Library and information services

Need information, advice or biostatistical help?

All EMHS staff can access the following:

Library and Information Service -- online journals, medication advice, national clinical care standards, books and databases.

This is jointly run for SMHS and EMHS, with libraries at both locations and staff available to help.

Send them an email. 

Biostatistical service -- free support for EMHS staff involved in research, including:

• Study design: Discuss your study’s aims and research questions, how these incorporate your outcome variables, target and sample population, confounding variables management, sample size requirements and what contributions might be needed to finalise your study protocol. This may also include review of your data collection instruments.

• Statistical analysis and reporting support: Analysis plan, including table and figure production and statistical modelling (as relevant), with assistance provided for results interpretation. Reports are produced narrating the work carried out, and assistance is available to finalise the results for inclusion in presentations, manuscripts, or formal reports.

• Ethics and grant applications support: Feedback on clarity of aims and research questions, study design, statistical analysis proposed, power calculations, and budget for biostatistical support.

• Data processing support: Documented code to assist with complex variable creation, implementation of data coding rules, joining of multiple data sets, and/or conversion of data set types.

• Peer review support: Review and provide tracked changed feedback on manuscripts under submission. Note, we will not always be able to resolve statistical feedback from journal reviewers if we have not been involved in the project design and/or drafting of the originally submitted manuscript.

• PhD support: Consultation and advice on research project design and analysis.