08.30

Registration and sign in

08.45

Introduction & welcome
Dr Susan Shenkin, Reader and Honorary Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian
Dr Eve Miller-Hodges, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Inherited Metabolic Diseases and Renal Medicine, University of Edinburgh

09.10

The research process and types of study
Dr Susan Shenkin, Reader and Honorary Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian

09.40

Brief introduction to critical appraisal 
Dr Peter Gallacher, Clinical Research Fellow and General Practice Trainee, University of Edinburgh/NHS Education for Scotland

Split into small groups to critically appraise

Zhang et al (2014) Adherence to healthy lifestyle and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus

Each group will have a facilitator

10.50

Critical appraisal summary (plenary):  feedback from individual groups and summarise main learning points
Dr Peter Gallacher, Clinical Research Fellow and General Practice Trainee, University of Edinburgh/NHS Education for Scotland

11.00

Break for tea/coffee

11.15

Designing a study - clinical trials
Professor Shaun Treweek, Professor of Health Services Research, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen

12.00

Designing a study - routine healthcare data
Dr Michael Poon, University of Edinburgh

12.30

Lunch break

14.00

Constructing a protocol
Dr Fiona Gifford, Clinical Research Fellow, Renal ST6, University of Edinburgh 

14.30

Apply for funding
Dr Robert Hunter, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow & Honorary Consultant in Renal Medicine, University of Edinburgh/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh

15.00

Break for tea/coffee
 

15.15

Desiging a study

Split into small groups to answer one of the suggested study questions and use the learning from the course to help design your study. You will be allocated a group and a question before the course. Each group will have a facilitator.  Allocate one group member as scribe to write a short summary in a word document and submit to charis.wong@ed.ac.uk 
 

1) Introduction: a few sentences of justification for your study

2) Methods: specify your study design, and outline PICO

3) Costs: consider what you will need to perform your study with a brief estimate of costs

15.55

"The funding panel" Feedback on study design (plenary)
Each group to present their study, and faculty to feedback and decide whether study should be funded
 

16.15

Academic career pathways

• Dr Gordon Duncan, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Consultant Physicians & NHS Research Scotland, Career Research Fellow
• Dr Una Clancy, Clinical Academic Fellow in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, Chief Scientist Office of Scotland
• Dr Karin Purshouse, ECAT Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Specialty Registrar in Medical Oncology

17.00

End of day one
Summary and feedback

08.30

Registration and sign in

09.00

Approvals: ethics, MHRA, NHS R&D, others/ ethics review session
Dr Eve Miller-Hodges, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Inherited Metabolic Diseases and Renal Medicine, University of Edinburgh

09.30

Practical Ethical Review (plenary discussion)
Dr Eve Miller-Hodges, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Inherited Metabolic Diseases and Renal Medicine, University of Edinburgh

Please read  IRAS 11/SS/0038 Telemetric Monitoring of Hypertension in the Community, and consider your feedback before the course:  the Ethical Review Form template will help you 

You will have 20 minutes to do this individually, and then we will review it (using the Ethical Review Form) as a whole group

10.20

Course break for tea/coffee
 

10.35

Project management and data management
Dr Meghan Perry, Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases & GIM, NHS Lothian

11.15

Analysing your data
Dr Andrew Chapman, Specialist Registrar and Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh

11.45

Lunch break

13.45

Writing up and publishing your results
Dr Susan Shenkin, Reader in Geriatric Medicine and Honorary Consultant, University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian

14.30

Write an abstract

Split into assigned pairs/threes:  Please read the research study "Delirium after stroke and neuroimaging biomarkers on Computer Teomography (CT) scans"  and use this to write a 250 word abstract for conference submission.  Guidance on abstract format for the conference you are submitting to is included in the pre-course material.  Submit to susan.shenkin@ed.ac.uk

15.15

Group evaluation and discussion of the abstracts
Dr Charis Wong, Clinical Trial Fellow, Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, University of Edinburgh

15.45

Wrap up and finish