The TARGET pain study: Lessons from a painful marathon

Ogilvie N Thom; Gerben Keijzers; David McD Taylor; Daniel M Fatovich; Daniel P Finucci; Jeremy Furyk; Sang-Won Jin; Stephen Pj Macdonald; Hugh Ma Mitenko; Joanna R Richardson; Joseph Ys Ting; Clinton R Gibbs; Dane R Chalkley

doi:10.1111/1742-6723.12583

The TARGET pain study: Lessons from a painful marathon

Emerg Med Australas. 2016 Oct;28(5):603-6. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12583. Epub 2016 Jun 26.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Nambour General Hospital, Nambour, Queensland, Australia. ogilvie.thom@health.qld.gov.au.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
³ Emergency Department, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁵ Emergency Department, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, Mater Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁸ Emergency Department, Armadale Health Service, Armadale, Western Australia, Australia.
⁹ Emergency Department, Bunbury Hospital, Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia.
¹⁰ Emergency Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 27346063
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12583

Abstract

This perspective article summarises the experience of conducting a multicentre research project. We describe expected and unexpected hurdles we experienced as well as suggesting possible solutions for researchers embarking on multicentre studies.

Keywords: barriers; governance; multicentre research.

MeSH terms

Analgesia / standards*
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Government Regulation
Humans
Multicenter Studies as Topic*
Pain Management / standards*
Patient Satisfaction
Queensland
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic*
Research Design*