Our mission
The Thames Valley Emergency Medicine Research Network (TaVERN) is a regionally-orientated organisation connecting all five Thames Valley Emergency Departments, which aims to foster and develop Emergency Medicine research activity across the region. The network helps them coordinate their activity with the aim of expanding the regional research infrastructure, and increasing the efficiency and scope of recruitment to NIHR portfolio studies, plus developing original local research projects.
Emergency Department Members
· Milton Keynes University Hospitals Emergency Department
· Oxford University Hospitals Emergency Departments
· Royal Berkshire Hospital Emergency Department
· Stoke Mandeville Hospital Emergency Department
· Wexham Park Hospital Emergency Department
Key Aims
· Increase the number of locally-initiated EM-orientated research projects.
· Increase the scope of research projects to include previously minimally or un-researched topics
· Increased regional output in terms of research publication
· Increased senior research posts in region
· Increase the number of individuals in region with funded research time
· Increase the number of individuals in region involved in sustained research activties
· Increase the number of locally-initiated NIHR portfolio studies
· Improve recruitment to existing NIHR portfolio studies
Impact on Regional Research
· Organised and structured approach to development of new regional collaborative studies.
· Improved efficiency in developing research capacity and infrastructure – e.g. coordinating GCP training across the Deanery to maximise the number of shop-floor clinicians who are able to actively recruit into studies, including existing NIHR portfolio studies.
· Nurturing local research from idea to implementation.
· Encourage and facilitate the development of locally-initiated research projects which may then be included in the NIHR portfolio.
· Coordinate and share research resources at ground-level across region.
· Trainee development – increase the engagement of junior clinicians, enable trainees to follow studies and projects across the region and facilitate their continued involvement as they rotate around different hospitals in the Deanery.
· Regional overview and coordination of research capability – pooling resources for teaching sessions, GCP training, research skills, study design.
· Peer review and support - allowing departments to share strategies/solutions to problems/impedances to research activity.
· Expand portfolio recruitment to studies by encouraging and supporting the uptake of studies across the region as a whole.
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