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