Since opening, the UQ/Blue Care RPDC has also been approved as the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Community Care (ACEBCC), a collaborating centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
The Joanna Briggs Institute is based on a collaboration of international supporting centres. Each collaborating centre undertakes their own programs and plays a key role in the promotion of evidence based practice in their own areas through education and training; the conduct of systematic reviews; the development of best practice information sheets; the implementation of evidence based practice; and the conduct of evaluation cycles and primary research arising out of systematic reviews. There are currently more than 20 collaborating centres worldwide covering the disciplines of nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, nutrition and dietetics, podiatry, occupational therapy, aged care and medical radiation.
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