Research Skills for Clinicians
Course for Medical Trainees and other health care professionals in the Eastern Deanery
21st & 22nd January 2017
Møller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge
Draft - Course Programme (subject to change)
Day 1 – Saturday 21st Jan 2017
09.45 - 10.00 Arrival, registration and refreshments
10.00 Introduction to the course
10.15 - 10.45 “How I became a clinical researcher”
A personal journey from Clinician to becoming a Clinician Researcher; how research
has influenced my clinical practice, assistance received on the way, challenges
encountered
10.45 - 11.20 Introduction to the principles and processes of clinical research
Dr Robert Rintoul, Consultant and Clinician Researcher in Respiratory Medicine, Papworth Hospital
11.20 - 11.40 Refreshment break
11.40 - 13.00 Critical Appraisal of clinical research papers
A generic introduction followed by practical exercise with an example
Dr Bristi Basu, Academic Medical Oncologist in Experimental Cancer Therapeutics,
University of Cambridge
13.00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14.00 - 15.20 Designing a research project - practical exercise
Following an introduction into the exercise, three groups of 6 trainees will choose from a set of research ideas/vignettes and use a checklist for how the idea could be turned into a research project. The vignettes will be based on simple clinical scenarios.
The exercise aims to encourage exploration of the practical steps needed to begin a
project.
Dr Thomas Krieg, Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cambridge;
Honorary Consultant Physician, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
15.20 – 15.35 Break
15.35 – 16.40 Presentations and discussion of research proposals designed before the break
Dr Thomas Krieg and Prof Christi Deaton Professor, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Research, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
16.40 – 17.45 Presenting research data
How to give an oral or poster presentation. Writing an academic paper. Choosing and submitting to a journal. Etiquette on authorship.
Professor Krishna Chatterjee, Professor of Endocrinology, Director of the Addenbrooke’s Clinical Research Centre, Deputy Director of the Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
18.00 - 19.15 Networking buffet course dinner
This provides an opportunity to individually discuss research and research careers with experienced clinician researchers also attending the dinner.
With Professor Krish Chatterjee, Dr Thomas Krieg and Professor Christi Deaton
Day 2 - Sunday 22nd Jan 2017
09.30 - 10.50 An introduction to the key concepts in statistics relevant to clinical research,
including worked examples
Dr Stephen Sharp, Senior Statistician, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge
10.50 - 11.05 Break
11.05 - 12.20 Important concepts and issues of Clinical Trials of Drugs
including a practical exercise
Speaker tbc
12.20 - 12.50 Patient and Public Involvement in clinical research
Joann Leeding, Communications & PPI Strategic Lead, NIHR Biomedical Research
Centre, Cambridge
12.50 - 13.40 Lunch
13.40 – 14:35 Practical exercise - ethical considerations in clinical research
Kornelia Hathaway, member of the Research Ethics Committee, Cambridgeshire & North Hertfordshire
14.35 – 15:00 Ethical issues in Clinical Research
A mix of speakers
15.00 - 15.05 Brief break
15.05 - 15.55 How to start your research, incl. different academic research training pathways for Medics
Dr Thomas Krieg
in parallel
How to start your research, incl. different academic research training pathways for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals
Professor Christi Deaton
15.55– 16.00 Close
For further information please contact:
Kornelia Hathaway, Education and Training Manager, Addenbrooke’s Clinical Research Centre,
e-mail: or tel 01223 596058
Health Education East of England