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About the Academic Department 05 September 2010

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor MIDRU Building
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Bordersley Green East
Birmingham
B9 5SS
Tel: 0121 424 2966
Fax: 0121 424 2971

The Academic Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain has been established in Heart of England Foundation Trust since 2000. The Department is recognised as one of the 25 Academic Departments in Anaesthesia in the UK and is one of the six research programmes supported by Trust Research and Development Strategy. The Department has strong academic affiliation with the University of Warwick and in particular the Clinical Trials Unit.

The aim of our department is to achieve excellence in the training and delivery of high quality research within anaesthesia, critical care and pain. The department is currently run by the management team, 5 research fellows and research support staff including 1 Balti-2 Trial facilitator and 2 research nurses and 1 part time statistician.

What we offer:

    Teaching:
  • Anaesthesia Respiratory ICM module
  • Academic meeting: Tuesday, 8.00am
  • GCP Training incorporating EU Directive training
    Levels of research:
  • Level 1: 1-year fellowship training
  • Level 2: high degree training
  • MPhil, MD, PhD
  • Level 3: multi-centre trials
    Ongoing Research Activities:
  • Study Design
  • Study Protocol writing
  • Research Study Costings and Health Economics
  • Submissions to Ethical Committee and other regulatory authorities
  • Data Collection
  • Case Record Folder formation
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Dissemination of Data
  • Presentations at National and International Conferences
  • Publications: journal articles, books, teaching materials