Training Resources
Resources to support you through the COVID-19 pandemic
Frequently asked questions about training (FAQs)
Information is now available on the newly launched ‘Resources to support you through the COVID-19 pandemic’ area on NIHR Learn.
The current list of resources includes guidance and support in the following areas:
- Conveying Difficult Information to patients and relatives
- Leading in uncertain times
- Personal resilience
- Remote working
- Understanding the science of COVID-19
- Wellbeing
NIHR Learn
For access to all courses listed below please visit the NIHR Learn website.
Help and advice for these courses can be found on the NIHR Learn Helpsite, or you can contact them on crn.servicedesk@nihr.ac.uk
Good Clinical Practice Training (GCP) e-learning
Available courses:
- Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) eLearning
- Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for IMP Management (Pharmacy)
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Refresher eLearning
- GCP Supporting templates
- GCP Glossary
Fundamentals of Research Delivery
- Research Practice in Clinical Settings
- Fundamentals of Clinical Research Delivery for Laboratory Staff
- Fundamentals of Clinical Research Delivery for IMP Management
Courses supporting the Informed Consent Process
- The Informed Consent Process Within Urgent Public Health Studies
- Informed Consent Fundamentals: COVID-19 Observational Studies
- Informed Consent in Emergency Setting
- Informed Consent in Paediatric Research
- Informed Consent with Adults Lacking Capacity
- Receiving Informed Consent with Adults Lacking Capacity (including Urgent Public Health Studies)
Public involvement training
We are not currently holding face to face public involvement in research training and we are working to extend the library of e-learning available.
We have developed an online introduction to public involvement short training course which can be accessed by researchers and members of the public involvement community.
An NIHR library of useful public involvement courses can be found here https://learningforinvolvement.org.uk/ which will eventually include those developed in and for Wales.
e-learning provided by the Health Research Authority (HRA):
The HRA has a growing programme of e-learning modules designed to support the research community. Listed below are some of the courses which can be accessed by registering on the HRA's Learning Management System.
- Medical Devices
- Use of the HRA Schedule of Events
- Research involving participants lacking mental capacity
- Research involving exposure to ionising radiation
- Research involving human tissue
- HRA/Health and Care Research Wales Approval-training for commercial and non-commercial studies
- Reviewing the research design of clinical trials
- Research Tissue Banks – an introduction
- How to ethically review a Research Tissue Bank – a guide for REC members
The Research and Development Forum-
Learning & Development - NHS R&D Forum (rdforum.nhs.uk)
Courses available:
- AcoRD training both practitioner and masterclass
- Essentials of NHS research
- Essentials of Research Sponsorship
- Monitoring
The UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC) Regulatory Support Centre
RSC LMS: All courses (byglearning.com)
Courses available:
- GDPR
- Human Tissue Act
- IRAS training and more
Skills for Health
Skills for Health is the leading provider for healthcare e-learning across the UK health sector, with over 500,000 completions per annum in the NHS alone.