Event Dates: 6th, 14th and 22nd June 2023 (only)

Host: The Impact Accelerator Unit, Keele Medical School, Staffordshire UK (held online via MS Teams)

Aim: to improve knowledge and understanding of the practical ways to design and use knowledge mobilisation strategies in health and care practice.

Combining talks and interactive breakout sessions, you will be guided through the theories and practical strategies to support knowledge mobilisation in research design and practice.  

Objectives: 

• Understand the practical ways in which knowledge mobilisation theory can be applied to implementation and why this is important 
• Understand the important role of knowledge mobilisation in getting best evidence into health and care practice and policy 
• Understand how to design a knowledge mobilisation and implementation strategy 
• Consider how to better engage stakeholders and know which stakeholders to engage in the implementation process 
• Understand how to influence organisations and policy 
• Understand different types of impact and pathways to impact  
• Understand our how our Impact Accelerator Unit works and how to establish your own ‘impact team’ 
• Develop a draft knowledge mobilisation proposal or implementation strategy for funding 

Keynote lecture from John Gabbay and Andree Le May and a host of sessions delivered by renowned NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Fellows.

This 4 day course will improve your knowledge and skills in the design, practical conduct, management and analysis of randomised clinical trials (RCTs). Through a combination of talks and workshop activities, you will be guided through the principles, methodology and practical implementation of RCTs.

Objectives:

• Evaluate key components of clinical trials (e.g. trial recruitment, randomisation, blinding, data quality)
• Appreciate the value and role of research governance when applied to clinical trials
• Practical experience of protocol development
• Enhance critical appraisal skills of published trials
• Develop data management and analysis skills
• Appreciate the role of health economics and qualitative research in clinical trials

Closer to the event infomraiton on how to join will be provided

Running randomised clinical trials - Keele University

This 3-day summer school is designed to introduce the key components and uses of prognosis research to health professionals and researchers, including:

• a framework of four different prognosis research questions: overall prognosis, prognostic factors, prognostic models, and stratified medicine
• key principles of study design and methods
• interpretation of statistical results about prognosis
• the use of prognosis research evidence at multiple stages on the translational pathway toward improving patient outcome
• the limitations of current prognosis research, and how the field can be improved

The course consists of lectures from a core faculty of epidemiologists, statisticians and clinical researchers, alongside group work and discussion sessions.

To attend the course please complete the form in the link below to receive the necessary token to complete the purchase.