The new ANZCA CTN toolkit offers more than 30 tailored resources to support fellows, trainees, investigators and research co-ordinators in trial readiness, research and career development.
The ANZCA Clinical Trials Network (CTN) has launched a comprehensive toolkit tailored for trainees, fellows, investigators and research co-ordinators. Co-developed by the CTN office, the Anaesthesia Research Co-ordinators Network sub-committee, the CTN executive, and ANZCA communications and library teams, the collection now includes more than 30 tailored resources that strengthen trial readiness, support emerging investigator development and grow research co-ordinator capability.
Content has been drawn from CTN educational sessions, annual CTN Strategic Research Workshops, ANZCA ASM workshops, CTN surveys on barriers and enablers, and contributions from research co-ordinators, fellows, trainees, guest speakers and invited authors. The toolkit aligns with key performance indicators in the ARCN and CTN strategic plans to support and grow network capability.
Resources are organised around four themes. For research co-ordinators, there is a glossary, theatre 101, and career and training pathways. To get trials started, guidance covers feasibility, budgets and site readiness. For building research departments, resources span business cases to employ a research co-ordinator, rural engagement, stakeholder engagement and getting started in research. For anaesthesia investigators, the toolkit includes research idea development, grant writing, publishing and strategies to showcase research, plus links to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training and external resources.
Development included initial drafting by the CTN office and invited authors, refinement through ARCN Sub-committee review, final approval and input by the CTN Executive, and final editing and proofing by the CTN office team. All resources are published on the ANZCA Institutional Research Repository (AIRR) with digital object identifiers (DOIs), linked from the CTN website and searchable in AIRR. More resources will be added in the coming months. The CTN acknowledges the many contributors across the college and network who made this publicly available resource possible.
Access the toolkit via the CTN webpage or view the full collection on AIRR.
