South West Anaesthesia Research Matrix

1. Establish a regional network of anaesthetic trainees who conduct multi-centre research and audit with a high potential for making an impact.

2. Allow trainees to continue their involvement in research and audit projects as they migrate around the deanery.

3. Provide training in research for the educational benefit of SWARM members.

4. Attract national funding for research and audit work.

PenARC supports SWARM through a funded Fellowship programme which allows trainees to take a leading role on  its projects. This creates the opportunity to gain experience in varied aspects of project management, from design, ethics, recruitment and data collection through to analysis, write-up and presentation.

Fellows benefit from generic research methodology training and involvement in collaborative working across the six regional NHS Trusts based in Taunton, Barnstaple, Truro, Plymouth, Torbay and Exeter.

The SWARM CUPPA project was featured in the July 2017 edition of the Royal College of Anaesthetists Bulletin. The collaborative also won the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Clinical Research Network trainee network award in 2018.

PenARC SWARM Research Fellows:

PenARC are supporting the development of similar networks across other disciplines within healthcare, including a child health network.