TREKK E-update

A TREKK meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan 28 2014 at the PERC 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting, which runs from January 26-30 at the Fairmont Mont Tremblant.

link >> PERC website

TREKK’s experience of seeking ethics approval was highlighted in a letter to the editor of the Paediatric & Child Health journal's November edition (Vol 17 No 9).  

TREKK has been in the process of obtaining research ethics board approvals at seven academic institutions and 17  hospitals or health regions. Operational approvals are also being obtained at 16 hospitals that don’t have an ethics board. These approvals are needed to complete the  needs assessment surveys of health professionals and consumers in our partner general emergency departments and  data collection cannot take place without them. Please email Liza Bialy, PERC coordinator, at LBialy@cheo.on.ca with any questions about ethics and operational approvals.  

The process to obtain Network and Service agreements is separate to ethics/operational approval. These agreements are necessary legal contracts that outline the requirements and activities of the network. For any questions about the Network/Service agreements and funding, please call the TREKK administrative team in Winnipeg on (204) 975 7744 or email trekk@mich.ca

link >> Letter To Editor

A new leaflet aimed at health professionals is now available on trekk.ca. It gives a broad overview of TREKK and can be used to promote the initiative. Please note: this leaflet is not a substitution for the ethics approved consent form that should be used at the local sites.

link >> TREKK Leaflet

The Prioritization committee's first meeting is on January 8th. Members will include representatives from the general emergency departments, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC), the international network - Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN), Knowledge Translation Canada and TREKK’s Executive Committee.

This committee will regularly review the results provided by the needs assessment team and distill the needs into a comprehensive summary of clinical skills and knowledge. The knowledge needs will be prioritized and recommendations made as to the formats (eg. clinical pathways, clinical decision support) and venues (eg. Human Patient Simulation, web-based modules and face-to-face teaching) for knowledge transfer.

The meeting will be via webinar or teleconference and members will get the agenda by early January 2013. Committee members are asked to make sure they can log into trekk.ca to access documents and any chat board discussion. Any questions? Contact Lisa Knisley, Knowledge Broker at lknisley@mich.ca or (204) 789 3323.

link >> PrioritizationMeetingsWebinarLink

Have you registered on our website?  All TREKK members are encouraged to sign up to trekk.ca to get access to the latest updates and information and use the discussion boards to contact fellow members across Canada. Create a profile to let team members know who you are, your involvement in TREKK and put faces to names by adding your picture.  There are different levels of access to the site to ensure data protection.

Membership is free. 

link >> New User SignUp

link >> Login Page For Existing Users

link >> Password Reset Page

link >> Subscribe to our e-Update bulletin

link >> Our Webinar Room (For Meetings)

lauren.albrecht@ualberta.ca

Lauren is the Needs Assessment Coordinator and your main point of contact for all needs assessment questions. She is responsible for coordinating data collection (quantitative and qualitative) at the 35 TREKK sites to determine the information needs and preferences of their health care professionals and consumers. This includes communication with all team members, electronic survey development, equipment management and all data collection processes. For questions on any aspect of the needs assessment phase, including participant recruitment, iPads, technical questions/concerns, please call Lauren on (780) 492 9682 or email her at lauren.albrecht@ualberta.ca, Monday to Friday from 8:30am - 4:30 pm (Mountain Standard Time).

Visit the Needs Assessment web page for more information about this important first phase of TREKK.

shannon.scott@ualberta.ca

Shannon is the Principal Investigator of the Needs Assessment and a Co-Director of TREKK. She is responsible for the 'science' of phase one, so that the results of the needs assessment can inform future phases of TREKK. As part of the Director Team, Shannon is a decision maker regarding project infrastructure, administration, policies, and resources. Please contact Shannon via email  at shannon.scott@ualberta.ca