CTG Strategic Plan 2010-13

The CTG’s last formal planning cycle incorporated the years June 2007 to June 2009. Approx 80% of the key strategies and actions identified for this period were achieved and many have become standard activities for the group. A full-day meeting was held 25 March, 2010 in Noosa to facilitate strategic planning for the period June 2010 to June 2013. CTG Executive members and past-chairs were invited to participate (Professor John Myburgh was able to attend) and Dr Stephen Streat was invited to chair the meeting as an external party. The outcomes of this day were then shared with the CTG research community during a panel discussion held as part of the Noosa meeting.

Feedback from investigators, Research Coordinators and other key stakeholders in attendance at Noosa was considered alongside the ideas put forward by members of the Executive. The key theme identified during the strategic planning process was that the CTG should undertake a period of consolidation and not make explicit efforts to continue to grow at its historic rate. Guided by this principle, the CTG Executive has developed a three-year strategic plan that identifi es 17 objectives structured to refl ect the broad goals described by the CTG’s vision statement.

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Strategic Objectives of the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group

 

1. Strengthen and sustain the existing CTG research network.


2. Improve communication between member units, Management Committees and the CTG Executive.


3. Provide sound leadership and transparent committee governance.


4. Monitor and protect intensive care research capacity throughout ANZ.


5. Support the ongoing development of the Intensive Care Research Coordinators Interest Group (IRCIG).


6. Foster collaborative relationships with other intensive care trials groups and research bodies.


7. Strengthen engagement with the wider ANZ intensive care community.


8. Develop strategic collaboration with research groups outside intensive care.


9. Increase the public profi le of CTG locally and internationally.


10. Provide opportunities for collaborative research planning and development.


11. Ensure all CTG studies and publications undergo rigorous peer review and are conducted in accordance with the CTG Terms of Reference.


12. Maintain the current CTG publication output.


13. Foster and evaluate the translation of CTG research into practice.


14. Explore ways to identify and support translational research in intensive care.


15. Actively support the development of early-career investigators.


16. Maintain strong relationships with critical care methods centres.


17. Promote the advancement of research methods for studies that recruit critically ill patients.