and potential impact on chiroprac-tic education. www.canadianchiropractor.ca Poster Presentations: Poster presenters will bring a printed poster to display throughout the conference. Poster presenters will be asked to stand by their poster to answer questions about their research during designated break 6 Canadian Chiropractor February 2020 smolaw11/ iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images trials, pilot studies, cohort studies, and surveys) must have IRB/ethics board approval or exemption as determined by the author’s insti-tution.
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