Training and Events
Training in the West of England
We are committed to supporting the ongoing professional development of health and care professionals across the West of England. Throughout the year, we offer a range of training opportunities to develop the knowledge and skills of health and care professionals involved in research and its delivery.
We offer training in a variety of formats:
Face to face
Online learning
Webinars
Accessing training via NIHR Learn
NIHR Learn is the platform we use to deliver our accredited learning programmes. Our programmes have been developed by international leaders from the clinical research field and are available to anyone directly employed by the NHS, UK universities and other publicly funded organisations conducting and supporting research.
You can log in to NIHR Learn to view our full range of online and face-to-face courses.
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Face-to-face training
Face-to-face training across the region includes:
Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
GCP Refresher
Informed Consent
Principal Investigator (PI) Workshop
Next Steps in Clinical Research Delivery
Dry-Ice Safety and Handling
Let's Talk Trials
Specialty specific training
We run an increasing programme of specialty specific training and development activities. For further details, please check the West of England section of NIHR Learn or email we.training@nihr.ac.uk.
Early Career Researchers
Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are recognised as future research leaders. To support the development of this key research workforce, we offer a range of bespoke training opportunities. Further details of development opportunities can be found by visiting NIHR Learn.
We are seeking to engage with ECRs from a broad range of professional roles and specialties across the region. If you would like to find out more about how the CRN is working to support ECRs, suggest ideas for training and development or be added to our mailing list to hear about news, training and events, please contact Tori McIntyre, Workforce Development Manager.
Get in touch
For general training queries, please email we.training@nihr.ac.uk.
Events
To find out more about our latest events, visit our website.