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RMU mandate—The Research Methods Unit is dedicated to supporting excellence in clinical and health
research by providing research methods resources, services and specialized training to clinical investigators,
residents, graduate students, and health researchers within Capital Health, IWK, and the Dalhousie Faculties of
Medicine, Health Professions, and Dentistry.
RMU operating principles—The Research Methods Unit strives to operate in a professional, timely,
facilitative, and collaborative manner based on best practices in research and research consulting. In order to
ensure our relationship is as productive and mutually agreeable as possible, we provide the following guidelines
for using our services.
Process for • The first consultation with the RMU is free (some department-specific exceptions).
RMU initial • The process for requesting help from the RMU begins at the RMU website at
www.cdha.nshealth.ca/rmu.
contact • Download, complete and submit a Consultation Request Form (CRF), as well as any
relevant supplementary documents. See the CRF for additional details.
• Upon receipt of a completed CRF, RMU will open a project file, provide a tracking
number, and assign the appropriate consultants to the project.
• RMU will then contact you to arrange your initial consult.
• At the meeting we will discuss your project needs.
• If we can address your questions within the typical initial consult time of 1 hour,
there is no charge (some department-specific exceptions).
• If you decide to engage RMU for your project, please see below.
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If you are • If you are applying for funding and wish to receive a quote for services from the
RMU, please initiate your request:
applying for
o at least 4-6 weeks in advance if you need/wish assistance with finalising
funding your methods.
o at least 2-3 weeks in advance if your methods are complete and you
simply require a quote for RMU services.
• RMU provides reasonable ‘up-front’ support on methods portions of grant
proposal protocols free of charge in exchange for your commitment to use RMU
services for the project as quoted when it is funded.
• Your RMU consultant will work with you to prepare an estimate of hours required
for your project.
• At the same time, we will send you a Letter of Support Checklist to complete. The
Checklist captures the relevant information about the funding opportunity and
about your project that you wish to be included in your letter.
• Once you return the completed checklist, and we have received the estimate for
hours from your RMU consultant, we will prepare a letter of support that includes
a description of the RMU, a summary of your project, a description of the RMU
services you are requesting, and an itemized quote. We will email you a signed
.pdf version and hold the hard copy on file unless you make other arrangements in
advance.
• Please notify the RMU of the results of your application and updated timelines so
that we can ensure consultants are available for the upcoming work.
Deadlines • RMU consultants strive to address queries on a timely and professional basis at all
times.
• Consultants will attempt to attend all research meetings, provided they are given
sufficient notice.
• The RMU has a substantial number of projects in progress at any one time, and
last-minute requests cannot always be addressed.
Ethics • RMU provides support in preparation of protocol methods for ethics approval and
funding applications. However, you may not indicate RMU support in your
submission without review and approval of the final protocol by your RMU
consultant(s), and without prior written approval from the RMU.
• All research projects brought to the RMU must have ethics approval before data
collection begins.
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Acknowledging • RMU does not authorise acknowledgement of use of our services without our prior
approval. You must first request and receive written approval if you wish to
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indicate use of RMU services:
o in preparing your protocol for funding or ethics review, or
o when writing manuscripts.
• When providing written approval, RMU will supply the acknowledgement wording
to be used in the text.
RMU Coordinator/Analyst:
Camille Angus
Dalhousie Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
and Capital Health Research
camille.angus@dal.ca
(902) 494-2653