Research Delivery Workforce Update
August 2022
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Welcome to our Update page, where we share regional & national updates related to training & research delivery workforce matters.
The North West Research Workforce Team work across Greater Manchester and North West Coast LCRNs, ensuring that there is a cohesive workforce, learning & development offer to our Partner Organisations and the wider workforce. Note that our L&D offering is research specific and is designed to supplement the non-research L&D offering of your employing organisation, not replace it.
Please email us at learning.lcrnsnorthwest@nihr.ac.uk if you have any queries or feedback.
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Your North West Research Workforce Team Left to right: Seonaid, Mary, Martin, Laura and Grace.
Research-Specific Training Programmes
Research-Specific Training Programmes
E-learning
Please note that NIHR Good Clinical Practice training is currently provided as part of the NIHR Learn suite of online learning only.
Virtual & Classroom Events
Virtual & Classroom Events
are listed within the NIHR Learn "Locally Delivered Learning" tab (centre of home page) as one NW-wide identity - CRNs North West (GM & NWC).
As a reminder, here are weblinks to current suggested plans for Research Delivery Teams Learning Plan and Principal Investigators Learning Plan, plus we have a poster of our summarised COVID-19 research training advice & guidance.
Are you getting the most from NIHR Learn?
Are you getting the most from NIHR Learn?
To ensure your team are exposed to all that is offered - please ensure you (and any learners you have responsibility for) are familiar with NIHR Learn. We have now created a new page within this site to provide useful information about NIHR Learn to help you and your colleagues understand how to best use it as a resource.
Research Novice Development
Research Novice Development
If you're planning to support a research novice into your research delivery team, please consider utilising the suggested learning pathway. This is the model used by NW WF Team to create an offer that matches the likely contents of current competency frameworks and is then scheduled to ensure your learner is best placed to consolidate their peer/workplace learning within face to face events.
We plan for incremental learning, using 'spaced repetition', bearing in mind competency frameworks & induction phase timelines and we also use a workforce learning model known as the 70/20/10 rule, with 70% being on the job learning, 20% being peer support and 10% formal learning events. This is described here & other aspects of this work is described across the pages in the Our Approach to....... webpages.
A recent addition to NIHR Learn - Clinical Research in Practice Settings - could be useful in helping new starters settle in if it's used prior to being asked to complete GCP.
There are also several related sections below.
Research Delivery Team Essentials (RDTE)* & Informed Consent (relates only to the Research Delivery workforce)
Research Delivery Team Essentials (RDTE)* & Informed Consent (relates only to the Research Delivery workforce)
We offer a Research Delivery Team (RDT) specific learning pathway to our Partners - scheduled by the line manager, in alignment with how it is offered.
Most of the pathway can be accessed directly via NIHR Learn. This is not something the learner should be navigating in isolation - it is expected that the line manager will drive the learning plan and development of research novices, in a timely manner with staff performance & retention in mind.
RDTE is designed to underline the first 3-4 months of development & plan for the next few months ahead - and is a course that necessitates line manager nomination. Course outline.
"Informed Consent" is an additional course to the consent component of RDTE, specifically for those who will seek consent - so should be undertaken after RDTE. It forms part of the Consent Training Pathway. Course outline.
Nominations for Training
Nominations for Training
We need to be able to schedule these training courses according to demand. Please send us a request via this RDTE and Informed Consent Line Manager Nomination Form to let us know you have a new starter in post who needs to access RDTE and possibly also Informed Consent.
We will then send them a welcome message and will make contact when a place for Essentials becomes available.
Dates
Dates
- Research Delivery Team Essentials and Informed Consent
We are planning at least 2 cohorts of RDTE between now and end of Sept and Informed Consent sessions to follow these.
Please see above for process to apply for places.
- Principal Investigator Training - September & Oct
Offered as part of a PI pathway, we have the following sessions coming up. Please make sure you read the course descriptions before booking to ensure you have the relevant experience required for the sessions. Do email if you are unable to get onto a session so we can prioritise our own workforce.
Becoming a PI: 9th September - for those aspiring to become a PI
PI Essentials : 20th Oct- pre-requisites - NIHR GCP & about to deliver first study or up to first year of taking on the role
New Learning Resources
New Learning Resources
NIHR Learn Insights
NEW! NIHR Learn Insights: Professional Identity
NEW! NIHR Learn Insights: Professional Identity
NIHR Learn Insights is a CPD resource with new instalments every two months and the most recent edition looks at the importance of a Reflective Practice (RP) as part of our development.
In the current edition, we will be continuing the conversation around professional identity and what this means for both individuals and those who support them in a variety of organisations and care settings.
Did you know that NIHR Learn Insights is mobile friendly?
Grab a cuppa and take a moment.
Remote Consultation in Research Practice
Remote Consultation in Research Practice
Initially created for this year's RCN Research Nursing Conference, this short video highlights the need for careful planning when remote consultation (possibly including consent) are part of a study delivery plan.
Learning objectives:-
To recognise that studies involving remote consultations need planning and preparation, possibly more so than face to face consultations.
To appreciate the need to seek instructions from Sponsors and Employers for Remote Consultation.
To be able to identify key quality assurance activities related to Remote Consultation.
Additional Workforce, Learning & Development News & Info
Additional Workforce, Learning & Development News & Info
Clinical Research Practitioners
Clinical Research Practitioners
Please find the latest newsletter which has been sent out to CRPs on the Directory and Register. This includes
looking back at the successful 'I Support CRP Registration' campaign
the launch of a CRP support programme at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
advice for those CRPs who are waiting for the gateway for experienced practitioners to open
The NIHR's 'Summer of Learning' webinars
The NIHR's 'Summer of Learning' webinars
The NIHR is launching a summer of online learning webinars aimed at NIHR staff and the research community to support leadership and management development. Three 30-minute pre-recorded webinars will be premiered on the NIHRtv YouTube channel. Viewers will get live responses to their questions. Find out more:
Discover how to Navigate Change Learn how to deal with change by watching this 30 minute NIHR webinar, aimed at all staff associated with NIHR, including infrastructure.
Discover how to Navigate Change Learn how to deal with change by watching this 30 minute NIHR webinar, aimed at all staff associated with NIHR, including infrastructure.
and Champion Inclusion
and Champion Inclusion
Help build an inclusive culture in your workplace by learning how you can be a better ally. Watch this 30 minute NIHR webinar to get some idea's on how to do this.
National & Regional Workforce Planning Resources
National & Regional Workforce Planning Resources
If you are interested in workforce planning; additional workforce; volunteer deployment; skill mix; you may want to view the National & Regional Resources.
The website includes recordings of previous events too.
21 September 2022, 1.00pm to 2.30pm: Invention for innovation: Public involvement – the researcher experience webinar
22 September 2022, 9.00am to 2.00pm – online: Starting Research Workshop
This useful resource includes reports, blogs and events as well as opportunities for PhDs, Fellowships and job opportuinities.
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)
FutureLearn Courses: note that you can join these at any time although if you want to do it with a 'cohort' of learners these have regular start dates.
With all FutureLearn MOOCs, remember that your do not have to purchase a certificate as you can 'screenshot' your completion page.
What is Health Research? (NIHR/University of Leeds)
For NHS staff, patients and public and is a good first step and overview. Explore the world of health research and the role volunteers play in transforming treatments and improving health care. You can sign up here.
Improving Healthcare through Clinical Research (NIHR/University of Leeds)
Improving Healthcare through Clinical Research (NIHR/University of Leeds)
In this free online course, find out how medical treatments are discovered, tested and evaluated to improve healthcare for all. This is more technical that the 'What is Health Research?' course. As GCP face to face is not available widely at present, this could be well placed to ensure continuity of formal learning for those who are new to research.
In this free online course, find out how medical treatments are discovered, tested and evaluated to improve healthcare for all. This is more technical that the 'What is Health Research?' course. As GCP face to face is not available widely at present, this could be well placed to ensure continuity of formal learning for those who are new to research.
Introduction to Randomised Controlled Trials - University of Birmingham (available now)
Introduction to Randomised Controlled Trials - University of Birmingham (available now)
Discover the importance of trials in evidence-based medicine and learn about the trial lifecycle from conception to publication. To find out more - weblink here.
Discover the importance of trials in evidence-based medicine and learn about the trial lifecycle from conception to publication. To find out more - weblink here.
Digital Tools for Efficient Clinical Trials (NIHR/University of Southampton)
Digital Tools for Efficient Clinical Trials (NIHR/University of Southampton)
This course aims to give researchers and trial teams an overview of how digital tools can support the recruitment and retention of trial participants, whilst also considering their possible limitations. The course is open to anyone with an interest in clinical research.
Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
The Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre (ATTC) network have developed a new e-learning programme in collaboration with e-learning for Healthcare. Please share with your networks/communities as appropriate.
In case you missed it...
In case you missed it...
Primary Care
Primary Care
There is a Research and Quality Improvement Learning Community for Primary Care on NIHR Learn, as well as a new module which is made up of a series of videos entitled Getting into Research: Primary Care, taken from a conversation between CRN GM and the GP Excellence programme.
Associate PI
Associate PI
The Associate PI scheme recently launched a website which contains all of the details you need to know about the programme, whether you want to support one or become one, including what to expect, how to apply, and where to reach out for further information. This programme allows trainee doctors and other interested professionals to learn about research and recruit to NIHR studies.
Did you know you can follow us on Twitter?
Did you know you can follow us on Twitter?
We have a North-West Workforce Learning and Development Twitter account where we share some of the great work going on across our region.
Follow us, tag us when you have something you'd like us to shout about and you never know what opportunities and contacts you might come across along the way!
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