Training
NIHR Learn - National Training Resource
NIHR learn is a national resource used to access NIHR and non-NIHR funded training, easily and online. It is also home to online chat communities and the national learning directory.
Most of our training is hosted on NIHR Learn. To access this resource you will need to log in with your NIHR account details. If you haven't already got an NIHR Learn account you can find out how to create one in the NIHR Learn Reigstration User Guide.
Using IT to support Primary Care Research in CRN EoE
Primary Care research plays an important role in the success of research in the UK and uses Information Technology (IT) systems as part of its day-to-day working.
This training package is designed for Primary care staff working in research. It will cover the IT aspects of study set-up, delivery and the ongoing roles and responsibilities of staff involved.
This training package will:
Introduce Primary Care research in the Clinical Research Network East of England
Outline the role of the Study Delivery Officer as it relates to IT searches and equipment
Explain how to conduct a search on SystmOne and EMIS
Examine how the Research Template in SystmOne and EMIS supports your searches
Describe how research payments are made to practices
Identify methods of good record keeping
The course can be accessed via NIHR Learn.
NIHR Learn Insights
Increasing equality and diversity through an Inclusive Feasibility Toolkit
We have developed a toolkit to support best practice in secondary care which provides resources to help promote inclusive research. This training package will help you to:
Increase equality, diversity and inclusion in research;
Identify steps and remove as many barriers as possible so that communities and people can have greater access to research;
Develop ‘equality focused’ behaviours by proactively looking for barriers and challenges that may prevent one person, or a group of people, from accessing a research opportunity.
The course can be accessed via NIHR Learn.
New e-learning available: The Primary Care Setting - how it can help deliver your research
Following the successful event in February we have created an e-learning version of the resources on NIHR Learn - The Primary Care Setting - how it can help deliver your research. Learners can watch and read the resources from the day at their own pace. There is also an opportunity for discussion in the online forums.
We had an overwhelming response to the event invite (especially from colleagues in Clinical Trial Units) but had limited capacity for attendees. This e-learning will allow knowledge and experience about research in the primary care setting to reach more people.
Available Training for Healthcare Professionals
Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
GCP is the international ethical, scientific and practical standard to which all clinical research is conducted.
Principle Investigator (PI) Essentials Training
The course is for new and current Principal Investigators, Co-Principal Investigators or those who will be providing support and guidance for these roles.
Informed Consent in Research
The training is aimed at research delivery staff who have a patient-facing role; have been in practice for 6 months or less; who are working on or with NIHR Portfolio studies and have completed ICH-GCP training.
Join Dementia Research
Help your patients Join Dementia Research.
Learn how to raise awareness of Join Dementia Research and what you can do to make your patients join Research.
Introduction to Clinical Research in the NHS
We are offering a course for Primary Care trainees who are new to clinical research.
If you would like to understand why research is important, the legislation and frameworks surrounding research and also who is involved in research in Primary Care, this course will support you. The live interactive module will bring the theory and practice together and help you to understand the practicalities of delivering research in Primary Care.
Greenshoots Community
This community is for all CRN East of England Greenshoots Award Holders.
It provides a space for discussion, support and accessing useful information and resources. It will also be a place for award holders to access guest speaker presentations, award holder presentations as well as Greenshoots meeting notes.
NIHR Research and Quality Improvement Learning Community for Primary Care
The Research and Quality Improvement Learning Community for Primary Care offers a rich portal for users to interact with colleagues from across the UK as well as access to a range of high quality resources and related training.
The Community has been designed to be inclusive, targeting all healthcare professionals with an interest in learning more or linking to clinical scholarship in primary care, the wider community and beyond.
The Community allows these connections to be established from links between practices to trainee groups to regional collaborations/national discussions by capitalising on the social functionality of NIHR Learn.
The Community forums are designed to allow for local and national discussions and provide a vehicle for the exploration of cross cutting themes such as Deep-end /area of social deprivation, PCN/at scale working, GP and AHP Trainees and Early Career Researchers, Community Research /social care, and IT Solutions/digital.
A wealth of resources are provided across a variety of key themes, an example being Quality Improvement, with links to other key initiatives. This growing community is encouraged to share not only emerging ideas but relevant resources, with the functionality to upload directly to the platform, thereby establishing the Community as a platform which fosters collaboration and learning.
