1. Significance or impacts of proposed research
MEDI6302
Session 4
Significance or impacts of proposed research
Sydney
Broome
Fremantle

2. Considering outcomes & impacts
What are the key findings likely to be?
What are consequences if findings are NOT as expected?
’Negative’ trial?
What would your findings add to current ‘body of knowledge’?
What are consequences of your research?
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3. Consequences Risks vs benefits Benefits
-personal (intellectual, professional, financial)
-societal (scientific, therapeutic, economic)
Impacts on future research
-guides or stimulates further research
-meta-analysis
-networking, cooperative projects
-builds research experience (will be more efficient in future)
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4. Impacts Scientific Clinical Patient Population Special groups
Health care policy
Financial & economic
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5. Impacts Publications (thesis) Presentations Publicity (media)
Intellectual property (patents)
Financial, business, economic
Professional (development)
Personal (family, work)
Nobel prize?
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6. Make an impacts list Impacts Benefits (+) Risks (-) Key findings
Scientific
Research
Clinical
Patient
Societal
Financial, economic
Personal, family
Professional
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7. End
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