Anesthesia

• Discuss your data needs with one of the librarians in anesthesia: vanessa.kitchin@ubc.ca or dean.giustini@ubc.ca
  • To get help with R or SPSS, consult the Research Commons workshops and one-on-one consultations.
  • To get help managing research data, consult the Research Data Management guide. 
• The UBC Faculty of Medicine provides resources for research resources and support.
• To get help analyzing or using data, UBC's Department of Statistics offers a range of free and fee-based services; also, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers fee-based statistical consulting.

Research data is data created or generated as part of your research. It may include numeric data, text, transcripts, images, video and audio recordings, etc. Research data management (RDM) prevents data loss, stores data securely and facilitates data sharing.

UBC Library offers advice and services for research data management, including 

• DMP (Data Management Plan) Assistant - an online tool to help you create a plan that complies with funding agency requirements
• UBC Dataverse at Scholars Portal - a repository provided by UBC Library to help you manage, store and share your data
• "Good Enough" Research Data Management - a brief guide for busy people
• UBC Library Data Guide -  a guide with suggestions for and examples of best practices

Learn more at the UBC Library Research Data Management website, via the Research Data Alliance's Training Materials, or attend one of UBC Library’s workshops. Check the instruction calendar for dates and times.  

Clinical study reports are extensive documents produced by pharmaceutical companies for regulatory agencies such as Health Canada, the FDA or EMA. Sometimes summaries are available online, but obtaining the full report may not be possible. Some pharmaceutical companies now allow researchers to access to data included in ongoing clinical trials. For more information see: