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Opportunities for health professionals

IIMPACT values our partnership with SA Health through the Allied and Scientific Health Office. Within this collaboration we offer general research training along the continuum from quality improvement projects through to full scale implementation trials. Our training modules incorporate best practice theory as well as practical workshops to develop robust research and implementation plans. We offer tailored support via our research helpdesk (for short queries) and mentoring (for longer term research support and development).

Research Helpdesk

Do you have a question about engaging with literature, formulating a study question, selecting methodology, how to get your paper published or how to put someone else’s paper into practice?

Email: Allied.researchhelp@unisa.edu.au.

Mentoring Opportunities

Need more support to get your research project off the ground or back on track? Get support here.

Training Workshops & Courses

Stay up to date via the ASHO website.

Get involved in research

The best way to start this process is to have a chat with a lead researcher in IIMPACT about what opportunities there may be at the moment. Find a research leader via the Our People page.

Increase knowledge and skills

IIMPACT researchers are involved with several short course and Professional Certificate programs.

You can also access free professional resources at Pain Revolution

Participate in research

There are usually several IIMPACT research projects that are looking for volunteers. We would love you to complete the form linked below, which will tell us a little about you, and we will put you on the list.

Complete a volunteer participant survey

Research degrees

Undertaking a Master of Research or a PhD will change your life as well as your world! There are a few things you want to get right when it comes to taking on such a challenging and rewarding step. 

1. Have a good look around at the projects currently going on in IIMPACT. Take special care to see if any of them are actually looking for students or post-docs. If they are, jump on it and get in touch immediately.
2. Have a good look around for a potential supervisor. This is an important relationship so spend some time getting a good idea of who does what.
3. Contact by email the potential supervisors who look to you like they might be a good fit. Copy in Prof Susan Hillier (susan.hillier@unisa.edu.au)  who can give you an idea of whether or not you would satisfy the requirements for admission to a research degree. Explain your situation and your reasons for wanting to pursue the degree. Attach your CV.
4. If everything is progressing well, get in touch with one of the research candidates already in that research group and ask them everything you would like to know about the supervisor, the group, the vibe, the great things and the difficult things.
5. If it all looks good, then jump on board to one of the most exciting and significant journeys you’ll ever take.

Videos

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Pain. Is it all just in your mind?

Pain has been part of the human experience longer than magnetic bracelets, ergonomic chairs, whiplash and repetitive strain injury. Yet it is just in the last few decades that we have realised how terrifically complex pain really is and how wrong many of our assumptions about pain really are.

UniSA: Breathlessness Intervention Services Research

Breathlessness Intervention Services help reduce the impact of this distressing symptom on daily life. Researchers at the University of South Australia are working on making breathlessness intervention services available in communities for all South Australians.

Join the revolution

Pain Revolution brings together researchers, clinicians, people with lived experience and peak bodies. We are working together towards a vision that all Australians have the knowledge, skills and support to prevents and overcome persistent pain.

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Pain revolution - Our Impact 2018-2019

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Tame The Beast — It's time to rethink persistent pain

Pain scientists starting to think differently about persistent (chronic) pain and its causes, are they're making exciting discoveries - like how you think about your pain can change the way it feels. Here Professor Lorimer Moseley explains how pain works and explains new approaches to help reduce your pain.