Q&A (Sep 20 - Apr 21)

Discover more about how different users utilise EDGE in their job roles. If you would like to see your trust represented, please email K.Brackstone@soton.ac.uk

 

Joanne Adair - April 21

Joanne Adair, Clinical Research and Governance Lead at North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS FT, discusses some of the ways in which her role has changed, and reveals some of her favourite EDGE “magic tricks” to ensure smooth and easy governance.

Mikayla King & Kim Lee - March 21

Mikayala King, R&D Quality Assurance Manager and Kim Lee, Quality Assurance Lead, based at UHS discuss how they recently developed an innovative approach to using EDGE which supports remote monitoring during the pandemic.

Kevin Thorpe - Feb 21

Kevin Thorpe, Senior Clinical Trials Administrator from Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust discusses the specific functions within EDGE that he uses for reporting purposes, as well as his use of other functionality including workflows and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research work.

Ben Jones - Jan 21

Ben Jones, Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician at Walsall Healthcare NHS FT, discusses how his role within pharmacy has changed over the past 12 months due to the pandemic. He talks about how he uses EDGE workflows and entities, including how EDGE has supported communication between pharmacy and R&D.

Brendon James - Dec 20

Brendon James, Audit and Project Monitoring Officer at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS FT, joins us where he talks about his team’s successful use of EDGE as an electronic site file for all their sponsored research projects, including research archiving. Brendon also offers invaluable tips and advice for embracing change.

Claire wright- Nov 20

Claire Wright, Research Governance Facilitator at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, goes to great depths in discussing the successful use of the EDGE delegation log for her trust’s non-CTIMP studies. She talks about the rewards and successes of implementing this function, and shares tips and advice.

RONDA DANCHAK - OCT 20

Here we are joined by Ronda Danchak, Business Partner at Alberta Innovates, Canada. Ronda discusses how her team uses EDGE to create adaptable attributes and pull out metrics of efficiency and capacity. She gives advice on how to develop attributes for processing and reporting requirements, and more.

DAVID MILLER - SEP 20

This month we are joined by David Miller, Head of Development for a special edition, following our recent announcement regarding the eagerly anticipated launch of EDGE 3 next autumn. David gives us the technical lowdown of why a new version of EDGE is needed, and what users can expect from the brand new version.