Research Training
NHS Learning Hub: What is Health Research?
Data Literacy Short Course (51 minutes)
This data literacy short course is designed to help people understand how the NHS uses and stores healthcare data. It covers the following topics:
- Patient and citizen rights: The course explains your rights as a patient and citizen when it comes to your data.
- Health data research: The course describes how researchers use health data to learn more about health conditions and treatments.
- Risks and benefits: The course discusses the possible risks and benefits of using data.
This course is for anyone who is curious about data, especially if they have used NHS services and want to learn how their health data is stored and used. It is particularly helpful for people who have used NHS mental health services, as there are examples that specifically relate to mental health data.
After completing the course, you can take a quiz to test your knowledge.
Lunch and Learn sessions
Lunch and Learn research and service evaluation sessions
We ran a series of Lunch and Learn sessions from September to December 2022. Staff were able to attend short presentations and ask questions on a range of topics relating to research and service evaluations in the Trust. All sessions are available to view, and slides/resources are also available for some sessions.
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training
GCP training is provided by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN).
What is GCP training for?
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is the international ethical, scientific and practical standard to which all clinical research is GCP training conducted. Compliance with GCP provides public assurance that the rights, safety and wellbeing of research participants are protected and that research data are reliable.
Why do you need GCP training?
Everyone involved in the conduct of clinical research must be competent to perform their tasks, qualified by education, training and experience. This is a requirement of the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care 2005, the policy covering all research in the NHS in England, and in law (SI 2004/1031, Schedule 1, Part 2, 8) for those people working on clinical trials.
Who can access the training?
Any member of staff involved in clinical trials within the NHS are eligible to access the courses.
How is the training carried out?
GCP courses are offered in both a face to face environment as well as e-modules. For more information on dates visit the NIHR website.
Read more on the National Institute for Health and Care Research website.
Health Research Authority (HRA) training
The HRA provide a variety of training resources for researchers and members of staff who wish to understand more about the approvals process.
Alongside a selection of flowcharts, presentations and information sheets, the HRA provide eLearning modules which are available on the HRA Learning Management System. These include a module on the HRA Approval processes for commercial and non-commercial studies.
Making a Research Poster
Below is a range of articles and videos to help you create effective and innovative academic posters.
Different styles might suit different presentations and people. Although there are common themes running through most of them, each of these articles and videos has a slightly different take on what makes a good poster and provides a few different ideas.
Written articles (opens in a new tab)
How to create a poster presentation
Cardiff university
A fairly brief guide to producing a poster
Preparing a scientific poster
Community for Allied Health Professions Research
Preparing a poster presentation
American College of Physicians
A detailed article with lots of ideas, not only on how to design your poster, but what to do with it too
How to create a research poster
NYU Libraries
Short guide to producing posters with links to related resources to help
Designing conference posters
Colin Purrington
Guide & lots of examples of different styles and links to blank templates
How to design an award-winning conference poster
LSE Blog
Step by step guide to designing a poster that will stand out - in a good way
Making an impact with your poster
University of Liverpool
How to design an award-winning conference poster
Tullio Rossi
Videos (opens in a new tab)
Making a better research poster (4mins)
A short presentation showing 8 tips for creating a great research poster for a conference, from the Poster Illustration team at American Journal Experts
How not to design a poster (2mins)
Things not to do from Dr. Bruce Kirchoff (Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina) & Mike Morrison (PhD Student in Organizational Psychology at Michigan State University)
Mike Morrison on better posters (12mins)
Continuing from the presentation above - a brief video of some basic ideas for a better poster
How to create a better research poster in less time #1 (20mins)
Mike Morrison again with more details on how to make a better poster
How to create a better research poster in less time #2 (20mins)
Mike Morrison goes into more detail on creating better posters (includes link to templates)
Now you've got your poster
Giving an effective poster presentation (12mins, opens in a new tab)
Video by George Hess (Professor at NC state university)
Still struggling?
You can contact the Trust Knowledge and Library Services team who will see what they can do to help.
You can email them at libraryservice@nottshc.nhs.uk