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We have been in discussion with the CSP information services and as a result we should like to pass on some information to you and to make a request.
Firstly, the CSP has a database of members who are researching - this is created from the information received from completed copies of the 'CSP Research Database' form, which regularly appears in the Physiotherapy journal. At present this database is a section of the Library Catalogue and it can only be accessed in one of two ways - you can go personally to the Information Centre at the CSP or you can ask the information officers there to search it for you (this is a free service for members). But by early next year the register will be available on the CSP website and potentially accessible to all of you.
The register is easy to use, even for those members who still regard computers with considerable suspicion! One could select 'stroke' and 'outcome measures' from the comprehensive subject index and find out that, for instance, four CSP members are researching in that area. It is then easy to call up the full details of each of the researchers.
A database can only be as up-to-date as the information it uses - (apparently only a regular trickle of forms is received from the Physiotherapy journal). It is our database, so we need to ensure that the information which we want is available on it. All ACPIN researchers can help to ensure that the information on researchers in Neurology is up-to-date by filling in this form - hence we are including one in Synapse.
Even if you have filled one out before, if there is any likelihood that the details you gave are now out of date, please fill one in again and send it to the CSP. We have requested that a section to indicate ACPIN membership be added to the form and 'ACPIN' will be added to the subject index as a keyword. Then it will be possible to access ACPIN researchers via the subject index.
We are also considering how best to make available information from members who are involved in research in a more minor capacity or whose research plans are not sufficiently advanced to allow them to fill in the CSP form.