A secure, web-based application used to create and manage online surveys and databases in medical research. 

REDCap = Research Electronic Data Capture 

A REDCap “project” is used to enter data, either by trained data entry staff, or through a survey which is sent out to study participants to answer. 

A brief overview of REDCap (Video 5:04)

Login to REDCap at https://redcap.research.uwa.edu.au/ 

UWA staff and students automatically have access to REDCap and can login using their Uni ID credentials. 

Non-UWA users will require a UWA sponsor connected to the project (Project Coordinator) to apply for Digital Guest Access on their behalf.  

A UWA sponsor needs to complete a Digital Guest Access form on behalf of the non UWA researcher. The access will remain active for one year, after which time a new form will need to be completed, or the access can be left to lapse. 

University staff members, research students, or honorary staff are eligible to use the UWA REDCap instance for HREC approved research projects. 

Non UWA research staff are eligible for a user account if sponsored by a UWA staff member related to the research project.

Please note that non-UWA users can only have Data Entry roles.

To be eligible to use the hosted UWA REDCap instance, your study must be a non-commercial University of Western Australia (UWA) sponsored research project. Our license agreement with the REDCap developers requires this. 

If the University is not a primary research partner, or if the study ethics agreement requires that the data be controlled by a different institution, then you will not be able to use the UWA REDCap instance. 

The Principal Investigator (or Information Custodian as per UWA’s Information Protection Policy) is responsible for: 

• Ensuring that your use of RedCAP and the data within your survey is -  

  • protected from unauthorised access, modification or misuse;  

  • prevented from loss or inappropriate disclosure; 

  • managed in accordance with its business value to the University; and/or 

  • compliant with statutory and/or other legal obligations. 

• Requesting and/or confirming new users to be added to the project, including sponsoring external users requiring access. 

• Removing users who no longer require access. 

• Backing up the survey tool and data on a regular basis. 

• Moving the survey tool and data to a suitable information management system once the project is complete. Please note that RedCAP is only intended for data capture and collection, not ongoing storage and archiving.  

• Ensuring RedCAP is cited in publications. 

Please note that the RedCAP Administrator cannot develop surveys on your project team’s behalf. If RedCAP expertise is required, this will need to be sourced or developed within the project team. The RedCAP Administrator has access to an admin forum and is able to ask troubleshooting and/or technical questions on your behalf and relay the answers.