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Research guidance material

Getting started

Use an AWH protocol template (links on the main Research Office website) to get started designing your project.

Ethics application

Visit the Victorian Government Clinical Trials and Research website for guidance documents and training videos for ERM. Contact ethics@awh.org.au for support.

Participant Information and Consent Forms (PICFs) 

Use a template tailored for use at AWH (links on the main Research Office website)

Resources:

• Make sure you consider the AWH statement on Inclusion of minority groups in research
  • Consider translation services. Multicultural NSW provides translation services starting from $80

• Fact Sheet, Writing health information for consumers – Australian commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

• Guidance for writing PICF – Melbourne Health

• Plain Language and Good Communication guide – Victoria Law Foundation

• Plain Language Thesaurus - National Center for Health Marketing

• This protocol by Whitney and Evered (2022) for qualitative studies or studies with qualitative components, may be useful when forming your referral pathway and planning your response to any distress experienced by participants.

Research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Indigenous Research)

View this presentation by Dr Brett Biles of UNSW Indigenous Engagement and Research 

Consult the following policies and guidelines:

• Core: Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research
• Appraising community driven health research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a scoping review using the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Quality Appraisal Tool
• NSW Aboriginal Health Ethics Guidelines
• NHMRC Ethical conduct in research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and communities

Research data

_{Contact the AWH Health Information department for advice on access to AWH data for research and check out AWH policy relating to research data in the Information Management and ICT Policy Handbook.}

_{You may need to complete approval forms (Health Information or IT Data extraction) to run reports and gain access to AWH data.}

_{For NHMRC guidance, see the Management of Data and Information in Research: A guide supporting the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research}

_{To help you design a data management plan, see this guide from the Australian National Data Service.}

Privacy in human research

_{Privacy in Human Research is now available on SEEDS under Research within the AWH Course Catalogue section.}

 

Need access to RedCap?

Use your AWH log-in details to start a new project

See these training videos on how to use RedCap

Looking to Publish? Use these Journal Finders to find an appropriate journal for your manuscript

Taylor and Francis Journal Suggester

Springer Journal Suggester

Elsevier Journal Finder

Sage Journal Recommender

Cambridge Journals

Wiley Journal Finder

Oxford Journal Search

Good Clinical Practice Training (Online Module)🎓

Good Clinical Practice is a framework to help researchers understand how to conduct research in a safe, effective way for participants, while maintaining the integrity and validity of their data.

Please follow the link to commence the online learning module on Good Clinical Practice, produced by The Global Health Network. The module should take approx 45 minutes to complete.

Start the Good Clinical Practice Module.

Looking for education on Statistics? Try the online sessions offered by UNSW

 

ORCID iD - Improving visibility of research at AWH

An ORCID iD overview video for AWH staff has been created. Check it out!