Do I need governance approvals?
Research governance approvals are the organisational approval that you need to conduct research within an organisation. They are a very practical evaluation of your research to make sure that it can be delivered by...
Author: Gemma
Do I need ethical approval?
Let’s start with ethics. NHS Ethics sounds obvious right? Wrong. First of all. What is ‘NHS’? The lines between NHS, social care and contracted services are not always clear. I’ll also point out that...
Research Ethics and Research Governance
Although when we started planning the EMULSION study I knew that we would need ethics and governance approvals, I’ll be honest, I didn’t really know what that meant in practice. The navigation of these...
We’re Presenting at the Society for Academic Primary Care
I am pleased to announce that we have had two abstracts accepted for the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care in Dublin in July 2016. This will include an...
Qualitative Methods Training
As we pass the halfway point in the EMULSION study and are starting our data collection and analysis, we start to feel the benefit of the training we have accessed in the lead up...
Qualitative Research Methods in Health, Warwick University
The course attended was ‘Qualitative Research Methods in Health’ – it took place at Warwick University and lasted for 5 days in January 2015. From Lindsay’s Perspective As a newcomer to qualitative research, with...
Gemma Donovan
Here is a bit of background to my experiences of research and how I came to decide to embark on my EMULSION study journey. So, I’ve been interested in research since my undergraduate pharmacy...
5. After application
Once we’d got through the application stage, there was an interview to do. There was guidance on what to prepare and some initial things that the panel wanted to cover about the research proposal....
4. The application form
Once you have your research question, design, team and have identified your potential funding source, you need to fill in the paperwork. This is basically your research proposal with some additional questions most funders...
2. Get help!
The key to a good research proposal, and researchers maintaining their sanity, is good support from peers and colleagues. I personally am from mostly a primary care background, and this was where I came...