Identifying the priorities for midwifery education across Australia and New Zealand: A Delphi study

OBJECTIVE: Most interventions in paediatric critical care lack high grade evidence. We aimed to identify the key research priorities and key clinical outcome measures pertinent to research in paediatric intensive care patients. DESIGN: Modified three-stage Delphi study combining staged online surveys, followed by a face-to-face discussion and final voting. SETTING: Paediatric intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand. PARTICIPANTS: Medical and nursing staff working in intensive care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported priorities for research. RESULTS: 193 respondents provided a total of 267 research questions and 234 outcomes. In Stage 3, the top 56 research questions and 50 outcomes were discussed face to face, which allowed the identification of the top 20 research questions with the Hanlon prioritisation score and the top 20 outcomes. Topics centred on the use of intravenous fluids (restrictive v liberal fluids, use of fluid resuscitation bolus, early inotrope use, type of intravenous fluid, and assessment of fluid responsiveness), and patient- and family-centred outcomes (health-related quality of life, liberation) emerged as priorities. While mortality, length of stay, and organ support/organ dysfunction were considered important and the most feasible outcomes, long term quality of life and neurodevelopmental measures were rated highly in terms of their importance. CONCLUSIONS: Using a modified Delphi method, this study provides guidance towards prioritisation of research topics in paediatric critical care in Australia and New Zealand, and identifies study outcomes of key relevance to clinicians and experts in the field.

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Midwifery education in New Zealand: Education, practice and autonomy

Midwifery ◽

10.1016/j.midw.2015.12.001 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 ◽

pp. 31-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Andrea Gilkison ◽

Sally Pairman ◽

Judith McAra-Couper ◽

Mary Kensington ◽

Liz James

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Education Practice ◽

Midwifery Education

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Erratum 1

Critical Care and Resuscitation ◽

10.51893/2021.3.oa6e2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 242-242

Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Intensive Care ◽

New Zealand ◽

Delphi Study ◽

Study Group ◽

Intensive Care Society ◽

Care Society ◽

Care Research ◽

Paediatric Study ◽

Paediatric Critical Care

Raman S, Brown G, Long D, et al; the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group (ANZICS PSG). Priorities for paediatric critical care research: a modified Delphi study by the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group. Crit Care Resusc 2021; 23: 194-201. In this article, on page 200, the Acknowledgements section should read: “We thank Mark Peters, University College London, UK, for sharing his expertise at the Hanlon stage of this exercise. The data team within the Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Brisbane, Australia helped with the surveys and analyses of the data. We thank Kate Masterson, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, and all staff from PICUs in Australia and New Zealand and the ANZICS PSG Committee who participated in this study. We acknowledge the local research coordinators and research staff, who assisted with study distribution, promotion and the prioritisation process.”

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Identifying research priorities in newborn medicine: a Delphi study of parents’ views

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044836 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. e044836

Author(s):

Abbey L Eeles ◽

Alice C Burnett ◽

Jeanie LY Cheong ◽

Alex Aldis ◽

Louise Pallot ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Delphi Study ◽

Research Priorities ◽

Well Being ◽

Neonatal Care ◽

Parental Mental Health ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Child Relationship ◽

Research Questions

ObjectiveNeonatal conditions can have lifelong implications for the health and well-being of children and families. Traditionally, parents and patients have not been included in shaping the agenda for research and yet they are profoundly affected by the neonatal experience and its consequences. This study aimed to identify consensus research priorities among parents/patients of newborn medicine in Australia and New Zealand.DesignParents/patients with experience of neonatal care in Australia and New Zealand completed an online Delphi study to identify research priorities across four epochs (neonatal admission, early childhood, childhood/adolescence and adulthood). Parents/patients first generated key challenges in each of these epochs. Through inductive thematic analysis, recurring topics were identified and research questions generated. Parents/patients rated these questions in terms of priorities and a list of questions consistently rated as high priority was identified.Participants393 individuals participated, 388 parents whose children had received neonatal care and 5 adults who had received neonatal care themselves.ResultsMany research questions were identified as high-priority across the lifespan. These included how to best support parental mental health, relationships between parents and neonatal clinical staff (including involvement in care and communication), bonding and the parent–child relationship, improving neonatal medical care and addressing long-term impacts on child health and neurodevelopment.ConclusionsParents with experience of newborn medicine have strong, clear and recurring research priorities spanning neonatal care practices, psychological and other impacts on families, and impacts on child development. These findings should guide neonatal research efforts. In addition to generating new knowledge, improved translation of existing evidence to parents is also needed.

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Australian Management Research: Prospects for the New Millennium

Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management ◽

10.5172/jmo.1998.4.2.18 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 18-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gregory R. Elliott

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Delphi Study ◽

Research Council ◽

Management Research ◽

Australian Research Council ◽

The Future ◽

Significant Divergence ◽

New Millennium

AbstractThis paper is an abridged and revised version of a report that was originally published in the Australian Research Council (ARC) report ‘Management Research in Australia’, jointly funded by the ARC and the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM). It documents the results of a Delphi study into the future of management research in Australia over the coming decade. An important finding was that there might be a ‘shortfall’ between the likely and desirable level and character of Australian management research. A dominant view of the panel was that management research will become more relevant to the needs of its important client groups, including students, government and business. Significant divergence within the respondent panel is also identified.

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