Library resource guides: Research support essentials: Overview

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Challenges in Research Policy: Evidence-Based Policy Briefs with Recommendations by Gunnar Sivertsen; Liv Langfeldt [eds] This open access volume addresses major challenges in research policy and provides advice on how to approach them. With chapters designed as accessible policy briefs, the book serves as an essential resource for new actors in research policy. It offers evidence-based recommendations on approaching research governance, funding, and evaluation challenges by covering these topics: Identifying and facilitating high quality research Evaluating transdisciplinary research quality Evaluating societal impact The dilemmas of grant peer review How citations relate to research quality Reforming research assessment The use of metrics in academic recruitment Quality criteria and concentration of research funding Balancing basic and external research funding Designing performance-based research funding systems Strategic steering of research at universities The consequences of paying to publish Each chapter combines research with practical advice and provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in research on the specific topic, as well as references for further reading.
ISBN: 9783031695797
Publication Date: 2024-11-13

Open Access Australasia: Open Access Toolkit for Aotearoa New Zealand Researchers
The toolkit is designed to guide researchers through the process of making their journal articles Open Access.

FPM Research Webinar: How to Successfully Publish your Research

Title: "How to successfully publish your research"

This webinar guides you through the steps to publishing a research paper.

Presented by: Nikki Frescos, Prof Peter Drummond and Anne Austin
Presented: 29 August 2024
Duration: 57 mins

NEJM Evidence now available

NEJM Evidence offers a behind-the-scenes view of clinical trials that enables readers to develop a deeper understanding of the statistical methods used in trials, to become more sophisticated evaluators of medical evidence, and to learn from trial participants whose stories can help shape and inform the future direction of clinical trial design.

NEJM Evidence
Online: Vol. 1, 2022 - current
>> Alternate/direct access via NEJM.
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NEJM Evidence offers a behind-the-scenes view of clinical trials that enables readers to develop a deeper understanding of the statistical methods used in trials, to become more sophisticated evaluators of medical evidence, and to learn from trial participants whose stories can help shape and inform the future direction of clinical trial design.

Research Review Spotlight

New Zealand Anaesthesia and Pain Management Research Review - Issue 28 (2023)
- O2 administration during surgery and postoperative organ injury
- Remifentanil vs. NMB during rapid sequence intubation in patients at aspiration risk
- Surgeon-delivered nerve block after lumbosacral spine surgery
- Predicting massive transfusion during surgery
- Impact of intraoperative esketamine on PSD after gynaecological laparoscopy
- Pain science education + exercise for chronic Achilles tendinopathy
- Cortical function and sensorimotor plasticity associated with future LBP after acute episode
- Structural imaging studies in chronic pain
- Prognostic factors for quality of life after interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation for chronic pain
- Health coaching for LBP and hip/knee OA
Pain Management Research Review - Issue 65 (April 2022)
- Dose reductions among chronic opioid therapy recipients
- Enhanced mindfulness-based stress reduction in episodic migraine
- Effect of relevant education on long-term opioid use before spinal surgery
- Education of opioid use risk prior to elective lower-extremity surgery
- ‘Embodied’ VR intervention for low back pain
- Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement in patients misusing opioids for chronic pain
- Wearable TENS for knee OA pain
- ESPB for pain control after spinal surgery
- Closed-loop SCS for chronic back and leg pain: clinical and QOL outcome durability
- SCS-related adverse events reported to TGA
Anaesthesia Research Review - Issue 25 (2022)
- Situational awareness of opioid consumption
- Bolus lidocaine to prevent tourniquet-induced hypertension
- Transversus abdominis plane block vs wound infiltration after hernia repairs
- Antithrombotic drugs and the risk of bloody punctures
- Arthroscopic shoulder surgery interscalene block with levobupivacaine
- Ketamine vs dexmedetomidine plus total IV anaesthesia
- Rhomboid intercostal, erector spinae plane, or serratus plane block
- Anaesthesiologist staffing ratio and patient morbidity and mortality
- Carbetocin vs oxytocin: Low- and high-dose regimens
- General endotracheal anaesthesia vs sedation in infants
- Patient-centred surgical care for older patients

ANZCA: Research Support Essentials
Previous issues of Research Review can be accessed on the Journals & Articles tab of the Research Support Essentials guide.

CPD Value: CPD participants may claim this under Knowledge and skills journal reading activity.

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MeSH 2024 Reload

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