ASiT Poster v0.81
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This document summarizes technologies that can be used to support collaborative research projects. It groups technologies into categories like communication, collaboration, and events. Within each category, it outlines the common challenges, options, and limitations of technologies. The document concludes that information technologies have overcome many barriers to collaborative research by providing a low-cost framework like the STiCR (Supportive Technology in Collaborative Research) framework to support multi-center collaboration.
ASiT Poster v0.81
- 1. Communication Data C Ensuring all members all contribute, reduce unnecessary notifications Features, Data security, Ease of use O Email, Slack, Basecamp REDCap, ClinCapture, Google Forms, Doodle, SurveyMonkey, SmartSurvey L A steep learning curve for new products can drive users to revert to familiar email Security is balanced by ease of use with cost a limitation only for large projects Meetings Sharing C Reliability, Communicability, Cost, Ease of use Ease of use, Security, Organisation, Collaboration O Skype (for Business), Oovoo, Google Hangouts MediaWiki, Confluence, Dropbox, Google Drive, Office 365 L Variation in user’s bandwidth is the biggest disrupter to meetings Storage capacity comes at a premium cost Bulk Messaging Social Media Website C Price, Signup Form, Ease of Use Userbase, Content limits Price, Security, Ease of use, Extensibility O Direct Email, GNU Mailman, MailChimp, SendinBlue Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Self made website, Wordpress, Jekyll, Weebly L Building mailing list takes time Reaching the right audience Costs of setup and attracting the right audience Supportive Technology in Collaborative Research (STiCR) Richard Kwasnicki, Guy Stanley, Liam Cato, Jay Pancholi, Luke Geoghegan, Abhilash Jain, Matthew Gardiner Web: www.reconstructivesurgerytrials.net Email: [email protected] References: There is a shortage of high quality, RCTs in plastic surgery (Agha et al, 2013). There are 34 UK surgical research collaboratives but historically, projects have been expensive to run and logistically challenging. This review outlines the use of technology in collaborative research to facilitate low cost clinical studies in a simple framework. Literature review The most frequently documented technologies from 33 published papers described the pattern of software tools in use. Methods 1. A literature review of research collaborative papers to identify their existing technologies. 2. Identification of additional technologies through web searches. 3. Identified technologies were grouped into project themes including networking and engagement, collaboration, and event organisation and studied to outline the relative challenges (C), options (O) and limitations (L) Networking & Engagement STiCR Framework Collaboration Introduction Communication Networking & Engagement www WebsiteSocial media Collaboration Events Meetings Sharing Data Invitation Broadcast Bulk messaging Participation Invitation Participation Broadcast C Ticketing, Ease of use, Pricing Integration, Ease of use, Visualisation, Pricing Interaction, Archiving, Ease of Use O EventBrite, Picatic, Peatix Poll Everywhere, Sli.do Youtube Live, Hangouts on air, Periscope L Processing deposits for free events has not been overcome Smartphone needed, responses can be limited Large bandwidth requirements can overstretch free services Figure 1 – A selection of UK surgical research collaboratives from www.asit.org retrieved on 14/03/2016 Figure 2 – The relative frequency of technology related words used by collaboratives Events The rapid development of information technologies has overcome many of the logistical and financial barriers to collaborative research. These technologies are often overlooked in the literature. The STiCR framework provides a comprehensive overview of available technologies to support multi-centre collaboration. Conclusions Figure 3 – The unifying project themes for collaborative research projects Challenges, Options and Limitations