Presentation on an Introduction to CRD databases for Clinical Researchers

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Presentation on an Introduction to CRD databases
for Clinical Researchers

• Jane Surtees

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Who or what are Clinical Researchers?

• According to Korjonen-Close 2005
• A clinical researcher is a professional involved
  in a clinical trial/study, which is an
  investigation in human subjects intended to
  discover or verify the clinical, pharmacological
  and/or pharmacodynamic effects of an
  investigational product(s) to identify safety,
  adverse reactions and pharmacokinetics.

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Who becomes a Clinical Researcher?

• Physicians
• Pharmacists
• Research Nurses
• Laboratory Scientists
• Monitors
• Investigators
• Auditors

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Where do Clinical Researchers work?

• Hospitals
• Primary Care
• Clinical Research Organisations
• Pharmaceutical companies
• Freelance

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What are the needs requirements of this group?

• Retrieval Skills
• Critical Appraisal skills
• Research methods
• Ability to digest information aid in decision
  making
• High dependency on electronic data systems
• Legislation clinical studies Guidelines
  Protocols journals regulatory authorities (UK
  worldwide)

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How should we capture the current skill level?

• Online pre-training survey (e.g.
  freeonlinesurvey.com surveymonkey etc)
• Informal contact e.g. presence at courses
  Clinical Researchers may attend
• Feedback and enquiries

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Information Literacy Training Activity

• Learning Outcomes
• Be able to identify each of the databases,
• Identify the differences between the databases
• Carry out a search in one of the databases of
  choice
• Frames
• Competency Frame
• Learning to Learn Frame
• Relational Frame

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Content Assessment Strategy

• 15 minute session
• Presentation of main features of databases
• Practical content hands on
• Post-training online questionnaire