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Outline of the Cancer Council NSW Consumer Review of Research Training Program |
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| Day 1 |
Day 2 |
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| Introductions and Welcome |
Welcome to day 2 |
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| Setting the Scene |
About the Consumer Review Panel (the panel of trained consumers who will review and prioritise CCNSW research funding applications against established criteria) |
| • About the Cancer Council NSW |
• Purpose of the consumer panel |
| • Cancer research in Australia |
• Role of panel members |
| • Background to consumer involvement in research at the Cancer Council NSW |
• Role of the Chairperson |
| • Operating guidelines and protocols for the panel |
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| • Questions/views/training improvement ideas |
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| Overview of Training – expected outcomes, ground rules, evaluation. |
Research review |
| • Consumer Review Criteria (development and use) |
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| • Questions/views/training improvement ideas |
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| Definition and Scope of Health and Medical Research (for the purposes of the training) |
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| Current Research Funding and Review Processes |
Testing the System (practicing research review) |
| • National Health and Medical Research Council |
• Review example research funding applications |
| • Cancer Council NSW (including types of research funded by CCNSW) |
• Individually apply the consumer review criteria (identified from recent research on important aspects the NSW public feel are important when judging the value of research) to each application |
| • Definition and importance of ethical approval and scientific merit review |
• General discussion and debate |
| • Questions/views/training improvement ideas |
• Determine a (panel agreed) ranked order of applications for funding |
| • Debrief on the process, experience, problems encountered etc |
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| • Questions/views/training improvement ideas throughout the practice session |
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| Overview of Research Disciplines (and importance of each for cancer control) |
Next steps and other research involvement opportunities (with the Cancer Council NSW) |
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| Basic Research |
Summary of day 2 Questions/views/training improvement ideas |
| Epidemiological Research |
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| Clinical Research |
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| Behavioural and Psychosocial Research |
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| Cancer Screening Research |
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| Health Services Research |
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| Summary of day 1 Questions/views/training improvement ideas |
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Saunders et al. Health Research Policy and Systems 2008 6:3 doi:10.1186/1478-4505-6-3 |
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