Research Courses
(Designed for any health care professional of any band with a research idea and a passion for driving forwards evidence-based practice)
Next cohort starts
September 2026!
From idea to conference submission
£699
Do you have a great research idea, but aren’t sure how to take it further? This full course will take you through all the stages of research - from the initial idea, to research question development, literature review and finally submitting to conference.(36 teaching hours, including 1 individual, 3 peer supervision sessions and presenting at the Beyond Preceptorship Conference).
From research project to conference submission
£299
Have you already completed a project, audit, dissertation or research project? Not sure how to get your research idea out there?
This short course will take you through the skills you need to write an abstract, create a poster and find out how to make the most of your conference experience.
(10 teaching hours including 1 individual, 2 peer supervision sessions.
Plus the Beyond Preceptorship Conference).
These courses are designed for any health care professional of any band with a research idea and a passion for driving forwards evidence-based practice.
We will be with you every step of the way to champion your research!
What’s included
Monthly courses
‘From Idea to Conference Submission’ consists of 36 teaching hours:
8 monthly online teaching sessions, to allow time in between to reflect and put the information into practice.
1 individual supervision session to discuss your research idea.
3 group drop-in sessions to help you refine your research ideas.
Research Idea and Practical sessions
The only criteria for starting this course is that you come with a research idea. It doesn’t need to be fully formed or thought out, it only needs to be a glimmer of a project!
Throughout the course, you will be given practical research tasks to do independently to put the theory into practice and to take your research from idea to a conference-ready abstract and poster.
This will be presented as a research poster for our Beyond Preceptorship conference at the end of the course.
Research Course - From idea to conference submission
£699
(36 teaching hours)
The timetable includes:
Individual supervision sessions, including research self assessment evaluation (to be arranged individually).
Research drop in sessions - Dates TBC
Course Introduction, Where to start?, Introduction to PICOT question and Scenarios, How a conference works.
Introduction to Quality improvement, starting own Project plan, and registering your audit/research.
Ethics and governance, Introduction to Good Clinical Practice and PPIE.
Methodology, Types of research, Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research.
Literature Searching, Outcome Measures and Clinical Utility.
Evaluation, Critical Appraisal and Using AI in research.
How to write an abstract, How to create a poster, How to take research further and Research careers.
Beyond Preceptorship conference and graduation.
Course Dates
From Idea to Conference Submission - Full course (36 hours)
Sept 2026-27 Cohort Dates - Wednesdays 09.30-13.30
9th Sept | 7th Oct | 4th Nov | 2nd Dec | 6th Jan | 3rd Feb | 17th March | Research Drop in sessions and Beyond Preceptorship Conference 2027 dates TBC | (Individual supervision booked separately)
From Research Project to Conference Submission (10 hours, plus Beyond Preceptorship Conference)
Oct 2026 Cohort
19th October 09.30-11.30 | 16th November Abstract peer supervision 09.30-11.30 | 18th January 2027 09.30-12 | 8th March Poster Peer Supervision 09.30-12.00 | Preceptorship Conference 2027 dates TBC | (Individual supervision booked separately)