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Clinical research is a priority for emergency medicine but how do we make it happen, and do it well?
Author(s) -
Brown Simon GA,
Isbister Geoffrey K
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.12179
Subject(s) - medicine , specialty , clinical trial , triage , clinical research , workforce , medline , emergency department , medical education , family medicine , medical emergency , nursing , pathology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
In this issue, Keijzers et al. present a survey of emergency physicians from the ACEM researcher database, aiming to inform a strategic research agenda specific to multicentre clinical research. The majority of respondents had postgraduate degrees and/or academic titles, so the results are likely to reflect the pet topics of researchers and cannot be assumed to fairly represent the needs of clinicians and patients. The views of our academic workforce are important, but there is a risk that failing to engage clinicians and the main clinical problems they face will lead to their further disenfranchisement from the research endeavour and make multicentre clinical trials even harder to do