Clinical Research Development Center

Address: Clinical Research Development Center,

Nemazee Hospital, Nemazee square,

Zand Street, Shiraz, Iran. Telephone number: (0711)6261001Nemazee Hospital Telephone number: 6279612-24 ( 4323)Fax: (0711)6261001

Email: crdcnhsh@sums.ac.ir

Objectives:

Qualitative and quantitative development of clinical research by capacity building of academic staff in research. 1. Statistics consultation: Including consultation services on determination of sample size, prevalence rate, data entry and carrying out the statistical analysis. 2. English language and scientific writing consultation: Includes services such as writing and editing research papers both in Persian and English. Also editing letters to be sent to journals.3. Study design consultation: Includes determination of objectives, hypotheses, type of study, variables, sampling methods and design of questionnaires, designing the research projects and studies. 4. Computer services: Provides typing services, both in Persian and English and preparing diagrams, tables, slides, scans, photos and posters. All of the computers in this center are connected to the web and contain the required softwares.

5. Workshops: promotes researchers’ capabilities by holding different training workshops.

Table5-10 : Academic staff strength

responsibility	Specialty	Academic staff
Head of center	Gasteroenterology	S.A.R.Taghavi
Scientific writing and editing advisor	PhD	A. A. Nekoeian
Scientific writing and editing advisor	PhD	Davood Mehrabani
Statistical advisor	PhD	Najaf Zare
study design advisor	MD	Mehrdad Asgarian
study design advisor	MD	Foroz Nader

Table 5-11: performance of CRD Center, June 2003 to February 2005.

 Table 5-12: Articles in Clinical Reservist Development Center