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Wednesday 31 March 2010

Royal College of Nursing Research and Development newsletter

Source: Royal College of Nursing Research and Development Coordinating Centre
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Date of publication: March 2010
In a nutshell: An update on research activities by the Royal College of Nursing.
Length of publication: 8 pages
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Monday 29 March 2010

Updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials

Source: BMJ 340:c332

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Date of publication: March 2010
In a nutshell: The CONSORT statement is used worldwide to improve the reporting of randomised controlled trials. Kenneth Schulz and colleagues describe the latest version, CONSORT 2010, which updates the reporting guideline based on new methodological evidence and accumulating experience.

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Thursday 4 March 2010

Defining research

Source: National Research Ethics Service (National Patient Safety Agency)
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Date of publication: 2010
In a nutshell: The purpose of this leaflet is to help you decide if a project is research, which normally requires review by a Research Ethics Committee (REC), or whether it is some other activity such as audit, service evaluation or public health surveillance.  It contains a useful table differentiating clinical audit, service evaluation, research and usual practice/surveillance work in public health.
Length of publication: 4 pages
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