DRAFT Educational Resources

Below is a list of educational resources, which we have signposted to help support you in your research. The educational resources have been split into three categories - eLearning, Resources and Edinburgh CRF Courses.

The eLearning and Resources are free resources available online, sourced from approved providers.
(Note: You may need to sign up to the provider in order to access some of the resources on offer, please see further details below).

We will review and update this page on a regular basis, so please do refer back in future. If there are any free resources which you know of that aren't listed, please feel free to share these by contacting us at education@edinburghcrf.ed.ac.uk

{Note: Last updated July 2023}.

Please note, for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and Health Research Authority (HRA) resources, the information provided may not all be applicable, as it is aimed at those conducting clinical research in England, so please use it as a general resource. To access NIHR, HRA and UKRI MRC eLearning courses, you will need to create an account.

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

  • Introduction to the Clinical Research Network (Duration approx. 65min) 
  • Innovations in Clinical Trial Design and Delivery for the Under-Served (INCLUDE Project) (Duration approx 1hr)
  • Increasing Participation of Ethnic Minority Groups in Health and Social Care Research 
  • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Researchers 
  • Research and Quality Improvement Learning Community for Primary Care
  • Future of Health: Focus on Innovation in Trial Design and Study Delivery
  • Attributing the Costs of health and social care Research and Development
  • NIHR: Fundamental
  1. Fundamentals of Clinical Research Delivery for Laboratory Staff
  2. Fundamentals of Clinical Research for IMP Management
  3. Research Practice in Clinical Settings
  • NIHR: Informed Consent
  1. Informed Consent with Difference Communities
  2. Informed Consent with Children
  3. Informed Consent including Adults Lacking Capacity
  4. NIHR: Remote Consent
  • NIHR: Leadership and Development - Modules
  1. Courageous and compelling conversations  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  2. Building resilience to navigate complexity and change  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  3. Optimising development  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  4. Compassionate and inclusive leadership  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  5. Building strength in your team  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  6. My leadership brand (Duration approx 2hrs)
  7. Building an effective network  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  8. Leading change and innovation  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  9. Collaborating across organisational boundaries  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  10. Empowerment and motivation  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  11. Creative problem solving  (Duration approx 2hrs)
  12. Leader as coach  (Duration approx 2hrs)

 

Health Research Authority (HRA)

  • Medical Devices (being reviewed)
  • Research involving participants lacking mental capacity (Duration approx. 30min)
  • Research involving exposure to ionising radiation (Duration approx. 1hr)
  • Research Tissue Banks: An introduction (Part 1)
  • Research Tissue Banks: An introduction (Part 2)
  • Research involving human tissue (Duration: approx 45min)
  • Plain Language Summaries (Duration: approx 20min)

 

MHRA

  • Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs): Reporting makes medicine safer (Duration approx 45min; Login not required)

 

UKRI MRC

  • Research, GDPR and Confidentiality - what you really need to know (Duration approx 45 min)
  • Research and Human Tissue Legislation (Duration approx 45min)

 

University of Edinburgh (UoE)

  1. Research Data in Context
  2. Preparing your data for archiving
  3. FAIR sharing and access
  4. Data management planning
  5. Keeping research data safe
  6. Data handling tutorials
  7. Organising data
  8. Protecting sensitive data

 

Future Learn  (Certification/statement of accomplishment is available upon completion for a small fee)

 

Coursera (Certification/statement of accomplishment is available upon completion for a small fee)


These online resources can be used to complement your learning and development, as well as support you in your clinical research work.

Please note for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) resources, the information provided may not all be applicable, as it is aimed at those conducting clinical research in England, so please use it as a general resource. To access NIHR online resources, you will need to create an account, unless otherwise stated..

 

Toolkits

 

Videos

  1. What is a Clinical Academic Career? (Duration approx 7min 42)
  2. Forming your Team (Duration approx 5min 17)
  3. Finding a Mentor (Duration approx 4min 10)
  4. What makes a Good Application (Duration approx 4min 55)
  5. Developing your Training Plans (Duration approx 3min 28)
  6. Public and Patient Involvement (Duration approx 6min 01)
  7. The Interview (Duration approx 9min 12)
  8. Intellectual Property and Enterprise (Duration approx 10min 21)
  9. Personal Stories (Duration approx 19min 02)
  10. Source on Information (Duration approx 2min 18)
  1. Data Mindfulness: Making the most of your dissertation
  2. Research Data Service videos for mobile
  3. Research Data Service Use Cases

Note: You may wish to subscribe to NIHRtv, ResearchDataUoE,  

 

Podcasts

Note: You may wish to download podcasts from your App Store or Google Play; and/or follow interested groups

 

Webinars

  • NIHR: Writing for the web - Webinar
  • NIHR: Online media and social media - Webinar
  • NIHR: Informed Consent - Webinar

 

Guides/Workbooks/Articles


We run a variety of in-person and online courses and events covering a diverse range of topics relating to clinical research. 

To view a full list of courses on offer, please refer to our website.

From August 2023, we will be offering fully funded places on some of our courses, for University of Edinburgh (UoE) and NHS Lothian (NHSL) staff and students. Availability of funded place courses will be highlighted in the course fee section of the course description. For further details, please refer to the Terms and Conditions.

 


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