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Research Learning Lectures
Hosted by the NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme.
Who are the Research Learning Lectures aimed at?
Current Associate PIs
Associate PI Alumni
Health and Care professionals with an interest in learning more about research.
Those with an interest in learning about research delivery or research leadership
Those with an interest in a career in Clinical Academia
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Balancing acts: the story of being a woman in academic medicine
Online
Thursday 5th February
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Chair: Dr Sophie Merrick (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
The 12-month programme is open to various professionals, including nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, social workers, psychologists, pharmacists, scientists, and others within and outside hospital settings.
Applicants should have a strong interest in health and social care research and aspire to become research leaders.
The National Institute of Health Research has announced new initiatives that will expand training and career opportunities for health and social care professionals.
These include more opportunities at all levels of a research career from undergraduate through to postdoctoral.
There will also be more support for those in underrepresented professions, to ensure a diverse range of people enter and are successful in a career in research.
Research involving participants lacking mental capacity - This course explains the regulations and considerations relating to mental capacity and research. It is aimed at those involved in designing or undertaking, supporting or reviewing research, and takes account of research seeking to include adults lacking capacity as well as research where some participants may lack capacity or lose capacity.
Follow the above link to go to NIHR Learn and sign in or click on 'Create account' if you are a first time user. You can register on NIHR Learn with your work email address.
Involving young people in the prevention of childhood obesity
Inclusive Involvement in Adult Social Care Research
Embedding Co-design and Co-Production to Support Refugee Mental Health
PPI to strengthen research processes on food insecurity
Creative interdisciplinary methods for research inclusion
Science powered by parents
... and more
Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
What is GCP?
GCP is the agreed international standard for conducting clinical research.
GCP guidelines are issued by the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) and are widely adopted by regulatory authorities worldwide including the UK.
Good Clinical Practice Training is required for researchers conducting Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs). It ensures that the rights, safety, and wellbeing of trial participants are protected, and that the data generated is credible and reliable.
Organisational Standard Operating Procedures may also apply.
What courses are available?
You can do the following courses:
introduction
refresher
consolidation
Why do I need to do this training?
Everyone who works on delivering a study has to have an up-to-date GCP certificate.
As a certified GCP researcher, you will:
protect the rights and safety of people taking part in research studies
collect reliable research data
Go to NIHR Learn to sign in or click on 'Create account' if you are a first time user. You can register on NIHR Learn with your work email address.
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How to search the literature effectively
A step-by-step guide to finding information and developing skills for successful searching.
Seven short modules are designed to help the healthcare workforce (clinical and non-clinical) build confidence to search published literature for articles and evidence relevant to their work, study and research. Go to https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/literature-searching to access the free online programme.
