Rules for centre participation
The criteria for centre participation have been settled and approved by the whole
Insp-ECT group.
• Criteria for New Centre status:
– Appropriately trained
• Having participated in ECT treatment at an experienced centre
• Having received training at their own institution, delivering ECT according to the SOP
• Having performed a minimum of 5 treatments
• Being suitably trained to upload high quality, consistent data in accordance with guidelines for the Insp-ECT database
– Willing to participate
• in advancing science
• in treating and uploading data at a minimum of 10 patients per year
• in collecting prospective data, complying with good clinical practice and participating in monitoring
• in complying with national and regional regulations regarding data safety and ethics and other relevant regulations
• in attending Insp-ECT meetings regularly
• in supporting the training and educational endeavours of Insp-ECT.
• Rules for Centre participation:
– Any manuscript involving the Insp-ECT name, activity and registry data must be approved by the Insp-ECT Board prior to submission for publication in journals, congresses etc.
– Official communications, results, abstracts and manuscripts are shared with the Insp-ECT centres only by the official email address (info@insp-ect.org)
– Each centre has signed the Copenhagen Agreement and Database Agreement and has received credentials to use the Insp-ECT registry
– Centres may be excluded if they consistently fail to comply with these criteria.
Responsible for accepting new centres to Insp-ECT is the Insp-ECT member Christian Kunte.