Australia Awards Fellowship

• Introductory Workshop in Kolkata, West Bengal, India (5 Days – November 2024)
• Intensive Workshop in Adelaide/Canberra/Sydney, Australia (16 Days – June 2025)
• Participant Evaluation and Concluding Workshop in Kolkata, West Bengal, India (2 Days – September 2025)

• Regular interactive video conferences
• Online content delivery
• Interactive activities

in and outside the classroom.

from the government and private sectors who can provide alternative perspectives on key issues and share their on-the-ground networks and experience with local healthcare services and communities. This is expected to support the alignment of Fellows projects with national development priorities, open doors to resources, data, and institutional support, and foster deeper cultural understanding and community engagement between our two countries, thereby increasing the effectiveness and contextual relevance of Fellows’s health intervention projects.

provide practical examples of government and industry.

for Fellows with government agencies, higher education institutions and healthcare organisations, providing opportunities to create meaningful links, expand bilateral networks and collaboration, and increase awareness of Australia’s commitment to and role in the development of the region.

intercultural understanding, develop positive perceptions of Australia and Australians and create shared experiences for Fellows.

will provide opportunities to apply the learning in order to make progress on a healthcare challenge faced by indigenous populations in West Bengal State. Projects will involve the following key stages:

• Fellows will be supported in designing and implementing an evidence-based health intervention over a period of 9 months, using JBI’s Getting Research into Practice (GRiP) approach and Practical Application of Evidence System (JBI PACES). This will involve the use of audit and feedback as a framework for the promotion of evidence utilisation in the healthcare setting and include the following three key stages:
  • Stage 1: Stakeholder Engagement and Baseline Audit: During the first stage of this process, Fellows will establish their evidence-based improvement projects, ensure buy-in from key stakeholders, and conduct a baseline audit to compare current practices with best practices.

• • Stage 2: Design and Implementation of Strategies to Improve Practice: The second stage involves analyzing interim findings and providing feedback to relevant stakeholders.

• • Stage 3: Follow-up Audit Post Implementation of Practice Improvement Project: The final stage of project implementation involves a follow-up audit to assess the impact of the evidence-based interventions implemented in the previous stage.

• Following the collection of all project data, Fellows will attend a second intensive face-to-face workshop in Australia focussed on evaluation, reporting, and strategies for dissemination of project outcomes. They will also work together to develop strategies for scaling up and rolling out successful interventions and dissemination of project outcomes. This will include the opportunity to develop a publishable manuscript for submission to a peer-reviewed journal, JBI Evidence Implementation Journal, to ensure the outcomes are translated for a global audience. 
• During the final intensive workshop in Kolkata, West Bengal, Fellows will present the results of their individual projects to a range of key stakeholders, including a baseline audit, GRiP barriers, facilitators and strategies, follow-up audit results, and overall reflections on their project experience.

Pre-Reading & Needs Assessment

• Preparatory reading
• Pre-Course Assessments for individuals and participating organisations

Program Orientation 

• Welcome & Orientation to Course Program (Introduction to JBI, overview of course objectives, expectations and support available)
• Online Induction (Introduction to Learning Management System/ Electronic Course Materials)
• Learning Support (What is available and how is it accessed?)

Core Module 1: Introduction to Evidence-based Healthcare and the Implementation of Evidence

During Module 1, Fellows will learn about evidence-based healthcare, best practice models and concepts and the importance of clinical leadership, including building the capacity of participants to manage, actively lead and facilitate change in their community, including conflict resolution, negotiation, communication and building workplace culture based on current best practice. They will also work together to develop a project plan for an evidence-based health intervention and develop strategies to effectively implement change within their local healthcare context. Topics covered will include:

• Introduction to Health Workforce Development in Evidence Implementation Fellowship
• Introduction to JBI
• Introduction to Evidence-based Healthcare
• Introduction to Evidence Implementation and Implementation Science
• Introduction to Theories, Models and frameworks to guide implementation
• Leading change in a clinical setting
• The role of facilitation within evidence implementation
• Leading people through change
• Engaging with and managing conflict in the healthcare setting
• Identifying your problem
• Engaging change agents
• Assessing content and readiness for change
• Revieing practice against evidence-based criteria
• Evidence implementation strategies
• Evaluating Implementation
• Introduction to the Practice Application of Clinical Evidence System (JBI PACES)
• Identifying audit criteria to measure compliance
• Guided development of an implementation protocol
• Presentation of practice improvement projects and associated implementation protocols

Core Module 2: Participant Evidence Implementation Projects

During Module 2, Fellows will be supported to design and implement their evidence-based health intervention projects within their local health context over a period of 9 months, using JBI’s Getting Research into Practice (GRiP) approach and Practical Application of Evidence System (JBI PACES). This will involve the use of audit and feedback as a framework for the promotion of evidence utilisation in the healthcare setting and include the following three key stages:

1. Stakeholder Engagement and Baseline Audit

During the first stage of this process, Fellows will establish their evidence-based health intervention projects, ensure they have buy-in from key stakeholders, and conduct a baseline audit to establish current practices against best practices. It will involve the following activities:

• Establishing a project team
• Implementing a stakeholder engagement plan to educate colleagues and patients
• Engaging with executive leadership to ensure buy-in
• Establishing audit criteria for their practice improvement project
• Conducting a baseline audit to assess current practice against best practice

1. Design and Implementation of Strategies to Improve Practice

The second stage involves the analysis of interim findings and the provision of feedback to relevant stakeholders. It will involve the following activities:

• Implementing the evidence-based health intervention process
• Monitoring adherence to process and compliance with audit criteria
• Providing ongoing feedback to participating healthcare workers
• Identifying barriers to implementation of the evidence-based process and implementing strategies to overcome these.

1. Follow-up Audit Post Implementation of Practice Improvement Project

The final stage of project implementation involves a follow-up audit to assess the impact of the evidence-based interventions implemented in the previous stage. It will involve the following activities:

• Conducting a follow-up audit to assess current practices against best practices. 
• Finalising data collection in preparation for the second intensive workshop in Adelaide

• Core Module 3: Post-Project Workshop

During Module 3, Fellows will attend a second intensive face-to-face workshop focussed on evaluation, reporting and strategies for disseminating project outcomes. They will also work together to develop strategies to scale up and roll out successful interventions and disseminate project outcomes.

• Analysing the data collected over the project’s life and evaluating the implementation process’s effectiveness.
• Analysing the data collected over the life of the project and evaluating the effectiveness of the change in practice.
• Preparing a detailed implementation report.
• Develop a dissemination strategy to maximise the impact of your project results.

Fellows will have the opportunity to develop a publishable manuscript for submission to the JBI Evidence Implementation Journal, which will ensure that the outcomes are translated for a global audience.

• Core Module 4: Dissemination of Outcomes

During the final workshop, Fellows will share the results of their individual projects, including baseline audit, GRiP barriers, facilitators and strategies, follow-up audit results and overall reflections on their project experience. Topics covered will include:

• Presentation of outcomes
• Identifying and implementing strategies for sustainability
• Building the community of practice
• Summation, evaluation and close