PaCCSC membership

Membership

We welcome membership applications from health professionals, researchers, and consumers interested in improving the quality of life of people with life-limiting illnesses. Membership is free and does not need to be renewed annually. The membership application only takes a few minutes to complete.

In addition to PaCCSC membership, you can apply for CST membership. You can apply for membership of PaCCSC, CST, or both on one application form, which you can access via a link at the end of this page. 

Your membership will allow you to proactively contribute to improving the evidence base for palliative care practice. We aim to broaden the scope of current palliative care research. 

To apply for membership, click the link at the end of the page and complete the membership application, which will require a proposer and seconder to nominate you. If you need help identifying nominators, please email us at paccsc@uts.edu.au.

Membership benefits

Collaboration and research support

We provide high-quality support and mentoring through:

• clinical trial support from the IMPACCT Trials Coordination Centre (ITCC)
• workshopping your ideas with experienced clinical trialists
• writing support for protocols, grants, and ethics submissions
• feedback from the Scientific Advisory Committee
• access to our membership network
• access to the IMPACCT Consumer Advisory Group (CAG)

News and Events

You will have access to learning and opportunities to present your ideas for feedback and expert advice through:

• PaCCSC & CST Research Forum
• Concept development workshops
• PaCCSC & CST Seminar/Webinar series

You will receive:

• PaCCSC & CST Research quarterly newsletter
• Invitations to events of interest – internal and external
• Invitations to participate/collaborate in research

Committees

We offer opportunities to:

• present new research ideas to the Scientific Advisory Committee
• become a committee member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Management Advisory Committee, Qualitative Research Committee, or Symptom Node Subcommittees (by expression of interest)

 

Current members

We appreciate your support in helping to build a diverse membership community that shares skills and knowledge that contribute to improving quality palliative care. If you have the opportunity to promote PaCCSC membership, please feel free to use the below slide.

PaCCSC membership (PPT, 607KB)

Confidentiality

Maintaining members' confidentiality around their research is important to us. Because we share ideas and information about research currently underway in our communications and at events, we require all members to sign a confidentiality agreement.

The agreement is one of mutual obligation between the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and you that allows both parties to share ideas freely at events and through other communications. When you become a member, we will send you a confidentiality agreement to sign and return.

Membership criteria

We welcome membership applications from people in Australia and overseas who are interested in palliative care and cancer symptom clinical trials, including: 

• Consumer advocates and community members including those from under-represented populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities
• Doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals
• Researchers who are active in palliative care and cancer symptom research including early- and mid-career researchers
• Other professionals who are interested in clinical trials including health economists, biostatisticians, and industry representatives

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