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Library support
Monash Health employees can request various forms of support for quality improvement projects, including:
Complete the online form below to request support and learn more about each service offered.
Click here for an overview of Library research support services.
Why conduct a literature search?
We recommend conducting a literature search to help with planning and preparing for your quality improvement project. Searching the literature is a way to find the best available external evidence, to complement the local data that you gather.
A literature search can :
Online literature searching guidance
If you wish to conduct your own literature search, we recommend attending one of the Library's regular webinars on literature searching, or watching the recording on Latte. You can also consult our Literature Searching Guide.
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application for building, sending, and managing online surveys. REDCap can be used to collect any type of data, however, it is specifically geared to support data capture for research studies. It may also be used to securely collect data used in quality improvement projects.
REDCap allows for form customisation with HTML and CSS, survey logic, file attachment, data export and import, collaboration with external researchers, and sending email and text alerts.
Unlike, Excel or Survey Monkey, REDCap meets the requirements for security, privacy, data quality, and data auditing and should be used when conducting health research. Many ethics committees are aware of and approve of the use of REDCap.
Access
To access REDCap, or to find more information about accessing REDCap at Monash Health, please contact Simon Basterfield: simon.basterfield@monashhealth.org
The Library facilitates the Monash Health REDCap User Group. It is an open group for REDCap users across Monash Health to exchange knowledge, troubleshoot with peers using REDCap for hospital-based research, and contribute to a network of Monash Health researchers.
The group meets virtually on the first Thursday of every month from 12:30pm - 1pm. Contact the Library team for more information, or visit the group's SharePoint site to access curated resources and the Teams meeting link.
REDCap User Group SharePoint site
Resources
If you require an article from a journal outside of our collection, you may complete our request a book or journal article form and we will endeavour to obtain it from another library for you.
If you have a request for multiple items, please attach a Word or Excel document with the citations for each item in the relevant section of the form.
If you would like to publish or present your QI project, visit the Research Toolkit for guidance to help you with this process.
The Research Toolkit offers online research guidance, from literature searching and data management, to survey tools, copyright, publishing, and creating conference posters.
If you intend to publish or otherwise present the results of your QI project, ensure that you submit it to the Monash Health Research Repository (MHRR).
The MHRR tracks, organises, and promotes the work of Monash Health employees and hospital-based researchers. The repository collects a wide range of outputs, including conference posters and abstracts, journal articles, books and book chapters, theses and dissertations. It is publicly accessible to a global audience.
See our Research Repository user guide for information on setting up a researcher profile, submitting your work, and advanced searching.
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