PECARN

The primary type of support the EMSC NRC provides to the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) is meeting planning, research dissemination, and manuscript tracking. The EMSC NRC also works with PECARN to develop and distribute the PECARN Primer.

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Dissemination. The EMSC NRC works with PECARN investigators to provide support in research dissemination to professional and lay audiences. The EMSC NRC assists PECARN investigators with the humanization of research studies, research study results, and future research in a one page fact sheet. For more information, please contact Sametria McCammon.

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Meeting Planning. The EMSC NRC also coordinates all logistical activities for PECARN in-person and teleconference steering committee and sub-committee meetings. These activities include, but are not limited to: budgeting, site selection, hotel contract and vendor negotiations, database/registration management, travel/transportation, housing, food and beverage management, audio visual requirements, and on-site management. For assistance with PECARN meeting planning, please contact Barbara Mitchell-Swain.

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Manuscript Tracking. The EMSC NRC also tracks the development of manuscripts from concept approval through publication. For assistance with PECARN manuscript tracking please contact Sametria McCammon.

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PECARN Primer. The EMSC NRC in conjunction with the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) and PECARN developed a PECARN Primer to assist research coordinators in understanding the EMSC Program, the PECARN network, the importance in accurate data collection, how to enroll patients in a research study, obtaining informed consent, and more.