Health Care Research Wales Training
The Health and Care Research Wales Support Centre provides a high-quality Wales-wide training programme to support excellence in health and social care research studies.
In response to UK government’s guidelines in response to COVID-19 outbreak, we will not be holding face-to-face training throughout Wales until advised otherwise.
However, e-learning courses are available and you can complete the training in your own time.
The Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and GCP Refresher sessions are CPD accredited, the certificate can be downloaded on completion of the course.
We are working to extend the library of e-learning available from Health and Care Research Wales, please return to this page to check for updates.
Further information:
https://www.healthandcareresearch.gov.wales/training-and-development/
Health Data Research Futures
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Motivational Interviewing: Introductory and refresher
2-day workshop
Date: Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th September, 9.30 am – 5 pm
Venue: Glamorgan County Cricket, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, CF11 9XR.
Trainers: Orla Adams & Stephen Rollnick
This 2-day workshop will be of interest to people in diverse settings and circumstances where conversations about change are an everyday reality. It will include a basic overview of motivational interviewing (MI) with opportunities for further exploration of how MI skills can be developed.
The workshop will include:
- An overview of MI and it’s foundations in good practice
- The core skills, four processes in change conversations and change language
- MI-consistent advice giving
- Opportunities to practice with feedback
A wide range of learning methods will be used to create an enjoyable atmosphere for learning and sharing ideas. These will include demonstration, video observation, brief content lectures, discussion, and focused practice.
This two-day workshop will be led by Orla Adams RD with contributions by Stephen Rollnick, Ph.D. It will be an introduction to Motivational Interviewing for some participants and a refresher for those people who have attended MI training previously.
The Trainers
Orla Adams, RD. is a registered Dietitian originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland and now living in Cardiff, Wales. She has 25 years’ experience working in the NHS and specialising in weight management. She delivers MI training for multiple disciplines in health care alongside her NHS work. Orla became a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers) in 2011. She has served as supportive committee member for MINT UK and Ireland chapter and continues to serve on the Program Planning Committee for the annual international MINT Forum. Orla completed her training in MICA (Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment) in 2019 and also completed training in learning to use MITI (Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity) 4.2.1 in 2020. Orla is passionate about supporting people to develop their skills and confidence with Motivational Interviewing.
Stephen Rollnick, Ph.D. is a retired clinical psychologist, co-founder of MI and currently Honorary Distinguished Professor in the Cochrane Institute of Public Health and Primary Care, Cardiff University, Wales. He was a practicing mental health psychologist in the UK NHS for 16 years and pioneered the application of MI in health care. Over the last 25 years he has trained practitioners in diverse settings and cultures. He and William Miller have collaborated closely over this period, and produced three editions of the basic text on MI. Along with close colleagues they developed the international MINT network for trainers. Steve’s current work involves a book for schoolteachers, one for sports coaches and consultation and training in sport and healthcare.
Cost
£300.00
This includes:
- 2 full days of workshop-based training
- Refreshments and food
- Parking (limited, pre-booking required)
- Discount codes to use for optional pre-workshop preparation:
- New book: 20% discount MI in Health Care second edition (2022).
- Online training: 50% discount for Psychwire online courses produced by Miller, Rollnick & Moyers
Visit the Cardiff MI workshops website for further information and registration.
JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review training programme
To develop, conduct and report comprehensive systematic reviews in order to provide the strongest possible evidence to inform decision making or clinical guidelines in healthcare.
Our JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review (CSR) Training Programme is designed to prepare researchers and clinicians to develop, conduct and report comprehensive systematic reviews of qualitative and quantitative evidence, following the JBI approach and using the JBI SUMARI software.
12 June, 13-16 June and 19-21 June 2023
Principal Investigator basics
Date: Access on demandLocation: OnlineThis course is designed for those who are new to the role of Principal Investigator (PI) or are interested in becoming a PI. This course defines the responsibilities of a PI leading the conduct of a study at a research site and demonstrates the skills and behaviours required for an effective PI. This course assumes delegates are already working in a research environment and have previously completed an Introduction to Good Clinical Practice.
NIHR Learn
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Learn is an online platform that offers NIHR accredited learning programmes. It offers a range of courses to develop your knowledge of clinical research, and the programmes developed by international leaders from the clinical research field are available to anyone directly employed by the NHS, UK universities and other publicly funded organisations conducting and supporting clinical research.
MSc Clinical Research
The link to the course information and application details is here: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/clinical-research
Health Research Authority e-learning modules
The Health Research Authority has developed a number of e-learning modules as an aid for researchers, R&D staff, study sponsors, research ethics committee members and the wider research community. Read more
Social Research Association Training
Please see the Social Research Association website for details regarding upcoming training courses:
http://the-sra.org.uk/training/
FutureLearn
FutureLearn offers a diverse selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions around the world, most of which are free to complete.
For more information and to browse their list of courses, visit the FutureLearn website
