Leading Clinical Research Delivery (Online) The University of Exeter

Overview

Within this Leading Clinical Research Delivery (Online) Postgrad.Cert from The University of Exeter you'll:

• Gain the necessary networks, skills and confidence needed to lead and support clinical research by focusing on the practical elements of clinical research

• Benefit from flexible access to high-quality interactive online learning and modules that have been tailored to meet the challenges and opportunities for clinical research in the 21st Century NHS
• Examine the infrastructures and policies shaping clinical research, learn how to engage with patients, plan projects, manage budgets and gain practical experience by supporting a current clinical research project
• The programme will support the Government’s plan to create a world-leading UK clinical research environment. The report Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery provides further detail of the ambitious vision for the future of clinical research delivery.
• For September 2022 entry, we are delighted to be able to offer 39 Department of Health and Social Care bursaries, covering full tuition fees for eligible applicants. Bursaries will be awarded to NHS / publicly-funded healthcare workers in England on a first come, first served basis. Eligible applicants will be offered bursaries via email after the offer of a place on the programme has been made. NB. Due to a high level of interest, we have now offered all 39 bursaries. If you are interested in applying to the course but will need financial support, please speak to your employer in the first instance. There may also be charities and professional organisations related to your specialism who would be willing to fund your place.

Career opportunities:

• The NHS needs to develop and retain a broad range of clinician researchers, individuals with responsibility for leading or contributing to research locally within their clinical setting, to lead and support high quality clinical research in areas where there is the greatest disease burden. The PGCert in Leading Clinical Research Delivery provides an alternative route into clinical research for experienced clinicians who are new to clinical research.
• The programme will provide the necessary networks, skills and confidence needed for clinicians to lead and support clinical research.