The first of our education sessions is scheduled for 7th March from 11am-12noon (AEDT), it will include:
Calendar invites have been forwarded. See timetable for further details of sessions and topics for the remainder of the year.
Registration is now open for the PREDICT members meeting to be held in November 2023. This is a hybrid event so both face to face and virtual attendance is offered, however we are hoping for as many members as possible to attend in person. Registration via Trybooking is required for both modes of attendance. See draft agenda.
PLEASE NOTE: Registration closes on FRIDAY 27/10/23 and date cannot be extended.
DATE: Wednesday 15/11/23 (one day meeting)
TIME: 9.30am – 4.30pm
VENUE: The Cox Walford Room, Level 5 West, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, Melbourne.
REGISTRATION
QUESTIONS?
Please contact predict.mcri.edu.au.
Amy Plint (Canada), Ed Oakley (Australia), Stuart Dalziel (New Zealand)
Sharon O’Brien
International, multicentre, Phase 111, double-blind, randomised controlled trial
For further details about the study please see: https://www.predict.org.au/new-projects/bi-ped-study/
The research team are pleased to announce that the 5th season of the BIPED trial has been the most successful yet, reaching 598/864 participants recruited! The yearly recruitment was 28% of our total sample size; almost 100 more participants were enrolled in season 5 than were enrolled in season 4.
We have just over 30% (266) of our sample size left to recruit!
Please see below a number of charts which show study progress both locally and internationally.
| Country | Site | Total Recruitment | Season 5 recruiment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHE) | 142 | 36 |
| Canada | CHU Sainte Justine (STJ) | 47 | 12 |
| Canada | Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) | 44 | 9 |
| Canada | Stollery Children's Hospital (SCH) | 21 | 7 |
| Canada | Children's Hospital of Winnepeg (WPG) | 18 | 3 |
| Canada | London Health Sciences (LHC) | 11 | 1 |
| Australia | Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) | 143 | 60 |
| Australia | Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) | 48 | 31 |
| Australia | Monash Medical Center (MMC) | 36 | 26 |
| New Zealand | Starship Children's Hospital (SSH) | 52 | 33 |
| New Zealand | Kidz First Middlemore Hospital (KFH) | 21 | 17 |
| New Zealand | Waikato Hospital) (WHH) | 15 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 598 | 239 |
Congratulations to the following PREDICT authors:
Parr M, Wilson CL, Jones B, Crawford NW, Ferguson S, Ramesh S, Eapen N, Craig S, Hearps S, Babl FE.
“Emergency Department Presentations for Chest Complaints after Mrna Covid-19 Vaccinations in Children and Adolescents.” Emerg Med Australas (Accepted Sept. 2023, in press).
An exciting PhD opportunity to join the MRFF-funded Implementing clinical Pathways for Acute Care in Tasmania (IMPACT) project team, led by Dr Viet Tran (Royal Hobart Hospital and Statewide Director of Emergency Medicine Research).
The aims of the PhD are to improve care in Tasmanian EDs by embedding implementation science principles in health care systems and developing strategies to increase uptake of acute clinical pathways and reduce variations in care. The target acute care clinical improvement area will be co-developed with the candidate, dependent on clinical research interest.
Further details can be found here: Implementation Science improving ED care | University of Tasmania (utas.edu.au)) or contact Emma Tavender (emma.tavender@mcri.edu.au) if you have any specific questions.
Congratulations to Dr Amit Kochar who was awarded the Research and Innovation Award at the Women’s and Children’s Health Network Excellence Awards ceremony held on Friday, August 11th, 2023.
Amit has been a strong leader, motivating the team at WCHN to continuously strive for improvement and reach goals. Undoubtedly, achieving success in research trials within the Paediatric Emergency Department is a collaborative effort involving a vast array of hospital personnel, nursing and medical staff.
Congratulations to Amit and the WCH team from PREDICT!
Co-ordinating PI: Elyssia Bourke
Randomised, controlled, open-label, multi-centre, phase III superiority effectiveness trial of: ORAL olanzapine vs ORAL diazepam.
Randomised, controlled, open-label, multi-centre, phase III superiority effectiveness trial of: INTRAMUSCULAR olanzapine vs INTRAMUSCULAR droperidol.
The PREDICT members meeting has been moved to 15th November 2023. An amended calendar invite has been forwarded to all members. Please accept the invite to ensure you have the correct date in your calendar.
The event will be held in Melbourne at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
Registrations for the meeting via Try Booking will open in late September – you will be notified of this.
We have scheduled up to three “New research idea” presentations at the PREDICT members meeting being held face to face and via ZOOM on Wednesday 15th of November 2023.
Do you have a proposal you would like to develop and present for feedback?
If so, please email the PREDICT research co-ordinator Catherine.wilson@mcri.edu.au, a 1 – 2 page proposal by Friday 15th September 2023.
The 3 researchers selected to present their idea will receive mentoring from one of the PREDICT Executive with relevant expertise.
Presenters will be given 5 minutes to present the idea with an extra 10 minutes for discussion and questions. Presentations will be confirmed by 13th October 2023 and presentation times given later on.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
You may have already noticed that the “Education” tab that was on the home page of our website is no longer there!
This has been replaced by a tab for “Guidelines” and will soon house our paediatric head injury guidelines and our bronchiolitis guidelines.
The information that was under the Education tab has been relocated in a couple of spots.
Information about our “Research Higher Degree program” now sits under the “About Us” tab.
Information about “How to get started in Research” and our “Podcasts” sit under the “Resources” tab (link).
