Training Opportunities

Conducting a Systematic Review: a practical guide

Date: 09 –12 April 2018
Venue: Specialist Unit for Review Evidence, Cardiff University, Heath Park Campus
Course Fee: £750(Reduced fee of £650 available for Cardiff University staff/students)
An early bird discount of £50 is available to all who enrol before 31st January 2018

Course Objectives

An intensive four-day course to introduce you to the necessary skills to complete a systematic review.

Introduction to systematic reviewing and developing a protocol
Literature searching and selection of studies
Critical appraisal of quantitative and qualitative data
Extracting data
Meta-analysis or narrative synthesis
Reporting and disseminating results

Interactive Skill Development

Participants come to the course with a research topic and leave with a draft protocol for their systematic review.

Study Methods

Small group teaching
Workshops
Interactive tutorials with hands-on practical work
Group work

Target Audience

The course will appeal to all those interested in undertaking a systematic review, of particular relevance to those with a healthcare background.

Postgraduate researchers
Healthcare professionals
Information specialists and librarians
Policy makers

Tutors

Cardiff University’s specialist team has extensive experience of undertaking reviews and teaching evidence-based methodologies.

Contexts, Mechanisms and Beyond! Realist Methodology in Health & Care Research

Date: 14 April 2018
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Venue: Bangor University
Cost: £90.00

Are you involved in research which uses a realist approach?

Then sign up for this interactive and reflective day, with opportunities to share experiences and learn about realist methodology.

The day will consist of a keynote presentation by Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone and a series of workshops on current and recent realist enquiry. Read more and book

Qualitative methods training

INTRODUCTION TO FOCUS GROUPS

11th May 2018

“I go on a lot of training courses. This was one of the best I have been to! So rarely do you get practical experience whilst training. Excellently structured and facilitated course.”
This one day course is aimed at health professionals, researchers, academics and postgraduate students who want to develop skills in organising and facilitating focus groups and in analysing focus group data. Everyone is welcome, regardless of research background. The course is suitable for those with little or no understanding of focus group method as well as those wishing to review and broaden existing skills. Practical exercises and small group work will be used throughout the course to develop competence in designing topic guides, moderating focus groups and analysing data.

INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING

16th May 2018

This one-day course is aimed at health professionals, researchers, academics and postgraduate students who have little or no experience of qualitative interviewing. Everyone is welcome, regardless of research background. Previous courses have attracted researchers from a wide range of disciplines including health professionals, social scientists and educators. The only requirements are an interest in qualitative interviewing and the desire to conduct better interviews. The course provides hands on practical experience of different qualitative interviewing skills.

ANALYSING QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW

17th-18th May 2018

This two day course is aimed at health professionals, researchers, academics and postgraduate students who are planning to undertake or manage qualitative research using in-depth or semi structured interviews or those who have already collected qualitative interview data which they are unsure how to analyse. Everyone is welcome, regardless of research background. The course introduces the principles and practice of qualitative interview data analysis, with particular emphasis on thematic analysis techniques. It uses a combination of practical workshops, group discussions and formal lectures. The course also gives an overview of other approaches to qualitative analysis.

INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

23-27 April 2018

This one week course is aimed at health professionals, researchers, academics and postgraduate students with little or no understanding of qualitative research methods. Everyone is welcome, regardless of research background. The course provides hands on practical experience of different qualitative methods including in-depth interviewing, focus groups and ethnography, as well as developing skills in thematic analysis. It is particularly suited for people who are starting work on a project with a qualitative dimension, doctoral students at the beginning of their projects, and those who are thinking about using qualitative research methods. The course also provides a useful introduction/refresher for researchers, academics, or managers who are supervising students or staff doing qualitative research projects.

For more information about other qualitative courses, please visit the main webpage:
https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-courses-in-qualitative-research-methods

NHS Leadership Academy Programmes

The Edward Jenner Programme - Leadership Foundations

Whether you’re new to the NHS or an aspiring leader at the start of your journey, you’re the perfect candidate for the NHS Leadership Academy’s Edward Jenner programme – the foundation of great leaders. It’s free, flexible and enlightening. And with open access, there’s nothing to stop you going for it today.

The programme has been re-designed to offer even more flexibility with two units to complete at your own pace. Launch takes up to five hours,Foundations is designed to be studied over six weeks.

Read more: http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/programmes/the-edward-jenner-programme/

Find out more about Launch and Foundations in the video below: