3. Policy
Centre and Group members are classified into four different categories, according to their role within the Collaborating Entity, and are accorded varying levels of access to JBI tools, databases and mail serves.
3.1 Group Convenors and Centre Directors
Centre of Excellence Directors and Deputy Directors and Affiliated Group Convenors are responsible for the scientific and administrative leadership of an Entity and its general performance. They ensure key performance indicators are met each year and the Entity has continued sufficient infrastructure to comply with the terms of agreement outlined in the JBI Collaboration Handbook.
Directors and Convenors are self-appointed at the time of application to become a JBI Collaborating Entity. For policies and procedures relating to the nomination, appointment or changes of directorship please refer to the ‘JBIC Collaborating Entity Directorship Policy’.
The GEO has dedicated email lists to enable direct communication with Entity Directors and Convenors as a whole, in addition to internal registers that record their individual and Entity contact details and affiliations.
Directors and Convenors are granted complimentary Special User access to JBI EBP and SUMARI for the duration of their Legal Agreement with JBI.
3.2 Core Staff
Core Staff are those persons integral to the primary activities of any Collaborating Entity. Including, but not limited to, persons with an essential administrative role; lead synthesis or implementation projects; key to delivering educational programs; and are key to fostering and establishing collaborations.
Core staff members would normally work with a Collaborating Entity on an ongoing basis in a defined full time equivalent (FTE) capacity.
Centres of Excellence and Affiliated Groups may nominate up to a maximum of 10 (ten) Core Staff members who are eligible to receive complimentary Special User access to JBI EBP and SUMARI for the duration of their Entity Legal Agreements for core staff only. This access is automatically renewed pending the renewal of an Entity Legal Agreement.
In exceptional cases, JBI may recognise additional Core Staff where the Entity Director or Convenor has written to the Global Engagement Office indicating why a specific individual should be recognised as a core staff member above the stated maximum.
3.3 Adjunct Staff
Adjunct Staff members from Affiliated Groups or Centres of Excellence are welcome at any time, and will be listed on Collaborating Entity web pages under the heading ‘Adjunct Membership’. Adjunct Staff members are those persons that work with a Collaborating Entity for project-specific activities that are time-bound or are an honorary appointment to recognise particular persons for an important affiliation with the organisation. Adjunct membership confers no specific benefits other than the ability to remain on the entity webpage, mailing lists and stay up to date with JBI activities and events.
3.4 Students
Centre or Group Students are those persons who have completed the JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review Training Program (CSRTP) or the Evidenced-based Clinical Fellowship Program (EBCFP). Students receive a one-year subscription to SUMARI when they enrol in the latter courses as a part of their registration fee. Any other Students that are affiliated with Centres of Excellence or Affiliated Groups who have not completed CSRTP or EBCFP must purchase an individual subscription to SUMARI through Wolters Kluwer Health (Ovid) when required. Students will not be listed on JBI Collaborating Entity web pages.