This interactive session has been developed for staff new to the role of Principal Investigator (PI) or about to take on the role. A prerequisite of the course is to have completed Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training. Please note courses are convened for groups of a minimum of five members of staff.
The session is planned for approximately 2 hours and will include the following learning outcomes:
- Understand the PI’s responsibilities in leading the conduct of a research study at a site
- Recognise what makes an effective PI and the importance of effective leadership in study identification, set-up, recruitment and conduct
- Understand and reflect on the skills and behaviours required to be an effective PI
- Know how to access support: you are not alone, help and support is available.
This interactive session has been developed for staff new to the role of Principal Investigator (PI) or about to take on the role. A prerequisite of the course is to have completed Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training. Please note courses are convened for groups of a minimum of five members of staff.
For further information about this course please contact Victoria Cox.
Face to face training dates
Dates 2023 – to follow soon.
Online training
Online training is provided by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) via their CRN Learn platform. If you do not have a CRN Learn account you can register for one following the instructions below.
Setting up a CRN Learn account
You may either register with your work email or if you have one, you can use your NIHR Google account to register.
- Go to the CRN Learn home page.
- Click “Create a new account”.
- Enter all of the required information.
- Tick the box labelled “I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions” and press “Next”.
- A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the email address you have provided asking you to unlock your account. Please follow the instructions in the email and continue until you reach the end of the account creation process.
- You will be asked to add details of your job role, organisation and geographical area. You may need to log out and back in, to save this information.
- Your account is created ONLY WHEN you have added this information and your full name appears at the top right hand corner of the screen.
- Access the required learning by going to the Home page: look under CRN South London, CRN North West London and CRN North Thames as they are running the new online facilitated sessions – select the link for the training you require.
Please note:
- Please use your work email address (if you have one). This enables NIHR CRN learn to provide faster access to courses for individuals in automatically eligible organisations.
- Please make sure that you can access your work email account during the entire account creation process. They will send information to this.
- Once your account is created, you will be able to access CRN Learn via any internet enabled computer or device. If you have any queries, or experience any booking problems, please contact [email protected] on 01634 471047.