These 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.
Google Scholar is a Google search engine that indexes academic-type material, so it's a great starting point for any academic search.
Research support for public health teams based in local authorities.
A free course which introduces and explains how literature reviews can support evidence-based practice in health and social care.
On this page you will find links to articles in the BMJ that explain how to read and interpret different kinds of research papers.
This masterclass aims to give you the tools you need to write a journal article that has a good chance of being accepted by your target journal.
This 3-minute video which gives a general introduction to literature reviews.
This 30-minute video takes you through the purpose of and how to conduct a literature review.
This guide from the University of York takes you through the steps of carrying out a systematic review.
An 8-minute video which talks about the process of how to review people's experiences of interventions.
This is module one of seven critical appraisal training videos. In this first video, we introduce key concepts of critical appraisal and the learning objectives for the series.
This is the second module of seven, which looks at how you would critically appraise a systematic review.
Associate Prof Zachary Munn, gives top tips for conducting a rapid review and answers FAQs about rapid reviews.
This guidance is for anyone writing a plain English summary of research. The NIHR requires a good quality plain English summary as part of its funding application. Please note that all applications to NIHR funding programmes must be written in English.
This free course explores the development of the research process looking at the different perspectives from which an issue or phenomenon can be investigated; and highlights the main methodologies that can be used to investigate a business issue.
Research methods appropriate to public health practice, including epidemiology, statistical methods and other methods of enquiry including qualitative research methods.
NCRM delivers training and resources at core and advanced levels, covering quantitative, qualitative, digital, creative, visual, mixed, and multimodal methods.
Our research impact is the demonstrable contribution that our work makes to society – to individuals, communities, organisations, nations and the economy.
This impact toolkit is for social science researchers applying for and receiving funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
The first video in this series introduces the concept of research impact, and how knowledge generated from research benefits people’s health and wellbeing, how healthcare services are delivered, and how health and care research can bring about benefits to our society and our economy.
Build your existing project management knowledge and develop the skills to manage teams and deliver effective projects.
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