Methods Haematology Specialty Trainee Audit and Research (HaemSTAR) is a national network of haematology trainees. HaemSTAR is a new initiative, conceived in 2016 and supported by the National Institution for Health Research (NIHR). The objectives are to: > increase recruitment to non-malignant haematology clinical trials nationally > increase exposure to and develop skills in clinical research thus training principal investigators of the future; something which is not part of the registrar

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... iculum > enable transition of worthy local audits to the national scale by coordination of time-effi cient data collection enabling highquality data to be collected in a cost-effective manner > use the audit model to then expand and develop our own prospective national studies (aligned to NIHR priorities). The most recent project is using a 'crowd-sourced', technologydriven approach to undertake a national audit utilising a large number of investigators each collecting a relatively small amount of data. Investigators will be coordinated through the HaemSTAR network with a secure web-based database (REDCap) used to host an online audit protocol. This will allow multicentre data entry that is secure, accessible, and consistent between centres. The project is set to complete in early 2019.