Australia is well placed to make a significant contribution to further developing our understanding of ocular health, the optical system and technology that will provide superior vision for billions around the world needing vision correction.
The survey of literacy ability in Australia carried out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2006 found that 52% of Australians aged 15-19 had a literacy level that was “insufficient to meet the complex demands of everyday life and work in the emerging knowledge-based economy”. Our NHMRC-funded research at Macquarie University seeks to address [...]
The George Institute for International Health conducts vital medical research focused on the fight against chronic disease and injury, which are the leading causes of death and disability in the world today. Through high-quality, large-scale research programs, the Institute provides vital evidence to guide crucial health decisions both within Australia and across the world.
The Master of Clinical Science (MClinSc) is a postgraduate research degree offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Adelaide. This degree, within the field of evidence-based healthcare supervised by staff of the Joanna Briggs Institute, aims to train students in research methodologies and techniques associated with evidence-based healthcare and in the [...]
The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) was recently commissioned by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to conduct five (5) evidence reviews to provide the evidential base for the revision of national infection control guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases in the healthcare setting.
The project involved the conduct of a series [...]
The World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety recently commissioned the Joanna Briggs Institute to undertake a research project to address patient safety in developing countries and countries with economic transition.
Due to the nature of the health workforce and limited resources in developing countries these regions experience a significantly higher rate of adverse events [...]
The Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care commissioned a team from the Joanna Briggs Institute in March 2009 to conduct a review of the Australian and international literature regarding patient safety in primary care.
The purpose of the review was to “… summarise what is known about patient safety in primary care into [...]
The importance of an evidence base for clinical practice through the conduct of primary research cannot be stressed enough. However, there is a vast amount of new knowledge created every day in healthcare and the environment in which health professionals practice is both hectic and unpredictable.
Within the time poor and information rich environment in which [...]
The University of Otago is a research-intensive University and the Division of Health Sciences has the highest overall annual research income within the University (>NZ$64M pa).
Since its introduction at ASTRO in 2007, Varian’s RapidArc™ radiotherapy technology has been rolling out around the world, making it possible for clinicians to deliver advanced image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatments in less than two minutes – two to eight times faster than could be accomplished with Varian’s technology for delivering dynamic fixed-beam IMRT.
