The Academic Health Department's
Public Health Grand Rounds 
Practice-based Research to Improve the Public's Health
What is Public Health Grand Rounds (PHGR)?
PHGR is a workforce development activity of the Academic Health Department. Since it began in 2011, we have refined it to more effectively connect practice needs with academic resources.
Year 1 (2011-2012). PHGR began as a series of 4 one-hour collaborative learning sessions intended to improve the public's health. Faculty presented an area of their research to health department and community practitioners with a goal of increasing knowledge and practice improvements. The majority of participants increased knowledge. A little over half reported they made a practice improvement.
Year 2 (2012-2013). To increase relevancy to practitioners, PHGR now focuses on practice-based research to improve the public's health. Research questions initiate within the health department. Through Grand Rounds, faculty and practitioners refine the research questions and engage in the research process together. The goal is to complete and report at least one practice based research project per year.
Current Project: Understanding Women's Health Clinic No-Shows. A joint team of health department practitioners and faculty researchers are investigating why women are no-shows at the women's health clinic.
Click Here for Past Grand Rounds Events and Videos
Location
Knox County Health Department Auditorium; 140 Dameron Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917
Directions to the Auditorium/Community Room:
- NOTE: The main health department entrance on Dameron Avenue will be locked due to closure for staff training on the first Wednesday (mornings) of every month.
- Please enter the health department through the doors to the right of the main entrance (when facing the building) on Dameron Avenue. These doors are directly across from the main parking.
- The Auditorium will be on the right.
- The Community Room will be on the left.
What public health practice-based research is important to you?
Suggest a PHGR practice-based research question or speaker by emailing jgrubaugh@utk.edu. Please include why you are interested in this plus names and contact information for presenter(s) you feel could adequately address the issue.
For videos of our past Grand Rounds presentations, please visit our channel on YouTube.
