Research Project Plan Submission

Research project plan submission for the 9th International EAUN Meeting, Milan, 26-29 March 2008, is CLOSED.

Detailed information on the EAUN Nursing Research Competition
From the Milan meeting (March 2008) onward, the EAUN is looking to support your research project. A jury will select 6 nominees and a winner. All the projects of the nominees will be discussed in a scientific session, thus creating the possibility for all participants to learn from other projects, through feedback and discussions. The winner will receive € 2,500 to start his or her research project. Don’t think too quickly that your idea for a research project is not valuable enough for this session. Small research sometimes brings the most amazing results, or opens the door for big international research.

In order to participate you have to comply with the following rules:
• Only registered nurses can submit a research project
• The research and the presentation have to be done by a nurse
• The topic selected must be of relevance to urologic nursing 
• The describe research project has not started yet

• On conclusion of the prize-winning research project we are happy to publish a report on the results in European Urology Today and on the EAUN website and would really appreciate it if you submit an abstract for the upcoming International EAUN Meeting.

Criteria EAUN Research Project Plan
1. Title
2. Introduction, summary:
 - Importance of the problem
 - Summary of the proposed research project, closing with your objectives and the  rationale.
3. Objectives
 - Overall goal
 - Specific objectives
4. Short literature review; summary of the present knowledge
5. Relevance to urology nursing, justify the importance of the study
6. Methodology
 - Type of study design and a short justification for choosing this design,  including limitations
 - Study population (target population): inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria
 - Study procedures
 - Outcome measures
 - Statistical analysis
 - Sample size
7. Feasibility (be realistic!)
 - Timetable
 - Budget: what are you going to use the EAUN budget for, and where will you 
   find more funding (if needed) to complete your project?
8. Conclusions/Relevance
   You must be able to convince the jury that your project is the most
   important, and  in what way urologic nursing will benefit from it.
9. References
   State the most relevant references to underline the importance of 
   your project.
10. State any possible conflicts of interest.

Before beginning your research protocol you may want to consider the following points:
• What is your research question?
• Why does it matter?
• How will you address this question? (i.e. what methods will you use?)
• How important is this activity to urologic nursing?
• Is your research question clear?
• Are your research methods appropriate?

Your research project has to be presented as a project plan (see rules and criteria).

The jury of the EAUN Nursing Research Competition
• Mr. Willem De Bruijn, Arnhem, the Netherlands (CuraTrial SMO & Research BV)
• Veronika Geng, RN, Lobbach, Germany (EAUN Board)
• Prof. Jens Peter Nψrgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark (Ferring International             Pharmascience Center)
• Jerome Marley, RN, Belfast, Ireland (Research theory teacher)
• Prof. Andrea Tubaro, Rome, Italy (EAU Research Foundation)

We hope that many of you will use the opportunity the EAUN presents to you. Remember, small research can change the urological nursing world!

For more information please contact eaun@uroweb.org

The Prize for the Best EAUN Nursing Research Project is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS.