LibGuides: Research LibGuide: Research skills training

SWSLHD Research and Ethics Office training opportunities

The Research and Ethics Office offer research training on a variety of topics such as research planning and process, research ethics applications, conducting clinical trials, understanding research contracts etc

REGIS, NSW’s ethics and governance system

REGIS, NSW’s ethics and governance system
Streamlining governance and ethics applications

The REGIS ethics and governance application system incorporates the National Health and Medical Research Council’s ethics application form, the Human Research Ethics Application, the Site-Specific Assessment application, post-approval and authorisation forms, progress reports, safety notifications and amendments, bringing all forms and documentation into one portal.

REGIS how-to videos on You Tube
The eHealth NSW REGIS team have created a wide range of REGIS 'How-to' videos and animated shorts that you can easily view on your desktop and mobile.

Bookmark the link and subscribe to be notified of new videos!

HETI training / My Health Learning

There are various relevant online courses available via My Health Learning including:
Research: Planning the Research Process (DEV933)
Research: Introduction for Beginners (40027982)
Easy Guide to Writing (40165467)
Presentation Skills (42033607)

NSW Health Commercialisation Training Program

NSW Health Commercialisation Training Program (via Cicada Innovations)
For anyone in NSW who wants to make a significant impact with their health innovation and successfully commercialise their idea or invention. Join the free NSW Health Commercialisation Training program information session to find out more

SMGCP online Refresher & Short course modules

SMGCP online Refresher & Short course modules

Sophie Mepham GCP provides TransCelerate accredited and CPD certified Good Clinical Practice online training in under an hour. The training is specifically designed for site clinical trials staff, or for those looking to work at site, such as Principal Investigators, Sub Investigators, Research Coordinators, Research Nurses, Clinical Research Assistants, Data Managers, Research Assistants and Pharmacists who work at Hospitals, Research Institutes and Universities. Students can choose between either the self-guided course for a fast yet comprehensive training program or, for a more indepth and detailed training option, select the guided course which features Sophie Mepham delivering with more detail and real-life scenarios. This GCP training is designed and ideally suited to clinical trials staff who are working at site level or who are looking for a career at site level.

Additional key points to enroll for the course:

To enrol click on ‘Enrol Free’ button right underneath the header. Don’t click on individual courses first, that way they can access the full list of courses.
Please enter full name as it will appear on the certificate, use work email ONLY to create the account, enter SPHERE related organisation as place of work
Some SPHERE partners include SWSLHD, UTS, WSU, UNSW and the Ingham Institute

Research Skills Training

DReSA: a portal for digital research training in Australasia
Digital Research Skills Australasia (DReSA), a portal for discovering digital research training events, materials, providers and trainers in Australia, New Zealand, and the region. DReSA is a critical piece of the ARDC's National Digital Research Skills Agenda, providing skills uplift opportunities across the sector. It was developed by the National Training Registry (NTR) Working Group, which was formed at the ARDC Skills Summit in 2020. The working group partnered with ELIXIR’s TeSS platform, and an exchange of the TeSS infrastructure resulted in the development of DReSA.
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A portal for digital trainers and researchers
Digital research training providers and trainers can use DReSA to:

Promote and share training events and materials
Contribute to the growing catalogue of materials
Establish collaborative training partnerships
Create provider and trainer profiles.
Researchers seeking training in digital research skills can use DReSA to:

Find training and materials by topic, location, organiser, audience, etc.
Subscribe to receive new events and materials.
Research support professionals will also benefit from the training materials on DReSA.

Researcher training in oral communication

Salis Institute researcher training : Captivate your listeners
When you talk about your research with diverse audiences – such as members of the public, researchers in other fields, or conference attendees – do you observe expressive eyes, affirmative head nods and interested questions? Or is it more like glazed-over eyes, sleepy head nods, and uncomfortable silences at question time?

If your audience seems more captive than captivated when you talk about your research, then your audience is probably not seeing the value of your research, and you may be missing out on opportunities to advance in research. Learning how to become a captivating speaker could help you enhance the impact of your research (e.g., by increasing the likelihood that it will be adopted by other researchers or groups), and could also help you obtain ongoing opportunities in research (e.g., through philanthropic funding, further invitations to speak at conferences, collaborations, grants or jobs).
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In this 90-minute training, Prof. Amanda Salis will show you strategies to help you become more captivating when you talk about your research. This comes from her experience of talking with diverse audiences about her research for over 30 years. This includes interviews with local, national and international TV and radio stations, live workshops and Zooms for the general public and researchers about research and research methodology, many of which were booked to capacity, over 75 oral presentations at national and international conferences, as well as helping members of her research team to prepare oral conference presentations, some of which led to best presentation awards.
Upcoming training from Salis Institute
The Salis Institute is offering a range of free virtual training opportunities on topics such as getting published, improving your writing, statistics and more...

Library Education and Training

CLIN Libraries provide a variety of Information and Research Skills training on research skills, effective searching, managing references, systematic reviews and optimising your research profile. For more information and how to book see our Education LibGuide

Our Keeping Up to Date LibGuide will help you maintain your awareness of what is new in your field - see how to set up alerts on favourite journals as well as specific topics of interest. You can also find out how to use UpToDate, Research Review Australia and Google Scholar.