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​Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists , Allied Health Professionals and related roles.

Where you can make a difference:

Having an awareness of research and recruiting studies relevant to your areas of work,  knowing how to talk to patients about research as an option and refer them on to research staff as appropriate. 

Linking with Research Nurses, and Clinical Research Practitioners is likely to be really helpful all round.

Include any research activity when considering personal development plans and writing appraisal documents.


 Your influence is high in:
  • having an awareness of research and its importance in patient care.
  • knowing about research studies within your specialty area/department.
  • knowing how to refer patients who may be suited as study participants to research staff. 
  • being ready, within your time constraints, to support studies being run in your specialty area. 
  • knowing your options for initiating research in your clinical area and being aware of who can help. 

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Clinician equipoise on applied research

Click here for the position statement from the NIAA founding partners. 

Media, tools, support and links

  • ​Your R&D Team​
  • ‘Be Part of Research’ NIHR site shows current research in a wide range of clinical areas and where and how patients can take part.

​   Using research evidence and applied health research:
  • Find out how the Library & Knowledge Service can support you with research and publication 
  • Search for research evidence through the NIHR site
  • View Collaborating in Applied Health Research (NIHR)
 
Support:
  • Working with your Trust R&D team and NIHR 
  • Talk to your divisional manager

NIHR Training:
  • Research Support Service (NIHR) for help with a new study idea 
  • Career development in research (NIHR):links on the NIHR website
  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) course (NIHR): the basics for undertaking research (free training course)
    'We recommend that  team members leading and delivering research complete, as a minimum, the Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) course (online or face-to-face).  This should be followed by additional specialist courses where appropriate (e.g. Informed Consent) and regular GCP Refresher training'.
  • Associate PI Scheme:  The Associate Principal Investigator Scheme aims to develop health and care professionals to become the Principal Investigators (PIs) of the future
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