Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT): First steps towards the development of an Australian and New Zealand research network

  1. Franz Babl1,*,
  2. Meredith Borland3,
  3. Peter Ngo4,
  4. Jason Acworth6,
  5. David Krieser2,
  6. Sharad Pandit8,
  7. W Robert Pitt7,
  8. Elizabeth Cotterell5,
  9. Sarah Jamison9

Article first published online: 18 APR 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00823.x

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Emergency Medicine Australasia

Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volume 18, Issue 2, pages 143–147, April 2006

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Babl, F., Borland, M., Ngo, P., Acworth, J., Krieser, D., Pandit, S., Pitt, W. R., Cotterell, E. and Jamison, S. (2006), Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT): First steps towards the development of an Australian and New Zealand research network. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 18: 143–147. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00823.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne,

  2. 2

    Emergency Department, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans, Victoria,

  3. 3

    Emergency Department, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Western Australia,

  4. 4

    Emergency Department, Children's Hospital Westmead, Westmead,

  5. 5

    Emergency Department, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales,

  6. 6

    Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane,

  7. 7

    Emergency Department, Mater Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland,

  8. 8

    Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; and

  9. 9

    Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

*Dr Franz E Babl, Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia. Email: franz.babl@rch.org.au

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 APR 2006
  2. Article first published online: 18 APR 2006
  3. Accepted 13 October 2005

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Keywords:

  • network;
  • paediatric emergency medicine;
  • research

Abstract

Paediatric emergency research is hampered by a number of barriers that can be overcome by a multicentre approach. In 2004, an Australia and New Zealand-based paediatric emergency research network was formed, the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT). The founding sites include all major tertiary children's hospital EDs in Australia and New Zealand and a major mixed ED in Australia. PREDICT aims to provide leadership and infrastructure for multicentre research at the highest standard, facilitate collaboration between institutions, health-care providers and researchers and ultimately improve patient outcome. Initial network-wide projects have been determined. The present article describes the development of the network, its structure and future goals.

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