Research Support Services at Monash Health provides governance across all Monash Health campuses.
Research Support Services at Monash Health provides governance across all Monash Health campuses.
As part of the Research Governance Framework, Monash Health facilitates training for researchers through a Research Governance Seminar series, provides access to the biostatistical consulting service, provides advice to researchers prior to submission of ethics and governance applications and provides ongoing monitoring of research through audits.
A project may be audited for a number of reasons:
Monash Health has developed a suite of Standard Operating Procedures which are updated regularly and are available via PROMPT for all Monash Health users. In the event, that an external researcher requests access to an SoP, please email research@monashhealth.org with a request and the relevant SoP will be emailed as a PDF document to you.
Further Monash Health has adopted the National Standard Operating Procedures for Clinical Trials, including Teletrials, in Australia published in February 2021, developed by the Clinical Trials Project Reference Group (CTPRG) and endorsed by all states and territories, the TGA, and the NHMRC.
The National Clinical Trials Governance Framework (NCTGF) integrates clinical trial service delivery into routine health service provision by embedding clinical trial governance into corporate and clinical governance of health services. The NCTGF focuses on two key standards from the National Safety and Quality in Healthcare Service Standards:
For more information about the implementation of the NCTGF at Monash Health, please contact the Research Support Services team – research@monashhealth.org.
To view our procedures, templates and for other useful information, please our Forms Library.
Research Support Services
Level 2, iBlock,
Monash Medical Centre
246 Clayton Road,
CLAYTON VIC 3168