Introduction to health and care research

Introductory

This lesson aims to provide you with a brief introduction to health and care research and provide a context for the rest of this unit. Depending on your role and experience, you may wish to skip this lesson.
You may also be interested in the ‘introduction to research methods’ unit.

What is Health Research?

Developed by the University of Leeds and the National Institute of Health Research. This free course three week course is hosted via FutureLearn, providing an introduction to health research. ‘Explore the world of health research and the role volunteers play in transforming treatments and improving health care.’ Explore the world of health research and the role volunteers play in transforming treatments and improving health care.

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Training resources

Introductory

NIHR Introduction to health and care research
The NIHR have developed a webpage which introduces health and care research as well as providing information about support and training which is available.

Introductory

Future Learn – What is Health Research?
Developed by the University of Leeds and the National Institute of Health Research. This free course three week course is hosted via FutureLearn, providing an introduction to health research. ‘Explore the world of health research and the role volunteers play in transforming treatments and improving health care.’