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Conduct ongoing high-quality, large-scale randomised controlled trials (RCTs) directed at determining the best and most effective practice in Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Medicine (ICM)
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Improve the quality of trial design and biostatistical analysis
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Increase the efficiency of data management
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Develop integrated clinical research programs that provide the training ground for future clinical trialists in the field of ICM
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Develop links with other international intensive care societies to advance international research programs
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Facilitate applications for funding from public and private national and international funding bodies
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Increase the involvement of smaller Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in RCTs to maximise the number of trials that can be performed and increase the generalisability of trial findings
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Encourage and support clinician researchers in research theory, study design and conduct, data analysis and scientific writing
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Consolidate a research culture within ICM in Australia and New Zealand by maximising the accessibility of intensive care clinicians to a high-quality research system with sufficient infrastructure, regardless of an individual unit's academic status, geographical location, expertise or experience, and
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Introduce systems to integrate research results into clinical practice by promulgating research-based practice guidelines.
