So you’ve joined the HSRAANZ. What next? Here are a few suggestions for how you can get involved and get the most out of your membership.
Keep up-to-date with health services research news
Keep a regular eye on this website, our quarterly newsletter and read our free weekly HSRAANZ Bulletin - a weekly email delivering health and health services research news, events, careers and funding opportunities direct to members’ inboxes.
Promote your work, achievements and opinions
Do you have news that will be of interest to the wider HSR community? Have you had a promotion, publishing or funding success or do you have a strong opinion that we could include on our website, quarterly newsletter or in our weekly bulletin.
Post an upcoming conference, workshop or seminar
Our website promotes upcoming health conferences and events that will be of interest to health services researchers. Let us know if you are planning an event and we will add the detials to our events page.
Advertise a career opportunity
Do you know of a job, fellowship or funding opportunity? Send us the details and we will post them free on our website.
Share what you have discovered and network with colleagues
Have you read an interesting article, know of a useful research tool or can you recommend a valuable resource. Then please let us know about it. Or are you looking for a piece of information or want to make contact with colleagues working on similar research or with specific skills then send us the details and we will try to link you up.
Alternatively have you thought about joining one of our special interest groups (Emerging Researchers Group and Indigenous Health Services Research Group) or even proposing your own group?
Suggest an event or speaker
Have you heard of an interesting speaker who will be visiting Australia or New Zealand or is there a topical issue that you would like to debate with colleagues? Let us have your suggestions for future events and speakers and we will see what we can organize. Or contribute ideas for our biennial conference.
Present your work and make new contacts at our biennial Conference
Submit an abstract HSRAANZ’s biennial Health Services and Policy Research Conference. The pre-eminent health services research event in Australasia, the conference features key international speakers and a strong line up of speakers from Australia and New Zealand, too. It includes special sessions and workshops for early career researchers, and activities for corporate members. There is ample time for time for proffered papers, and posters and to hear from and exchange views with policy makers. Keep an eye on the conference page on our website for key announcements.
Volunteer
The Association employs one part time member of staff. Otherwise it relies completely upon volunteers. It is managed by a voluntary executive committee which is elected every two years. The next elections will take place at the end of 2010. Keep an eye out for the call for nominations and take an active role in your association.
Or is there is a specific issue that you would like to see the Association pursue. Maybe you would like to propose it to the executive committee and volunteer to assist with its development.
Fundraising
The Association is funded solely from members’ subscriptions, income from the biennial conference and events and fundraising. Can you contribute to the longevity of the Association through fundraising and sponsorship activities?
Identify New Members
Be proactive in promoting the Association and its activities to your colleagues. Let us know if you need any publicity material or know of people or groups who really should be a member of the Association.
Provide feedback
We welcome any feedback on our current activities and suggestions for the future.
To follow up on any of these ideas contact Sarah Green