Inclusivity within Research Processes
Research can improve health outcomes; however, many groups, including people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, people from minoritised groups, and those with impaired cognition, have been historically under-served by researchers. This is now being recognised by funders, regulatory bodies and charities and a shift in research culture, to design and conduct inclusive projects is slowly evolving. Academics working at both the University of Bristol and other external institutes (including those who are tutors on this course) have been leading on developing inclusive methodology and processes for reducing inequalities in healthcare research.
Date | 2 - 3 December 2024 |
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Fee | £0 (pilot course) |
Format | Online |
Audience | Internal University of Bristol only, pilot course (prerequisites apply) |
This internal course is open to University of Bristol staff and PGR students only. If you are unsure whether you are eligible to attend please contact us.
Course profile
This course aims to provide an understanding on how to ensure inclusivity is considered throughout the life cycle of a research project.
Please click on the sections below for more information.
Structure
This introductory online course will be taught over two half-days and will include both live and pre-recorded material, as well as interactive elements (e.g. case study RCT on who should be included and why, challenges you and your team may face, and overcoming the barriers).
Intended Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, as participants, you should be able to:
- understand who to include in your research study;
- understand where your research study should take place;
- understand the importance of including community engagement in your research project;
- identify possible barriers for people who want to take part in research;
- gain insight into the tools and guidance which are available and use strategies to help you design and conduct an inclusive research project;
- understand how to sufficiently resource an inclusive research project; and
- address what data you should collect and when to monitor inclusivity within your project.
Target audience
This course is designed for:
- Researchers working on studies/trials involving human participants
- Trial managers and co-ordinators
- Chief Investigators / Principal Investigators
- Other specialists looking to understand inclusive research processes including clinicians, health care and public health researchers
Outline
The course will specifically cover:
- introduction to inclusivity;
- how to decide who should be in your research study;
- measures to redress mistrust in research;
- ways to address language barriers and accessibility issues in research;
- how to design and budget for an inclusive research study; and
- how and when do you collect protected characteristic data to monitor inclusion of a diverse population in your study.
Teaching staff
This course is taught by staff from the University of Bristol and other Higher Education Institutions including researchers from Trial Forge and the MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership Inclusivity subgroup.
Prerequisites
To make sure the course is suitable for you and you will benefit from attending, please ensure you meet the following prerequisites before booking:
Eligibility |
This course is available to University of Bristol staff and postgraduate researchers only. Candidates must be able to fully attend the course and provide feedback. |
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Conditions |
Pilot courses are extremely popular and all live sessions must be attended in full. You should only book onto this course if you are able to commit to attending in full and have time to provide detailed feedback. Attendance is monitored. Failure to attend in full, without a valid reason, will result in your access to pilot course materials being rescinded and you will not be permitted to attend any further pilot courses within the same academic year. |
Bookings
Before booking this course, please make sure you read the information provided above about the target audience and prerequisites. It is important that you have access to the relevant IT resources needed for the course and meet the knowledge prerequisites to ensure you can get the most from the course.
We do not charge fees for pilot courses, nor do they count against your allocation of free course places. However, in return we ask that you take the time to provide full and thorough feedback so we can effectively evaluate the success of the course.
Pilot courses are extremely popular and all live sessions must be attended in full. You should only book onto this course if you are able to commit to attending in full and have time to provide detailed feedback. Attendance is monitored. Failure to attend in full, without a valid reason, will result in your access to pilot course materials being rescinded and you will not be permitted to attend any further pilot courses within the same academic year.
Bookings are taken via our online booking system, for which you must register an account. To check if you are eligible for free or discounted courses please see our fees and voucher packs page. All bookings are subject to our terms & conditions, which can be read in full How to pay your short course fees..
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Course materials
Participants are granted access to our virtual learning platform (Blackboard) 1 to 2 weeks in advance of the course. This allows time for any pre-course work to be completed and to familiarise with the platform.
To gain the most from the course, we recommend that you attend in full and participate in all interactive components. We endeavour to record all live lecture sessions and upload these to the online learning environment within 24 hours. This allows course participants to review these sessions at leisure and revisit them multiple times. Please note that we do not record breakout sessions.
All course participants retain access to the online learning materials and recordings for 3 months after the course.
Please note that this is a pilot course and therefore no Materials & Recordings (UoB only) option is available.
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Note: Access to this pilot course is restricted to Bristol Medical School staff and PGR students.
Bookings close 2 weeks before the course start date.
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