Our Role
As a department our primary role is the support of researchers in their data collection activities and the subsequent management of that data.
We offer support at the following stages in a research project:
Before data collection starts
- CRF Review
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- This is done by the Data Managers with oversight by the SDSM
- eCRF Review
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- Done by the Data officers and Data Managers with oversight and supervision by the Data Managers.
- Data handling protocol
During data collection
- CRF Review
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- Data processing - handled by study team or data officers for paper based systems. For tablets, data is sent to the server by the study team.
- Query management - handled by data managers
- Data access - Through our data browser systems
- Routine reporting - Handled by the data managers
- Data backup* handled by IT department
After data collection ends
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- Data cleaning - Lead by the data managers with assistance from the data officers and the study team.
- Data archiving & curation - Handled by the Archivist.