New membership application process

Who can apply?

  • Membership is open to anyone in Australia or New Zealand, from any craft group (all disciplines welcome), who is interested in paediatric emergency medicine.
  • PREDICT Foundation Member Institutions are listed on the “About Us” page.
  • Membership is FREE and will be valid for 2 years until October 2023.
  • A membership list will be maintained by the executive committee and updated each two years. All members are required to confirm their membership record at this time or they will be dropped from the list.

What does PREDICT membership provide?

  • Members can express interest and potentially participate in a range of multi-centre research projects in Australia and New Zealand’s only emergency research network. Please see our website for more information about PREDICT research and publications at:  https://www.predict.org.au/
  • Members can submit their own research project to the PREDICT Executive with view to carrying out the research within the network. (See our New Projects information review process.)
  • The network facilitates the professional development of members through providing opportunities for higher degrees, provision of post-doctoral mentoring, funding research training and facilitating collaboration with global paediatric emergency medicine networks.
  • Sponsorship to attend relevant courses (offered in various locations) will be considered upon application for a range of courses such as: GCP, REDCap, Data management etc. on a yearly basis.
  • Members will be informed about PREDICT activities on at least a biannual basis through email lists and the PREDICT website and newsletter. You will be invited to participate in meetings as per the annual meeting schedule (currently one face to face meeting held per year).
  • Members must agree to abide by the PREDICT regulations on Code of Ethical Behaviour for Multicentre Clinical Trials, Requirements for PREDICT Endorsed Projects and the Guidelines for Authorship and Publications (all available on the PREDICT website at www.PREDICT.org.au). They must also comply with all federal, state, local and institutional regulations regarding the performance of research.
  • Members may be invited to participate in PREDICT endorsed surveys from time to time when these are approved as PREDICT research projects.
  • Members are eligible for positions on the PREDICT executive, and are able to vote in the election of these positions.

Associate Membership is open to:

  • Funders, or employees of funding agents, of PREDICT research in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Any physician, nurse, paramedic or researcher involved in the delivery or research of emergency care for children and adolescents, outside of Australia and New Zealand.
  • Members of the public residing in Australia and New Zealand interested in emergency care of children and adolescents in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Associate members receive all PREDICT communications (via email and newsletter) and will be invited to our meetings but will be precluded from voting and or being sponsored to attend events.

What do I need to do?

  • Please email the Research Network Co-ordinator (Catherine.Wilson@mcri.edu.au) with your request to become a member.
    A link to our membership form will be emailed for you to complete, it takes around 3 minutes.
  • You will be asked to complete a membership form. 
  • Once the form is submitted, you will receive an automated email confirming receipt.
  • Your application is subject to approval by the PREDICT executive.  Confirmation of your membership will be provided by email.