Affiliation(s): Neuroscience Research Australia

Poster title: Development of the Quality Output Checklist and Content Assessment (QuOCCA)

Abstract: The Research Quality Committee at NeuRA in Sydney was set up to improve its clinical and non-clinical research and address problems of poor research reproducibility. We developed a Quality Output Checklist and Content Assessment (QuOCCA): a critical appraisal tool to assess the trustworthiness of published, peer-reviewed research papers. Now in its final form, the QuOCCA has 12 items designed to assess transparency, design and analysis, and reporting practices. Rather than generate a score, the QuOCCA is intended to reveal study strengths and weaknesses across some critical domains and measure change in practice.