Training workshops are delivered at our two-day Annual Conference and via online webinars to provide flexible and timely access to training.

We work with the NIHR on many of their workforce initiatives. Priority projects with the NIHR include:

• Scoping and defining the expanding and valuable role of Clinical Research Practitioners (CRP)
• NIHR UK Study visits in collaboration with International Association of Clinical Research Nurses
• NIHR International Nurses Day Celebration Events

Click here for the tools that have been developed by the Theme to support CRF staff training.

If you would like to share your CRF training tools with the Network or request for a training to be developed please contact us by clicking here. All requests will be reviewed by the Workforce Development Theme Leads and discussed at the relevant Theme Group Meeting.

Group Chair: Naomi Hickey, Glasgow CRF

The Education and Training Theme Group provides a forum where staff who lead on education and training in their CRF can collaborate, share expertise and develop new resources.

The Group have created guidance documents and training tools to support CRFs in training their staff. These documents are regularly reviewed and refined using feedback from CRFs. The group continues to contribute to and lead on projects derived from the Workforce Development Theme strategic objectives.

Group Co-chair (adults): Gail Mills, NIHR Sheffield CRF
Group Co-chair (paediatrics): Jane Martin, NIHR Southampton CRF

The Research Nurses and Practitioners Group provides support to adult and paediatric research nurses, advanced nurse practitioners and clinical research practitioners. The Group champions the identity and contribution of clinical research staff, who are highly valued within CRFs.

Through the development of standards and best practice guidance, the Group leads on the maintenance and improvement of patient experience and safety within research, and supports the Workforce Development strategic objectives. The Group also provides a forum where nursing staff and practitioners from various CRFs come together to share ideas and expertise.

Group Chair: James Gibson, Edinburgh CRF

The Quality Assurance (QA) Theme Group supports collaborative working by sharing good practice and developing guidance documents and tools. The Group develops common QA systems in CRFs to support high quality, safe and compliant research practices across the Network.

The Group also provides a forum where staff who lead on QA in their CRF can discuss QA topics via group meetings, online forums and workshops. Through collaboration the QA Group encourages a culture of continual quality improvement in every CRF in the Network.