Helpful information and links for researchers at the Women's.
The Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guideline is the international ethics and scientific quality standard for conducting clinical trials.
In accordance with the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework, clinical trial investigators and their clinical teams must have access to - and undertake training in - the principles of GCP.
The Royal Women’s Hospital has adopted the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) GCP guideline for all clinical research studies conducted at the Women's.
What are the Women's requirements?
- All members of the Women's research teams must hold a current, valid GCP training certificate before they commence working on a research project. This includes Principal Investigators, Associate Investigators, Research Nurses and Research Coordinators/Managers, pharmacists, and anyone undertaking a trial-specific procedure that is additional to standard care.
- A valid GCP training certificate must be uploaded via the SSA form in ERM for all staff before the start of a research study at the Women's.
- Researchers must forward copies of their certificates to the Research Office.
Good Clinical Practice Training
The GCP training course must meet the minimum criteria set out by TransCelerate Biopharma Inc. and appear on their website.
You can access a free online course provided by the Australian Clinical Trials Education Centre (A-CTEC). This course is free but does require you to have an account with A-CTEC.
This course is TransCelerate-recognised and tailored to the Australian regulatory environment.
Further action:
Set up an Australian Clinical Trials Education Centre account.
Enrol in Australian Clinical Trials Education Centre training.
The Women’s is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns through research and innovation.
Funding is vital in advancing research and its translation into clinical practice.
Research grants and funding support can be sourced via the Australian Government, Victorian Government, donations and bequests, philanthropic grants and research partners.
Links to grant funding opportunities can be found under ‘Research’ on the Women’s staff intranet.
You may have also have to source paid external statistical advice depending on the complexity of your needs.
See below for options for external statistical consultation:
Statistical Consulting Centre (The University of Melbourne)
Public Health and Preventative Medicine (Monash University)
The Health Sciences Library is the staff library for the Royal Women’s Hospital, RMH, PMCC and Victorian Mental Health.
All staff employed by the Women's can use the library services and resources. To request support, contact the library.
Access to library resources is enabled for all hospital computers.
Offsite and personal device access is available with library membership.
- Journals and articles - across all medical, nursing and midwifery, and allied health topics
- Research support
- Training on how to search, database advice, reference management and related topics. Sessions can be individual or small group, online or in person.
- Advice and support for systematic and other literature reviews
- Covidence – a web-based tool that streamlines the systematic review workflow.
- Help guides on topics such as how to search the literature, critical appraisal, publishing information, starting a literature review and more.
- Evidence-based practice
- Request a literature search to find evidence on your topic.
- Request full text of articles.
- Books - wide range of eBooks on medical and nursing topics plus a small collection of print books held at the library at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
- Databases
- Health literature databases such as Medline, Embase, CINAHL.
- Medical and drug information databases.
- Study space – ground floor of RMH, Transit Lounge corridor. After-hours access available on request.
Date reviewed: 18 September 2024
Date reviewed: 18 September 2024