A Queensland Advancing Clinical Research Fellowship of almost $145,000 will help Dr Peter Snelling complete a research project which explores the benefits of point-of-care ultrasound for children with broken arms.
The dual-qualified emergency physician and paediatrician, and father-of-five, will spend about one day a week off the front line to compile data, analyse and write up a clinical trial titled ¡®Bedside Ultrasound Conducted in Kids with distal upper Limb fractures in the Emergency Department¡¯ (BUCKLED).
Results will be shared on the Sonar Group website, set up as part of Dr Snelling¡¯s PhD through Griffith University as a way to translate knowledge for fellow researchers and the general public.
Dr Snelling was one of 14 clinical researchers to share in almost $4 million funding awarded in round two of the program run by the Health Innovation, Investment and Research Office of Queensland Health.
Embedding research and evidence-based practice into health service delivery and patient care is one of the strategies our health service is using as we strive to deliver world-class care ¨C always.
Dr Snelling, who has also received a $159,000 grant from Emergency Medicine Foundation for the clinical trial, encouraged his fellow clinicians and other health professionals contemplating research to get involved.
¡°Research can be overlooked as a career pathway but it is research that underpins what we do and why we do it. It does take meticulous work, but the rewards are worth it.¡±